Local Honey Glastonbury

Green Man Honey & Avalon Candles is a small, award-winning beekeeping and candle-making business. The company is primarily based near Glastonbury, the Sacred Isle of Avalon, but the beekeeper also operates apiaries and offers a swarm collection service within a 30-mile radius of Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The producer specialises in sustainable and historical beekeeping practices, with a particular interest in medieval, Viking, Tudor, Georgian, and Victorian beekeeping methods, including living history displays. Honey is harvested with care, ensuring bee colonies always retain more than enough stores to remain strong and healthy — only the surplus is taken. The business sells high-quality organic raw honeys and handmade beeswax candles, and is developing a range of artisan honey-based foods and snacks including honey chutneys and world honey sweets. Products are available via an online web shop and at markets and events across Britain. Additional services include pollination, conservation beekeeping, adopt-a-beehive schemes, and beekeeping, candle-making, and off-grid living workshops and talks. The business has won local and national awards.