Future’s Bright, Future’s Golden

The future’s bright, in fact for Beehive Brae, the future’s golden. Not only has the ethical craft brewer’s signature Blonde Honey Beer been flying off the shelves in 67 Aldi stores across Scotland as part of the major multiple’s Summer Beer Festival; but it has also made the finals of two prestigious beer awards. “It’s […]

Beehive Brae is Great British Food Finalist

Our Beehive Brae Blonde Honey Beer has just been nominated for the Great British Food Awards 2016. The prestigious gongs were launched in 2014 to celebrate the UK’s premier home-grown ingredients, and to reward the hard-working people who produce and cook with them. They aim to unearth and celebrate the very best artisan, British produce. […]

Hampton Court leaves Plan Bee buzzing

The Plan Bee team is back hard at work following a gruelling but highly enjoyable week at the Royal Hampton Court Flower Show. The event is the largest flower show in the world and attracted around 130,000 green-fingered gardeners. Plan Bee was exhibiting as part of the Guild of Fine Food village, in our chalet […]

Un-Bee-Lievable Honey Beer Ice Cream

A new honey beer ice cream has been whipped up for summer by Lanarkshire-based brewery Beehive Brae and Equi’s in Hamilton to celebrate Beehive Brae’s Blonde Honey Beer being stocked in Aldi stores across Scotland. Aldi tasked the team at Equi’s to create a new ice cream flavour using Beehive Brae’s Blonde Honey Beer to […]

Blooming marvellous

We’re taking on the largest flower show in the world this week. Plan Bee has taken its own inimitable style of sustainability to the Royal Hampton Court Flower Show, organised by the Royal Horticultural Society. All of our main brands including our Origin Honey range and Beehive Brae beers are on sale, alongside our salad-dressing-come-health-tonic […]

Check out our bees, on check in

It’s been a successful summer for Plan Bee so far, with more and more companies looking to boost their environmental credentials by joining us in beehive management partnerships. Our partnerships are now many and varied, with all different industries seeing the benefits in sustainability. In particular, the hospitality sector is seeing such benefits. Not only […]

The show goes on… and on…

The team at Plan Bee have been extremely busy bees indeed this summer, with our two largest shows ever coming hot on the heels of each other. As part of the Eat Lanarkshire stand, our Origin Honey and Beehive Brae brands were in a prime position to greet nearly 200,000 visitors who attended this year’s […]

Game, Set & Match for Honeygar Ice Cream

Wimbledon’s found a new love match this year, with the traditional Strawberries and Cream taking a back seat. One of Scotland’s leading restaurant teams is adding a fresh twist to Britain’s traditional dessert, using Origin Honeygar by Plan Bee Ltd to spice up the summer. The blend of Aged Cider Vinegar and award-winning honey has […]

Sweet sustainability for Abel & Cole

Abel & Cole is extending its ethical food adventure by joining us in an exciting new beehive management partnership. The company will house three beehives at their headquarters in Wimbledon, supporting urban beekeeping and helping to protect dwindling honeybee numbers. Claudia Ruane, Abel & Cole’s Dr Good Vibes said: “Organic farming plays such a phenomenally […]

Cooking with gas

The Plan Bee team’s cooking with gas this weekend as they play a part in bringing the buzz to the SGN family day. The companies already work together on a successful Legacy project at Alloa’s Lornshill Academy, where a 5-year sustainability programme kicked-off earlier this year. The weekend event will see Plan Bee deliver their […]