Local Honey Haywards Heath

Sussex honey from the Payne family, who have kept bees since Fred Payne started in 1922. Paynes Bee Farm has now closed, and Roger and Becky Payne sell their honey, bees and queens as R & R Bee Company, with around 600 colonies spread across the South Downs.

The honey range includes clear and thick (set) Sussex honey, New Forest honey, summer honeycomb and heather honeycomb, with 12kg buckets for larger users and gift boxes pairing honey with their beeswax candles.

Roger is a third-generation bee farmer and Becky runs the queen-rearing, raising both their own locally adapted queens and F1 Buckfast queens. They sell nucleus colonies and queens to beekeepers across the UK, with collection days and local van delivery for nucs. Honey and candles can be ordered online.