Local Honey Berkhamsted

Local honey from Berkhamsted Bees – Cris and Collette's apiaries, all just outside Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, where the bees forage gardens, orchards, hedgerows, the canal side and open farmland.

The honey is spun from the comb and passed through a single filter to catch bits of wax, then warmed only gently so it can be jarred. It isn't blended or pressure-filtered, so it keeps much of its pollen and reflects the flowers, trees and crops around the apiaries. They treat the bees as livestock – clean wax, plenty of their own honey and pollen, disease kept at bay without chemicals – and only take honey the colonies can spare.

You can buy it at Rumblers Farm Shop at Water End, Cedar Village Store in Potten End, the Way Inn and Darvells in Berkhamsted (Darvells also in Chesham), Eastwoods Butchers in Berkhamsted and at Great Gaddesden, the Hemel Food Garden and Fishery Wharf Café in Hemel Hempstead, and the Hertfordshire Garden Centre at Redbourn. Cris and Collette also help with honey bee swarms locally.