New Forest Raw Honey

Our raw New Forest honey comes from our own hives, in wild meadows, woodland and nature reserves across the New Forest National Park and along the Beaulieu River. Every jar is single origin, so you know which apiary your honey came from and what the bees were feeding on.

Each site tastes different for the simple reason each site grows different things. Needs Ore Point is a protected coastal meadow where the river flows into the Solent. Bucklers Hard gives us apple blossom, lime and blackberry from the orchard hives. Brockenhurst Park has an avenue of horse chestnuts that can turn the honey markedly darker. At Greenrollestone Copse the woodland forage produces a soft set honey with a velvety, spreadable texture.

We harvest three times a season, after the spring flowers, after the summer flowers and after the heather. Each August our strongest hives move out onto the heathland to forage on ling heather, which gives us our New Forest Heather Honey.

All of our honey is raw and unpasteurised. We coarsely filter it to remove wax and debris, and we never heat it. We only ever take the surplus, leaving each colony more than enough to get through winter. Our honey comes in 250g jars as standard. Our 40g mini jars make excellent wedding favours and stocking fillers!