Cheshire Honey

Cheshire Honey Farms produce their honey in the heart of Cheshire. Made in Warrington, Cheshire.

Mayflower apiaries is run by Ed Peirson and Chris Goldsmith. Together they run over 400 hives in 50 apiaries in Cheshire. During the summer months they are managing in excess of 20 million worker honeybees. The bees collecting nectar and pollen from flowers which may be up to three miles away from their hives.

Owner Ed says “I have kept bees for over 30 years and what started as a pastime
has now become a full time job. I gave up my teaching career to concentrate on
honey production and making my lifetime hobby pay- a drop in salary but the
best job in the world for me.”

The main sources of nectar for the bees are oil seed rape, field beans, blackberry, balsam and willowherb. However, the bees work hundreds of other flowers in hedgerows, pastures and gardens. The bees convert this nectar into honey. At Mayflower Apiaries the honey is extracted, warmed and gravity filtered only so that the fine qualities of the honey are not removed.

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