About Us
About Lagness Farms Honey
Welcome to our corner of the countryside. We’re Ben (left) and Stephen (right), two farmers with a shared passion for working with nature, not against it.
Meet Ben
Ben is a proud, hands-on farmer. The idea to start keeping bees began with the SFI (Sustainable Farming Incentive) scheme, a government initiative designed to support farmers through environmental practices that help reduce the cost of food production while improving the health of the land. Beekeeping felt like the perfect fit: good for the environment, good for the farm, and good for the future.
Meet Stephen
Stephen’s path took him through the Army, where he trained as a farrier with the Household Cavalry — mastering the craft of caring for and shoeing horses. After leaving service, he returned to his family’s farm, bringing with him discipline, skill, and a deep respect for animals and the land.
Our Shared Vision
We began our beekeeping journey in 2023 with just two colonies, and by 2025 we’ve proudly grown to 40 thriving hives. Our goal has always been simple: to farm sustainably, restore balance, and increase biodiversity across our land.
In 2024, we invested in a purpose-built extraction cabin to streamline and improve our honey extraction process (and, if we’re honest, because we got banned from using the house!). This upgrade has helped us keep things cleaner, more efficient, and far more organised, for everyone’s sake.
Every decision we make is guided by our commitment to farming in harmony with nature. Our bees play a vital role in boosting native plants, supporting wildlife, and improving the health of our fields. It’s farming with the future in mind.
Building Trust through Transparency
We launched our YouTube channel to bring you closer to the journey, from hive to jar. We want to restore trust between farmers and consumers by showing exactly what goes into making our honey. Real work. Real challenges. Real care.
Why It Matters
British farming is facing some of its toughest years with rising costs, market pressures, unpredictable weather, and ever-tightening margins and a REAL lack of government support. It’s becoming harder to produce food sustainably while staying afloat. Our beekeeping project is part of our way forward: diversifying, protecting nature, and building resilience into our farm.
The Truth About Honey
British beekeepers today face a growing challenge that often goes unseen: the flood of cheap, imported, and frequently adulterated honey on supermarket shelves. Honey is now one of the most commonly adulterated foods in the world, with many products bulked out with syrups or ultra-filtered to the point that they barely resemble true honey. It’s why we stand by the saying:
“Real honey isn’t cheap, and cheap honey isn’t real.”
When buying honey, consumers should look for traceability, local labelling, clear origin, and minimally processed products that still contain the natural character and pollen the bees worked so hard to create. Supporting British beekeepers is more than a purchase, it's a vote for honest food, healthy bees, better biodiversity, and fairer farming. When you choose real local honey, you're helping keep bees on the landscape, sustaining small producers, and protecting the integrity of one of natures extraordinary foods.
Thank you for supporting us, our bees, and our mission to farm with nature at the heart of everything we do.