OpenHive combines modern and sustainable techniques with the traditional art of keeping bees. The conservation of the native Irish honey bee is at the heart of everything we do.

OpenHive Team Dublin Honey

Kyle Petrie, Jack McGrath and Mark Earley

 
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Our sustainably produced and eco-friendly Irish honey comes from our apiaries in Dublin, Wicklow and Galway. Presented in 227g jars, our raw Dublin honey is smooth and full of flavour. Each jar is labelled with the apiary location and has a unique flavour.

The simple focus of OpenHive is to harness a combined passion for beekeeping with a need for the conservation of our native Irish honey bee. You can read more about us and our story here.

Ireland has 102 species of bees, only one of them being the native honey bee. You can learn more about our native honey bee here

We partner with businesses all over Ireland to ensure the conservation of our native Irish honey bee. Find out how your company can get involved here.

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Bees lining up to get some grub! These bees are feeding on some heather honey stores. #openhive #bees #honey Photo 1: @kieran.neary.photography photo 2 @maria_dublin
Is it too early for Christmas themed old fashioned whiskeys?! #openhive #honey #local #Christmas photo @maria_dublin
OpenHive Honey is delighted to present this fantastic gift set for the honey lover in your life. This pack includes five different honeys from our Dublin and Wicklow apiaries. Each apiary has a distinct flavour profile based on the flora that that ou
Great to be included and lined up alongside so many great brands! @avocaireland
A throw back to sunny days under the sugarloaf! We love that we get to work in so many cool places. We look forward to getting back there to work with the bees in spring! #openhive photo @what.sheevs.cooks.styles.eats @wicklownaturally
Our silky soft set honey is made over a two week period as it is churned to create a delicate buttery texture. It was our first year entering it into the Great Taste awards and we received one star 🌟. Here’s what they judges had to say: &ldqu
We are delighted to be included again in the @avocaireland Christmas hamper again this year! It’s great to be shoulder to shoulder with so many fantastic Irish food producers! #hamper #openhive #bees #conservation
It’s great to see the bees still busy and bringing in pollen. It feels like the ivy blossom has just kept going this year. #openhive #honey #ivy #summer photo @what.sheevs.cooks.styles.eats
Did you know our summer blossom honey has won a few stars in the Great Taste awards? This year we won two stars 🌟 🌟 and here’s what the judges had to say: ‘This golden, flowing honey is crystal clear in the jar, It is almost transluce
Last week was a milestone for our native bee as the Bill to ban the importation of foreign species of bees was passed through the Seanad! This is a big step forward in the conservation of our native Irish honey bee. A massive congratulations to all i
We were delighted to see our co-founder and main beekeeper in the west, Mark get a shoutout in the Financial Times’ Lifestyle magazine on Saturday. He’s overseen the installation, upkeep and management of an apiary of native Irish honeybe
Our Wicklow heather honey won two stars 🌟 🌟 at the Great Taste awards this year! Here’s what the judges had to say: ‘This has a golden amber hue and is silky in texture. There are floral notes, and citrus and treacle come through on the
A little sunshine for your Saturday 🙌 #openhive #honey #irish #wicklow
What’s on your menu this Sunday? Why not try some roasted almonds in our delicious summer blossom honey! Add some salt and rosemary too. #openhive #nuts #sundayvibes
Smoke. A beekeepers friend. A lot of people mistakenly think (because of films and other media) that the smoke puts the bees to sleep. Well it’s a little bit more complicated than that. Bees do a lot of their communication through pheromones an