Local Honey Pontypool

Welsh honey from The Queen Bee Honey Company, a Pontypool beekeeping business with apiaries across Torfaen and Monmouthshire. Honey is harvested in late spring, summer and, from the heather, in late autumn, and every jar can be traced back to the apiary it came from.

The range covers a set spring honey, a runny summer honey – awarded one star in the Great Taste Awards – heather honey and cut comb, plus seasonal gift sets. Wax from the hives goes into beeswax candles, furniture polish and lip balms. For beekeepers, they sell locally adapted and Buckfast nucleus colonies and full colonies on National or Langstroth frames.

You can buy online, sign up for a monthly honey subscription delivered to your door, or find the honey at independent shops in the area, including Monachty Farm Shop at Mamhilad, Warren's Wholefoods in Pontypool Market Hall, the Big Pit National Coal Museum and Blaenavon World Heritage Centre, Nantyderry Garden Centre, Bees for Development in Monmouth and Wren's Bakery in Newport.