From the famous Hex River Valley, through Worcester and into the rest of the Breede River Valley, we are a proud boutique honey producer. Sourcing exclusively from this area by sojourning in some small eucalyptus forests, as well as the natural western cape veld and wildflowers that exist so abundantly in the area, we aim to provide what we know to be the richest and tastiest honey you can buy.

Our honey is harvested from our own hives. One of the most important first steps of ensuring the best honey, is to collect it only once completely ripe. Meticulous care is taken to ensure that the nectar collected so diligently by the foraging bees, is properly dehydrated by the processor bees. This is a process by which these ladies re-work the collected nectar by re-ingesting, regurgitating it into the storage cells of the honey comb, and fanning it with their wings to reduce the water-content (typically down to about 18%). This process changes the collected nectar into the stable, long-lasting source of food we call honey. The concentrated final product is then sealed with a thin layer of bees-wax by these extraordinary little chemists, capping each individual hexagonal cell to preserve and protect it. Taking the needs of our bees into account, we only harvest from their over-flow by collecting from the additional upper part of the hive, called a “Super”, and leaving sufficient honey for their needs in the heart of the hive, which is called the “Brood Box”.

The next process is to extract the honey from the honeycomb. This is typically a mechanical process, where the honeycomb (after un-capping) is placed in a cylindrical container. Physics then takes over, and by means of centrifugal force, the honey is swung out of the comb. To prevent damage to the comb itself, this is typically done for 15 to 20 minutes at a rate of 255rpm (this may however vary according to the honey type extractor size). The honey that runs down the side-walls of the container, is then collected for bottling.