Joe Swash jokes Beckham must stay out of Stacey Solomon’s beekeeping plans

Joe Swash has jokingly warned David Beckham not to engage with his wife Stacey Solomon after she sought beekeeping tips from the former England captain, a moment captured in the couple’s fly-on-the-wall docuseries. The exchange underscores the lighthearted banter that has become a hallmark of Stacey & Joe, which follows the EastEnders actress and presenter as they navigate family life at Pickle Cottage.

In the latest episode, Stacey, mother of five, reveals plans to install a beehive at their home so she can harvest honey and spin it into a homemade product line. The moment also highlights Stacey’s sister Gemma coaxing her to reach out to Beckham, who has reportedly taken up beekeeping of his own with hives at his £12million Cotswolds residence. Stacey reluctantly sends Beckham a voice note on Instagram, hoping for some practical tips or perhaps an invite to his garden. "Hi David, I really feel embarrassed messaging you, but my sister told me I should message you and just ask you about bees!" she says, then adds that she’s "getting a beehive" and knows Beckham and Victoria have bees and that they’re a big part of their life. "I just wondered if you had any top tips or advice." She then confesses: "I'm already regretting sending you this message because I know you'll never see it, or hear it, and if you do you'll probably think I'm a weirdo." Girofl? In one moment of self-conscious humor, Stacey tells viewers she hopes Beckham never sees the message.

Confronting her sister on-air, Stacey jokes that she might be "blacklisted from all cool things now because I've just sent David Beckham the most loser-ish message. You don't even want me to get bee advice, you just want to go to David Beckham's house!" The moment leaves Beckham's reply unconfirmed on screen, and Joe seizes the opportunity to set sterile boundaries: "Damn right he didn't reply, he better not either. Hands off mate! I don't need David Beckham as competition! It's the last thing I need. I've got dogs, ducks, the last thing I need is David Beckham." Stacey rolls her eyes at her husband’s antics but remains playful about the whole scenario.

Beckham’s absence as Stacey’s beekeeping mentor becomes a running joke, with her insistence that the former England captain has a hands-on approach to beekeeping prompting light banter about whether he might redescribe his own hobbies as a potential blueprint for their family project. Stacey’s aside about Beckham’s suit-wearing bee expertise in a past clip adds a playful layer to the episode, as Joe notes, "Yeah lovely, he looked good in that suit, didn’t he?" The couple’s dynamic—Stacey’s enthusiasm, Joe’s protective stance, and occasional teasing—drives the narrative through the segment.

Beckham, who has long shared images of his beekeeping hobby on social media, has his own honey-focused ventures. He has discussed beekeeping publicly since the lockdown period and has helped promote a honey-based snack line he launched, BEEUP, described as a honey-powered product for children. The brand, which Beckham has positioned as a real passion project, expanded to the United States with availability in Target stores, complementing his broader portfolio that includes a multi-hundred-million-pound business footprint. Beckham’s social posts about beekeeping emphasize the health benefits of honey and the role he sees for beekeeping in family life. In June, he announced the rollout of BEEUP, writing that the snacks are a way to encourage kids to enjoy an active lifestyle with a honey-based option. While Beckham’s exact involvement in the Stacey & Joe storyline remains limited to a theoretical audience, the segment underscores how celebrity beekeeping has entered the mainstream discourse.

The exchange sits within a broader conversation about beekeeping among public figures. Beckham’s foray into beekeeping has drawn attention in part because of neighboring concerns raised in 2024 when locals questioned the placement of hives near a boundary of his estate. Neighbours expressed concerns about safety and proximity to a public footpath, and some described the situation as an excess of public interest in the Beckhams’ private life. While the controversy centered on hive placement and not the act of beekeeping itself, it highlighted the tension between celebrity life and local community norms. Allergy UK notes that there are many bee species in Britain, but only the honeybee commonly stings, and it is usually beekeepers, their family, or neighbours who end up being stung—an important reminder about the real-world implications of keeping hives near residences.

Ultimately, the episode casts Stacey’s honey dream as a family project rather than a simple social-media moment. By foregrounding her plans to cultivate honey and develop a homegrown product, the show positions Stacey’s beekeeping ambitions within the domestic sphere while allowing viewers to see how celebrity inputs—whether actual mentorship or playful teasing—shape the narrative. The lighthearted banter between Stacey and Joe, paired with Beckham’s off-screen profile as a beekeeper, contributes to a broader cultural moment in which celebrity lifestyle projects—such as beekeeping and honey-based snacks—are framed as accessible, family-centered activities.