Denholme Gate Honey

Denholme Gate Honey has been established 20 years and during this period has gone from strength to strength. Mike and Liz Joyce founded the business, it all started based on Mikes fascination with bees. His main role as a head teacher never deterred him from beekeeping; in fact over the years he continued to increase his bee stock to the extent tha... t he is now a bee farmer. Liz was also a teacher, she made the decision to sell honey produced by Mike's bees and forged a new career for herself. She began by selling local Yorkshire honey to health food shops and small shops, the honey was at that point sold from a basket! The business grew and grew; the couple remained true to selling Yorkshire honey. Denholme Gate now supplies over 100 outlets, the brand recognised as being a quality honey. Where do we come in? We, being Julia and Andy took over the retail side of the business in August 2015. I also left the teaching profession (must be something about teachers and bees!), although I do still keep my hand in with a few days' supply now and again. Following Liz's guidance, I now find my day consists of preparing, bottling and delivering honey. No more, a regular structure to the day, the honey is a true artisan product, being hand bottled and labelled. It continues to amaze me how popular the honey continues to be, our Yorkshire honey even has a loyal following in Lancashire and further afield such as Japan and Saudi Arabia!Read More