Local Honey Carmarthen

Raw, unpasteurised Welsh honey from Gwenyn Gruffydd, a family bee farm at Dryslwyn in the Tywi Valley, Carmarthenshire, founded in 2010 by Gruffydd and Angharad Rees. It began with a single hive, given by a farming friend and kept in his parents' back garden, and has grown to hundreds of hives at sites across South Wales.

The main honey is a minimally filtered Welsh wildflower honey, which has won Great Taste stars in several years since 2017; depending on the season there is also Welsh heather honey, summer chunk honey and Welsh cut comb. Honeys are single-origin and never blended, and come from their own hives and from bee-farming friends in Wales. The range also takes in British honeys from other beekeepers – borage, lime, clover, ivy, spring set and wildflower – and a French lavender honey, clearly labelled as such, plus mini jars, gift sets and catering tubs. Angharad makes beeswax candles from their own wax.

The farm is also a large beekeeping supplier, selling hives, equipment, bee feed and live bees, and Gruffydd runs beekeeping courses there in summer. Honey and equipment can be bought at the farm on weekdays, from an honesty box at the farm, or online for delivery, and the honey is stocked by farm shops, delis and independent shops across Wales.