Local Honey Leedstown
Glenview Cornish Honey
Leedstown, TR27 6DSRaw honey from Glenview Cornish Honey, a single small apiary about a mile south of Leedstown in West Cornwall, between Hayle and Helston. It started with two colonies in 2012 and now begins each season with around five.
The hives sit at the top of a south-facing field in the Tregonning and Trewavas mining district, part of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site. The bees forage willow, sycamore, lime, hawthorn, blackthorn and fruit blossom, heathers on the old mine sites, and in summer mostly bramble and clover. Queens are reared from their own best colonies rather than bought in, keeping the dark, locally adapted Cornish type of bee.
The honey is extracted, strained and jarred, with no heating or fine filtering, so it will granulate naturally in time. Harvests are small and depend heavily on the weather, so message them to ask what is available; honey is collected from them just outside Leedstown. They are members of the BBKA and the West Cornwall Beekeeping Association.
The hives sit at the top of a south-facing field in the Tregonning and Trewavas mining district, part of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site. The bees forage willow, sycamore, lime, hawthorn, blackthorn and fruit blossom, heathers on the old mine sites, and in summer mostly bramble and clover. Queens are reared from their own best colonies rather than bought in, keeping the dark, locally adapted Cornish type of bee.
The honey is extracted, strained and jarred, with no heating or fine filtering, so it will granulate naturally in time. Harvests are small and depend heavily on the weather, so message them to ask what is available; honey is collected from them just outside Leedstown. They are members of the BBKA and the West Cornwall Beekeeping Association.
Buying from this listing
This listing reports an outlet at Glenview Cornish Honey. Opening information is shown when supplied, but current stock and harvest dates are not live data.
Honey varieties, prices and availability can change with the season. Ask Glenview Cornish Honey what is currently available, how to order or arrange collection, and whether opening information still applies.
This listing marks its honey as raw.
Website: https://glenview-cornish-honey.co.uk/home.html
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