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Honey, honey!

~~Swedish singing sensations ABBA may have sung about “Honey, honey” in 1974, but, much closer to home, Northumberland Wildlife Trust is singing the praises of a brand of honey which is being produced and sold at a North Tyneside Business Park with all proceeds going to the wildlife charity.

‘Quorum Honey’ is produced on the Quorum site situated on Benton Lane from seven hives which are managed by local bee keeper Terry Hastings; bees were first introduced onto the site in 2012 with two hives being based outside the hub, however, all seven are now based on-site in various discreet locations.

The honey, which is sold at local events, is perfect for allergy sufferers as it is produced from local bees, plus it doesn’t contain any sugar substitutes - so it ticks all the boxes.

Not content with just selling honey in aid of the Trust, as part of its recent Quorum Wildlife Week which highlighted the bird boxes and feeders, hedgehog boxes and a wildlife trail, the Park held a raffle with the main prize being a wonderful wildlife themed cake, baked by Sarah Buchanan; proceeds from raffle ticket sales were added to the money from the jars of honey taking the amount of money raised so far this year to £93.00.

Anybody interested in buying jars of honey when the bees rev back into action next spring should contact Laura Barber, Events & Sustainability Manager at Quorum Business Park on: 0191 259 9874.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Sue Bishop .