Local Honey Llangennech

Raw Welsh honey from Mêl Cilgwenyn, the brand of Cilgwenyn Bee Farm in Llangennech, near Llanelli, run by beekeepers Rhodri and Richard. Their apiaries are spread across different parts of Wales, so each honey reflects the landscape it comes from.

The range includes Gower Saltmarsh, Brecon Beacons Uplands, Cardigan Bay Coastal, Carmarthenshire Meadow and Pembrokeshire Spring wildflower honeys, plus a Cambrian Mountains heather honey from wild ling and bell heather. Depending on the site, the nectar comes from sea lavender and sea holly, clover, bramble, hawthorn, blackthorn, knapweed, meadowsweet and many other wildflowers. Their honeys have won Great Taste Awards, and they sell gift sets built around them, along with packets of wildflower seed. Jars and labels are recycled and recyclable.

Mêl Cilgwenyn is stocked widely in south and west Wales – delis, farm shops, garden centres and independent pharmacies around Llanelli, Carmarthen, Llandeilo, Swansea, Gower, Neath and Cardiff, as well as WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre, National Trust Rhossili, St Fagans, the National Wool Museum and the National Waterfront Museum. Honey can also be ordered online, and shops can ask about trade supply.

The farm does not collect swarms; members of the public are pointed to their local beekeeping association instead.