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North Downs Bees are a small family business producing honey and honeybees for sale. There are at present around one hundred hives kept at selected sites within ten miles of Canterbury in Kent.
The bees gather nectar and pollen from the crops and wildflowers of the chalk downlands. Beginning with the early fruit trees, the main sources thereafter include sycamore, lime, sweet chestnut, clover, blackberry, and rosebay willowherb. Smaller contributions come from hedgerows, roughs and scrub.
Grassland wildflowers such as dandelions, knapweeds, chicory, and the climber ivy are among the myriad floral sources that go into our rich honey.