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There's a theory that eating local honey inoculates you against hay fever by dosing you with local plant stuff.Keeping it Leeds and supporting local producerswhere can you get the 'localest' honey?Be it SetRunny orCombThe nearest I find (eg the Headingley wholefood shop) is that stuff from Denholme http://www.denholmegatehoney.co.uk/    

Try this for startersMeanwood valley urban farm.http://www.mvuf.org.uk/Cheers yorkie

My butcher, Meays, on Gill Lane in Yeadon sells/sold honey from Calverley. I bought it because it was locally produced. I never thought of any other benefits.

Dalehelms"] never thought of any other benefitshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/5135837/Hone ... fever.html    

There's a load of hives at Templenewsam, at the bottom of the farm (sadly you can't go look at them without paying in to the farm, no longer cheap, even with a Leeds Card). It's the HQ of the the Leeds Beekeepers Club, or something similar. I don't know, but they might sell some honey in the Templenewsam gift shop?    

In view of the topic I thought this photo may be of interest. It was taken on September 22 2011 in the Harewood Estate (which is in Leeds Metropolitan area) at the nursery between Carr House and Stank. No doubt Leeds honey may be produced from the bees.

Might try Leeds Beekeeper Club. There used to be a retired Policeman out at Bardsey down behind Bank Top Garage who sold his but that's 20+ years since. He was big in beekeeping and would collect swarms etc. Bought some Meanwood Valley Urban Farm honey. Good stuff too.It is actually 'Moorland Honey' so maybe hives get moved around where ever the beekeeper is located. Perhaps naive to hope for Leeds stuff.

Hi jogon,I have a friend who lives at Ireland Wood and he wanted another hobby which was 'stress free', due to pressures of work. He took up bee keeping a couple of years ago and keeps the hives in his garden, he loves it (and the honey).Ian    

Ian That sounds lovely, (for him as a hobby too). I find bees benevolent little creatures.I'm just at Lawnswood so if he'd sell, I'd buy (email chameleon/mod if approp, if not no probs). +Sorry if my post elsewhere was ambiguous, no 'diss' intended! Mention of Nags re: the old Chapeltown Stn. Enjoyed jetw's thread, didn't know names but been in most of the stations, now flats or restaurants. And the 'gledhow club' in the '60's..

Hi Jogon,My friend (Simon) does not sell his honey, he is an engineer by profession. I don't know how it works but he only bought a small number of bees, and a queen bee, and he only does it as a hobby. I think that he made his own hive(s) and got pleasure out of making them. I have another friend (Annabelle) in Bedale who also did it, but I think that she joined a beekeeping club first. Again, she doesn't sell the honey and keeps it for herself and her close friends.Ian