The Honey and Bee House
בית הדבש והדבורה
Deli or food maker
Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, Yad Mordechai
Kibbutz Yad Mordechai's visitors' centre on bees and honey, where a beekeeper opens a working hive behind glass; open to the public on Saturdays, in school holidays and on festivals by registration, and to groups all year.
The Honey and Bee House is the visitors' centre of Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, the home of the Yad Mordechai apiary, and is run by Yad Mordechai Tourism, the kibbutz's tourism office. On the 45-minute visit a beekeeper in a bee suit meets the visitors, opens a working hive in front of them behind a sealed glass window and explains how the bees live and work. The kibbutz's own site adds a film, role-play games, candle making from natural wax and tastings of honey from a fresh comb and of different kinds of honey, and says a boutique shop at the entrance sells Yad Mordechai honey. For the general public it opens every Saturday, in school holidays and on festivals, by registration in advance, on a visit that joins the bee house with a ride around the kibbutz in a large club car and the "Kibbutz of Old" collection house. Groups of 30 to 50 are received all year, in Hebrew or English, and can add lunch in the kibbutz's kosher dining room, the story of how the kibbutz was defended on 7 October 2023 and visits to members' homes.
What happens here
- Every Saturday, school holidays and festivals
- Visits for the general public
A guided tour of the Honey and Bee House, a ride around the kibbutz in a large club car and a tour of the "Kibbutz of Old" collection house, by registration in advance.
- All year, by appointment
- Group tours
Groups of 30 to 50, in Hebrew or English, on weekdays, Saturdays and festivals; the visit to the bee house takes 45 minutes and can be joined with the kibbutz's other tours.
As published on Yad Mordechai Tourism's website, read 2026-10-05.
At a glance
- Kosher
- Unknown
- Wheelchair
- The statement, updated in July 2025, says Yad Mordechai Tourism invests in the adjustments needed for people with disabilities to use its services independently and equally, that its website meets level AA of Israeli Standard 5568, and names an accessibility coordinator with a phone and an email.
- Own website
- Good for families
- Workshops and shows for guests
Photos
For illustration: the trade, not The Honey and Bee House itself.
Location
Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, Yad Mordechai
- Train: Sderot8.2 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 331 mlines 20
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-05.
Questions
About The Honey and Bee House
- 8.2 km from Sderot stationBus stops within 457 m: בית ספר חופים, יד מרדכי/כביש 4.
The Honey and Bee House is a deli or food maker at Kibbutz Yad Mordechai in Yad Mordechai, in the Southern District.
The nearest railway station is Sderot, 8.2 km away. The nearest bus stops are בית ספר חופים (331 m), יד מרדכי/כביש 4 (457 m).
Its pages show no kosher certificate for the visitors' centre, which receives visitors on Saturdays. The kibbutz's site says the Yad Mordechai apiary, whose honey the shop sells, holds a certificate from the Chief Rabbinate through the Hof Ashkelon rabbinate and does not work on Shabbat and festivals. The Hof Ashkelon religious services department's list on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal, read on 5 October 2026, holds a single business for all of the council's communities, so it is not a full list. We found no published accessibility statement, so call ahead if step-free access matters to you.
Hof Ashkelon Regional Council does not publish its business licence register online, so the licence could not be checked.
הרבה לפני שבני האדם הקימו מפעלים, בנו הדבורים את אחד המפעלים המתוחכמים, המרשימים והמרתקים בעולם-הכוורת. המכונות המשוכללות במפעל הן הדבורים עצמן וטעם התוצרת המתוקה של מפעל זה מוכר ואהוב על כולם. אנו מזמינים אתכם למסע אל עולמן הקסום של הדבורים.The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- Its pages show no kosher certificate for the visitors' centre, which receives visitors on Saturdays. The kibbutz's site says the Yad Mordechai apiary, whose honey the shop sells, holds a certificate from the Chief Rabbinate through the Hof Ashkelon rabbinate and does not work on Shabbat and festivals. The Hof Ashkelon religious services department's list on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal, read on 5 October 2026, holds a single business for all of the council's communities, so it is not a full list. shirathayam.m-datit.org.il2026-10-05
- Accessibility statement
- None found on its site or its listings tym.co.il2026-10-05
- Companies Registrar
- Its privacy policy and accessibility statement speak of "the Yad Mordechai company" and give no registered name or number. The Companies Registrar on data.gov.il lists no company named Yad Mordechai Tourism (תיירות יד מרדכי). It does list a differently named tourism company registered in Yad Mordechai that was wound up voluntarily, and the visitors' centre's pages do not tie it to that company. data.gov.il2026-10-05
- Municipal business licence
- Businesses in Yad Mordechai are licensed by the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council, whose business licensing department oversees licensed businesses, takes applications and status checks online, and publishes the licensing law, the council's licensing policy, a flow chart of the process, its own specification for each type of business and its forms, but the council publishes no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. hof-ashkelon.org.il2026-10-05
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | בית הדבש והדבורה / The Honey and Bee House | tym.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | Kibbutz Yad Mordechai | tym.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 31.586101, 34.557774 (the Waze link on its website) | tym.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 052-392-3104 | tym.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | Landline 08-672-0485 | tym.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | tym.co.il | tym.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Table bookings | bookit.fun | tym.co.il | Linked, not copied | |
| Logo | Its own icon, from tym.co.il | tym.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| What happens here | Visits for the general public; Group tours | tym.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | Unknown | shirathayam.m-datit.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | The statement, updated in July 2025, says Yad Mordechai Tourism invests in the adjustments needed for people with disabilities to use its services independently and equally, that its website meets level AA of Israeli Standard 5568, and names an accessibility coordinator with a phone and an email. | tym.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Sderot 8.2 km; בית ספר חופים 331 m; יד מרדכי/כביש 4 457 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Not on Wolt or 10bis | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its privacy policy and accessibility statement speak of "the Yad Mordechai company" and give no registered name or number. The Companies Registrar on data.gov.il lists no company named Yad Mordechai Tourism (תיירות יד מרדכי). It does list a differently named tourism company registered in Yad Mordechai that was wound up voluntarily, and the visitors' centre's pages do not tie it to that company. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Businesses in Yad Mordechai are licensed by the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council, whose business licensing department oversees licensed businesses, takes applications and status checks online, and publishes the licensing law, the council's licensing policy, a flow chart of the process, its own specification for each type of business and its forms, but the council publishes no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. | hof-ashkelon.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from Yad Mordechai Tourism's website | tym.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 1 licensed | tym.co.il | Linked, not copied |
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