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Who we are
About the farm
We are Kevin and Julie Thorn, a husband-and-wife team running Stour Valley Apiaries in Sudbury, Suffolk; in 2016 Kevin's beekeeping hobby became a commercial bee farm. Our roughly 100 hives stand on 20 apiaries in Suffolk – around Lavenham and Long Melford – and in North Essex, producing Suffolk runny and soft set honey, Lavenham and Long Melford honey, Essex honey and borage honey. Since 2018, under the Busy Bees Cosmetics name, we have used our own beeswax, honey and propolis to make lip balms, soaps, creams, pet paw lotion, wood polish and wax melts. We post our products from our online shop, and around forty local shops, farm shops and National Trust sites stock them.
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What we raise
Livestock
Here we list the animals we keep, with breed and headcount. Open a row and we show you what we process from them (milk, meat, eggs, honey…) and which of our products we sell.
Bees (100 colonies)
- Bee products
- Beeswax, candles
- Beeswax, candles „Beeswax Melts (25g)” · 6,9 GBP / 25 g · in stock
- Crafts & gifts
- Honey
- Suffolk Runny Honey
- Creamed honey „Suffolk Soft Set Honey”
- Lavenham Honey
- Long Melford Honey
- Essex Honey
- Soap & cosmetics
- Bar soap
- Cream
- Bar soap „Soap Gift Box Trio 80g” · gift pack · 18,5 GBP / 80 g · in stock
- Bar soap „Honey Soap (85g)” · 6,6 GBP / 85 g · in stock
- Bar soap „Mum Natural Homemade Honey & Beeswax Soap” · 6,5 GBP / pcs · in stock
- Cream „Beeswax & Propolis Cream (60g)” · 10 GBP / 60 g · in stock
- Balm / lip balm „Gift Bag Lip Balms Trio” · gift pack · 15 GBP / pcs · in stock
- Balm / lip balm „Beeswax Lip Balm (12g)” · 6,55 GBP / 12 g · in stock
- Balm / lip balm „Busy Bees Cosmetics”
- Bee products
More of our products
- Crafts & gifts
- Gift hamper
Sales channel
- Online shop
- Delivery / shipping
- Retail
- Wholesale
Product categories
Product groups
Farming method / certification
Languages spoken
EnglishLocation
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