Our story

How we started

My stepdad Kevin started making honey back in 2002 after my Mum spotted an advert about beekeeping at their local garden centre. This sparked his interest due to a love of insects and the outdoors.

Kevin gradually became an expert on beekeeping and amassed several hives as well as lots of equipment. Selling some jars to a few local shops and individuals helped to pay for what was becoming an expensive hobby!

Over the years the honey became extremely popular and those who tried it always came back for more. I went from someone who thought honey was 'alright' to realising it was delicious when produced in the right way.

 

The Yorkshire Hive 

I'd always dreamt of running my own business, in particular an online shop. Fast forward several years and I finally decided I needed to get on with it and start following these dreams I'd be talking about for so long! 

I was very lucky to have the most amazing product available to me - delicious pure Yorkshire honey made within the family which I couldn’t wait to share with more people.

So in 2019 The Yorkshire Hive was born. Once I had set it up as a honey shop, I then added beeswax candles to the website - we make our own hand-rolled candles using high quality beeswax sourced in the UK and also stock hand-poured candles and melts made here in Yorkshire using local wax.

Over time I have also added other beeswax and honey products to the range, such as lip balms, bath melts and soaps. All orders are packed and sent from my home in York.

 

2022 and a new name!

From January 2022 we became Little Yorkshire Honey House. The new name is something we've given a lot of thought and we hope you like it. 

Thank you for reading!

Louise x 

 

Our honey process

When you buy our honey you're purchasing 100% pure honey which goes from the hive to the jar with as few steps as possible in between. We use no hard chemicals or extreme heat.

First the honey is cool spun from the honeycomb into food grade containers.

It is then gently warmed and filtered into a settling tank for ripening, before being put into jars and sent to our customers to enjoy!

 

 

Little Yorkshire Honey House is a trading name of Yorkshire Hive Ltd.