Local Honey Portreath

Gwenen Apiaries is a small Cornish honey producer whose name comes from the Cornish word for honeybees, reflecting a close connection to local language, landscape, and traditional beekeeping practices. The apiary is based at Tida-Apa on Green Lane in Portreath, Cornwall, and manages hives placed across a range of local sites, allowing bees to forage from gardens, farmland, and wild countryside.

This varied forage gives Gwenen Apiaries honey a naturally changing character through the seasons. The honey is cold pressed and kept largely unprocessed so that its natural flavour, aroma, and texture are preserved. As a result, each batch reflects the specific plants and flowers available to the bees at the time of harvest, offering a genuine taste of the Cornish environment.

Alongside honey, Gwenen Apiaries produces a small range of beeswax products, including candles and natural beeswax polish. These are made using wax from their own hives, ensuring that by-products of beekeeping are used carefully and with minimal waste.

Rather than selling directly from a farm shop, Gwenen Apiaries supplies its products through a network of independent retailers, delis, cafés, and farm shops across Cornwall. This approach allows customers throughout the county to access their honey and beeswax products while keeping production small-scale and locally focused. Enquiries are handled directly by phone or email, offering a straightforward and personal way to connect with the producer.