Pure and natural honey since 1938
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The Rowse family lived in Southall, Middlesex and Tony Rowse started beekeeping as a hobby, at his home in Ewelme, Oxfordshire.
1938
In 1938, Tony enjoyed beekeeping so much he decided to set up a business, and Rowse Honey was born.
1954
Tony was selling honey locally but soon realised he couldn't keep up with demand. He had to start sourcing more honey from across the UK and abroad too.
1971
Rowse Honey became a limited company.
1980
We introduced speciality honeys like Acacia to the UK.
2005
We launched Manuka Honey into British supermarkets, making it accessible to all for the very first time.
2010
We started working in partnership with LASI, University of Sussex.
2015
We launched our Campaign For Real Manuka. There is some Manuka out on the market that isn't the real deal. But with Rowse, you can be sure it is genuine.
2014
We launched our Bee A Bee Farmer apprenticeship scheme with the Bee Farmer Association, to train the next generation of beekeepers.
2018
Bees For Development partnership starts and Hives for Lives is born to gather all of our sustainability initiatives under one umbrella.
2021
We moved to gold caps & introduced 30% recycled plastic in our bottles.
2021
We launched Fusion, a range of honeys infused with savoury ingredients for cooking.
