Littleover Apiaries started life in the late 1990s as a small Derbyshire honey farm and is run by founder Tony Spacey. The business has started to take on extra beekeepers in the year 2001, now Littleover Apiaries is one of the major honey producers and packers in Europe, and is recognized as a truly global company with contract operations across the globe.

On the other hand, Littleover Apiaries remains a family company. Over the years they have won many, many accolades about honey, including 16 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Great Taste Awards, The Taste of Lincolnshire, The Peak District Environmental Quality Mark, Guild of Fine Food Retailers approval and, the jewel in the crown, EFFSIS – the European Food Safety Inspection Standard.

Address: Robinsons Industrial Estate, Shaftesbury St, Derby DE23 8NL, United Kingdom

Rating: 5/5 by Google.com

Website: https://www.littleoverapiaries.com/

New Quay Honey Farm started in 1995, to this day the business has hundreds of hives spread across the beautiful Ceredigion countryside in small groups, which give beautifully blended honey from the depth and diversity of the wildflowers in the county.

Besides the actual Beekeeping, New Quay Honey Farm have own a visitor center, with a Shop, Tearoom, and a live 'Bees behind Glass' exhibition, this exhibition has a fascinating display of information about bees, beehives, and beekeeping with posters videos, and actual examples, from its inception to the present day. All honey of New Quay Honey Farm is Cold Pressed and Raw which means that filtering is the only process it undergoes before being consumed, to preserve all the natural health benefits and the taste of the amazing product.

Address: Maesnewydd, Cross Inn, Llandysul SA44 6NN, United Kingdom

Rating: 5/5 by Google.com

Website: https://www.thehoneyfarm.co.uk/home.php

Heather Hills Farm was established in 1945, which is a traditional family-run honey farm based in the Highlands of Perthshire - the heartland of Scotland. Heather Hills Farm specializes in an offer of 100% pure and used handmade preserves.

Honey of Heather Hills Farm is collected and extracted using traditional methods to ensure that the enzymes, protein, and natural goodness of honey are not destroyed during the harvesting, dissolving, or bottling processes. This process ensures that raw honey of a far superior-high-quality and distinctive flavor retains its natural benefits.

In addition, Heather Hills Farm also produces extra fruit jams made with local Perthshire fruit and cane sugar, which is produced in small batches by hand; they contain no artificial flavors or preservatives.

Address: Bridge of Cally, Blairgowrie PH10 7JG, United Kingdom

Rating: 4.8/5 by Google.com

Website: http://www.heatherhills.co.uk/

Paynes was founded in 1922 by Fred Payne with around 300 hives. Over the past 90 years, Paynes has continued in its family traditions but has grown to include much more of the Apiculture available, being deeply involved in honey production, equipment sales, and breeders of bees and Queens.

Today, Paynes are based across Sussex, Hampshire, and Kent and have a diverse and colorful array of flora available for the bees to forage, to ensure the bees have good sources of nectar and pollen. Paynes has harvested pure honey directly from the hives, using traditional beekeeping methods that minimize damage to the honey to maintain the goodness and sweetness of nature. No heat-treated honey, no fine filters. Paynes honey is as natural as possible to maintain all the goodness that you should find in honey.

Address: Bentley Cottage, Wickham Hill, Hurstpierpoint, Hassocks BN6 9NP, United Kingdom

Rating: 4.6/5 by Google.com

Website: https://www.payneshoney.co.uk/

London Honey Producers was started in 1999, the business is mainly production at British pure honey, with urban beekeeping almost unheard of at the time, this simple act captured the zeitgeist an appetite for pure natural food to be brought back into the heart of the city, for food to come straight from where it is made without interference and to guarantee the quality of honey.

The London Honey Company is also proud to have been supported by Qest, the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust, who help to support Britain's cultural heritage and sustain vital skills in traditional and contemporary crafts. On the other hand, businesses are participating in the Bee farmers Association Apprenticeship Scheme, with the desire to pass on the craft of beekeeping traditions to future generations.

Address: Arch 3, Voyager Business Park, Spa Road, London, SE16 4RP

Rating: 4.5/5 by Google.com

Website: https://thelondonhoneycompany.co.uk/