About Us

Who are we?

Welcome to Cross Apiary. We are a Father (John)/Sons (Jack, Tom and Edward) and Daughter (Natalija) team of new beekeepers, although John’s grandad used to keep bees which was where his interest from bees came from. We started beekeeping quite late in 2021, getting our first two Nucleus’ from our mentor Chris, in August, and have been hooked ever since.

Originally we were just going to bring over some hives from China for our own personal use, as John regularly gets container shipments from China for his other business, and because of the interest of fellow beekeepers, we decided to bring over other items… and… well… Cross Apiary was born.

John is an expert when it comes to all things insulation, as, being a Mechanical engineer specialising in low temperature refrigeration, has spent the last 30 years controlling the environment of warehouses to football stadiums. So when it came to insulating our hives we knew we could design a brilliant insulation design.

Join us on our Beekeeping journey on YouTube where we will be documenting all our beekeeping fun!