Keld Top
24 colonies · 412 m
Ling and bell heather, bilberry
Colonies go up on the moor in the second week of August and come down in late September.
Our apiaries
Six places, six different honeys.
124 colonies in six apiaries, all within twelve miles of the honey house. We never blend across them, so the label on every jar tells you which one it came from.
Bracklow Plantation
12 colonies · 190 m
Willowherb, bramble, lime
A clearing in mixed woodland with an avenue of limes that gives our rarest honey.
Low Leys
40 colonies · 78 m
Oilseed rape, then white clover
The spring bulk. Supers come off within ten days of the rape finishing.
Thurlbeck Orchards
18 colonies · 96 m
Apple, pear, hawthorn
Half of these colonies are here on pollination contracts until petal fall.
The Cutting
16 colonies · 110 m
Bramble, then ivy into November
The old railway line, south-facing and sheltered. The last forage in the county.
Gorse Bank
14 colonies · 150 m
Clover, vetch, thistle
Permanent pasture under the escarpment. Everything depends on the silage date.
Lift a frame with us this summer
Honey club members can join us at an apiary on a summer Saturday. Suits and gloves are provided, and you leave with a comb cut from the frame you lifted.
Three apiaries in one box
The tasting box puts three apiaries side by side. Orders before 1 pm ship the same day, Monday to Friday.