Local Honey in Down

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County Down is a stronghold of the native Irish honey bee, Apis mellifera mellifera, a dark bee suited to cool, damp weather, and several producers here keep it. Loughshore Apiary (Vee's Bees) near Greyabbey has kept native black bees across the Ards Peninsula since 2004, and The Honeysuckle Bee & Me at Killinchy is a designated conservation area for the native bee, with honey from the pastures, trees, wildflowers and hedgerows of the Killinchy hills. Other Down conservation areas registered with the Native Irish Honey Bee Society range from a drumlin wood west of Strangford Lough to a pasture farm on the coast at Orlock.

In the south of the county, Nigel's Wildflower Honey, sold by Field Day Ireland in Newtownards, comes from hives in wild fields on the foothills of the Mourne Mountains, with notes of mountain heather and clover. Hillsborough Honey sells unblended runny, soft-set and naturally set honey for collection in Hillsborough only.

Killinchy and District Beekeepers' Association is the local association around Strangford Lough, and the Comber Show has a honey and bee products section. Vee's Bees make honey only in small amounts, so it isn't always available.

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Buying local honey in Down

Use the listing details to choose how to buy, then contact the seller before travelling.

• 6 active directory listings currently appear for Down.
• 2 listings are marked as raw honey.
• 1 listing reports an outlet.
• Opening information is supplied on 1 listing.
• 3 listings have a verified webshop link.
• 3 listings also note other beekeeping products.

The directory does not track live stock or harvest dates. Availability, collection, delivery, prices and seasonal varieties can change, so ask the seller to confirm what is currently available.

Honey producers and beekeepers

• Field Day Ireland (Nigel's Wildflower Honey)

  Newtownards, Down

  Northern Irish wildflower honey from the foothills of the Mourne Mountains, County Down.

• Helen's Bay Organic

  Helen's Bay, Down

  Organic market garden with apiary producing honey, established 1991 in County Down.

• Hillsborough Honey

  County Down, Down

  Unheated, unblended runny, soft-set and cut comb honey from a handful of hives around Hillsborough, available for collection.

• Holywood Honey

  Holywood, Down

  Award-winning Northern Ireland wildflower honey producer, keeping bees in Holywood since 2022.

• Loughshore Apiary (Vee's Bees)

  Greyabbey, Down

  Small-batch honey, beeswax candles and hive-based skincare from native Irish black bees kept on the Ards Peninsula.

• The Honeysuckle Bee & Me

  Killinchy, Down

  Award-winning Irish honey producer keeping native honeybees in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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