Local Honey Hereford

Local Herefordshire honey from bees working the farms and hedgerows around Blakemere, west of Hereford, sold by Lower Blakemere Farm. It is produced by Penny Bee Honey: beekeeper John the Beeman keeps hives on several farms around the village, including 12 at Lower Blakemere Farm, where the bees also help pollinate the farm's oilseed rape.

The bees forage hedgerows, wildflowers, flowering crops and the gardens and trees of the village. John extracts the honey and it is simply jarred and labelled – not imported, not blended and not industrially processed – and he leaves the bees enough honey to see them through the winter.

The farm sells the honey online in boxes of six jars – runny, set or a mix of both – for delivery or for collection from the farm at Blakemere. Lower Blakemere Farm, which farms regeneratively, also sells its own beef, pork and grain feeds.