Orlando Clarke was introduced to
beekeeping in 1998 by Henry Klobuch a Polish beekeeper. Henry
passed away the following year and Orlando inherited the hives.
At that time UK bees were under attack from a new pest, the varroa
mite, which killed 75% of the UK's honey bee population. Most
beekeepers in the UK used organo-phosphate chemicals to control this
new pest. Orlando decided to research non-chemical methods to
control the mites, including breeding from those bees which exhibited
resistance.
Today he is one of the few
beekeepers to use no chemicals or artificial feeding in his hive
management regime, giving you
Pure London Honey.