Raw Honey from our Own British Bees
Pure British Raw Honey, produced from hive to jar by the Hutch Family
Looking for genuine raw honey produced in the UK?
At Hutch Family Honey, we don’t simply source honey to put our name on a jar. We’re professional bee farmers since 2015, managing more than 400 production colonies across Northern England and producing around 20 tonnes of honey from our own bees each year.
Our honey is carefully harvested, extracted and prepared without pasteurisation or excessive heat, preserving the natural character of the honey our bees produce.
From delicate wildflower honey to rich heather honey, every harvest reflects the flowers, landscape and season in which our bees have been working.
Our bees. Our hives. Our honey.
Produced by our own bees. Cold extracted. Never pasteurised
Raw Honey With Provenance You Can Trace
Knowing that honey is “raw” is only part of the story.
We believe knowing who produced it and where it came from matters just as much.
The Hutch Family are professional bee farmers. We manage the colonies that produce our honey across Northumberland and Cumbria, harvest the honey ourselves and oversee its journey through extraction and packing.
Our jars are individually batch coded, giving us traceability through our production process and back to the honey harvest from which they originated.
That means when you buy honey from us, you’re not buying an anonymous blend of honeys sourced from unknown producers around the world.
You’re buying British honey produced by a family of bee farmers who know the bees behind it.
From flower to hive. From hive to jar. From our family to yours.
Honey Gift Box with our Apiary Locations Map
Luke and Suzie Hutchinson - The Hutch Family
Why Buy Raw Honey From Us?
Produced by Our Own Bees
We’re professional bee farmers, not simply honey retailers
Never Pasteurised
Our honey isn’t subjected to high-temperature pasteurisation
British Provenance
Produced from our apiaries across Northern England.
Traceable
Controlled from hive through harvesting, extraction and packing.
SALSA-Approved Production
Produced and packed within a SALSA audited food-production system.
Family Bee Farm
Produced by Luke, Suzie and the Hutch Family team.
Meet the Bee Farmers Behind Your Honey
Raw honey starts with healthy bees and experienced beekeepers.
Northumberland Honey Company and Hutch Family Honey were founded by professional bee farmers Luke and Suzanne “Suzie” Hutchinson.
Together, they manage hundreds of production colonies and one of the UK’s larger specialist queen-rearing operations, giving the family direct involvement from breeding and raising the bees through to harvesting the honey they produce.
Luke is Vice-Chair of the Bee Farmers’ Association of the United Kingdom, while Suzie is a scientist with a PhD in Molecular Nutrition from Newcastle University.
Their approach combines professional bee farming, science and a straightforward belief that customers should be able to know who produced their honey.
Watch Luke explain how we harvest and prepare our raw honey, from our own colonies through to the finished jar.
What is Organic Raw Honey?
Our honey isn’t certified organic, so we don’t describe or sell it as organic honey.
Bees naturally forage over large areas and cannot be instructed to visit only particular flowers. Instead, our focus is on responsible bee husbandry, carefully selected apiary sites and producing honey with genuine British provenance.
Raw organic honey is honey that is gathered by bees working only on organically certified plants.
The issue with organic honey is that bees are free to fly and visit any flower they would like! Why would we want it any other way?! Bees quite rightly want choice to fly where they like. In fact bees can fly upto 5 miles away from their hive when foraging for nectar.
Raw Honey FAQs
What is raw honey?
Raw honey generally refers to honey that has been kept as close as possible to the way the bees produced it, without pasteurisation or excessive heat treatment. At Hutch Family Honey, we carefully extract and prepare honey produced by our own bees while preserving its natural character.
Learn more about what makes honey raw →
Is your raw honey produced in the UK?
Yes. Our raw honey is produced by our own honey bees from apiaries across Northumberland and Cumbria in Northern England. We manage the colonies ourselves and oversee the honey’s journey from hive through extraction and packing.
Discover the Hutch Family behind our honey →
Is your raw honey pasteurised?
No. We don’t pasteurise our honey or subject it to the high-temperature processing commonly associated with pasteurisation. Where gentle warming is required during production, temperatures are carefully controlled.
Why does raw honey crystallise?
Crystallisation is a completely natural characteristic of honey. Different honeys crystallise at different rates depending on factors including their natural sugar composition and the nectar sources visited by the bees. Crystallisation doesn’t mean your honey has gone bad.
Read our guide to honey crystallisation →
Where can I buy raw honey in the UK?
You can buy our raw British honey directly from Hutch Family Honey online, as well as through selected independent retailers and stockists. Buying directly from a bee farmer also means you can understand who produced your honey and where it came from.
Is your raw honey traceable?
Yes. We produce honey from our own bees and oversee its journey through harvesting, extraction and packing. Our production and batch records provide traceability through the process and back to the honey harvest from which each batch originated.
Is raw honey the same as organic honey?
No. “Raw” and “organic” describe different things. Raw generally refers to how honey is handled and processed, whereas organic is a certification relating to how it is produced. Our honey isn’t certified organic, so we don’t describe it as organic honey.
Who produces Hutch Family raw honey?
Our honey is produced by the Hutch Family through Northumberland Honey Company. Professional bee farmers Luke and Suzanne “Suzie” Hutchinson founded the business in 2015 and are directly involved in managing the bees, queen breeding and honey production today.
Meet Luke Hutchinson →