Local Honey North Moreton, Didcot

Honey and beeswax products from Meadow Honey Farm in North Moreton, near Didcot, run by commercial beekeepers Rob and Jo Nickless. They started keeping bees as a hobby in 2006, and in 2010 Rob gave up his day job to work with the bees full time; they now have about 300 hives across Oxfordshire and Berkshire, from the meadows by the River Thames to the Berkshire Downs. They are members of the Bee Farmers' Association.

The honeys are Soft Set Honey, made by creaming the fast-granulating spring crop, Summer Blossom Honey, Borage Honey and, when the season allows, a Heather Blend, plus comb honey. The beeswax range, which Jo developed, includes candles – pillars, skeps, hand-dipped and floating candles – as well as honey soap, lip balms, hand and foot creams, furniture polish and blocks of pure beeswax. There are also honey foods such as marmalade, mustard and fudge.

Everything can be ordered online for delivery, or collected from the farm by appointment. Rob teaches beekeeping courses, gives talks to local groups and provides pollination services, and the farm runs beeswax workshops and beekeeping experience days.