PLAN BEE installs and manages beehives within Greater London (the M25) and across North Essex but we can install one-off living beehives anywhere in the UK.

PLAN BEE is a 'one stop shop', we supply everything, there are no hidden extras. And once terms have been agreed prices won’t change, that's' guaranteed, and should you change your mind, we can remove and rehouse your beehive anytime. 

Complete working beehives can be bought, rented, sponsored or gifted with ongoing management, including delivery of your own honey.

Prices to buy a fully installed working beehive with a honey bee colony starts at £1600 which includes the first year of fully inclusive management and the honey harvesting and delivery. 

Subsequent years management, including the honey harvesting starts at £800 a year with discounts available for schools, colleges, care settings, home gardens and for additional hives on the same site.

Or you can rent your beehive and honeybees, without any obligation to keep them forever. Prices start at £1000 a year including all management, honey harvesting and delivery.

Y​our first year's beehive management starts from the day the hive is installed.

You can reserve your bees and beehive in advance with a small deposit with the balance paid after installation.

Honeybees are wild animals, with beekeepers nurturing and managing some species for honey and pollination. For clients who 'just want the bees' PLAN BEE can make a one-off installation of a sealed wooden hive of honeybees that can be left to their own devices. The hive has enough room for bee numbers to expand naturally within a wild colony that can live without human interference.​

Wild beehives can be installed on living green roofs and walls with and without harvesting the honey, ask for details.

Management of your beehive and the live honey bee colony is PLAN BEE's full responsibility, we will keep the colony live and healthy and making you honey. But depending on the time of season, for freshly installed hives, it's often best to take honey on the second year to let the colony get fully established - if that's the case we will substitute with PLAN BEE raw honey.

PLAN BEE uses National beehive equipment as standard and with arrangement before installation, your beehive can be custom painted and stencilled with your name or brand logo.  

Educational beehive inspections can easily be arranged, to look inside your beehive and taste the raw honey.

As soon as your bees are making enough extra honey for us to harvest, we will deliver you your finished raw honey once or sometimes twice a year, usually early summer and/or early autumn, depending on the nectar flow.

PLAN BEE is a member of the British Beekeeping Association and is fully insured for public liability for hive inspections only when supervised by PLAN BEE, our general advice is not to interfere with the hive at all and only observe from a safe distance.

Bees aren’t aggressive but they are defensive of their home, common sense will keep you safe but for obvious reasons, PLAN BEE is not responsible for your health and safety but rest assured any problems you can contact PLAN BEE anytime 24/7.

Raw honey's colour and flavour will change seasonally, and from year to year. This is entirely down to what forage the bees choose and the time of year the honey is harvested.

Raw honey is not suitable for infants under 12 months.

Raw honey never goes off, it may set or crystalize, but this is a sign of quality, showing that it hasn't been pasteurised. But crystalize honey can be cleared by warming in hot water or direct sunlight.