OUR FAMILY
Ian: The senior Beekeeper
Pat: The messenger, packer, deliverer and candle maker
Maddy: The Instagram poster and website designer
Katie: The junior Beekeeper
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Together we are Honey By Ian & Co.!
We have hives in Ringwood, Alderholt & Ferndown where our honeybees make delicious, local smooth honey. However, production is very limited and bees only produce a certain amount of honey which beekeepers can safely extract. Since 2015, we have been building up a loyal base of customers who absolutely love the taste of our honey and keep coming back for more.
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The lovely, pure taste of our honey will mostly be due to the flowers and vegetation the bees pollinate but we also keep the process as natural as possible. We help the hives only when we need and keep the extracting and jarring process simple.
This involves our honey being unheated, untreated and unpasteurised which helps to preserve all its natural vitamins and enzymes to give the best health benefits. It is due to this that we can class our honey as 'raw'.
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This is not necessarily a commercial project. Some might think we sell our honey at quite a high price but the income comes no where near the cost of the bees, all the equipment needed, packaging etc.
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But we believe it is not about the money. Our raw honey and 100% pure beeswax candles are premium products which are special and hard to come by. Others may add sweeteners to their honey or mix beeswax with other types of wax to make cheaper candles to allow a larger profit. Knowing the location of exactly where our honey is produced, whilst helping to give honeybees a safe home is what puts a smile on our faces and makes us strive to grow further as a small family business.
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ABOUT US
Honey By Ian & Co. is a small honey brand run by the Warmer Family:
AWARDS
2024
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January: Won 3 trophies from the local Bournemouth & Dorset South Beekeepers. One being that Challenge Shield for the highest combined total points in show and the Paperweight Trophy for Class 12.
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Winner of the Love Local Trust Local Award in the Environmental & Sustainability Category
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2022
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Winner of the Love Local Trust Local Award in the Honey Category
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Bournemouth & Dorset South Beekeepers Association, Annual Honey Show , November 2022:
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FIRST PRIZE
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Best frame of Honeycomb
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Best beeswax candles
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Five 1oz blocks of beeswax
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SECOND PRIZE
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One mounted photograph connected with Beekeeping
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THIRD PRIZE
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Composite; liquid honey, beeswax cake, cut comb
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Cake of beeswax
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2021
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Runner up in the Love Local Trust Local Award in the Honey Category
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Bournemouth & Dorset South Beekeepers Association, Annual Honey Show , November 2021:
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1st in Best frame of Honey
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1st in Best Handmade Piece of Equipment
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2nd in Best Beeswax
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2nd in Best Mounted Photograph
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3rd in Best Beeswax Candles
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2019
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Bob Charles Trophy - Winner of the Best Medium Honey
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Irene Archard Cup - Best Mounted Photograph