About us
A Welsh beekeeping business with education at its heart
Tŷ Mêl Apiary keeps bees at Greenmeadow Community Farm in Cwmbran and across Torfaen, makes beeswax products, and brings bees to schools and community groups across Gwent.
Founder & Director
Markus Cox
Markus began his agricultural career in 2013, working on large, multi-species farming operations covering 800 acres and thousands of livestock. It was during that time that he set up his first working apiaries.
Today he runs Tŷ Mêl, combining that grounding in land and livestock management with modern monitoring and mapping tools to keep healthy, resilient bees for South Wales, and to share them with the next generation.
Partners & funding
Who we work alongside
Our main apiary is at Greenmeadow Community Farm, which is owned and run by Torfaen County Borough Council. The council awarded us business grant funding through Torfaen Works, under the Communities for Work Plus programme funded by the Welsh Government.
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Greenmeadow Community FarmHome of our main apiary, in Cwmbran
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Torfaen County Borough CouncilBusiness grant funder
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Torfaen WorksDelivered our funding award
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Communities for Work PlusThe programme our grant came through
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Welsh GovernmentFunds Communities for Work Plus
The business
Tŷ Mêl and CalonTerra
Tŷ Mêl Apiary is the trading name of CalonTerra Ltd. The same company also runs a separate drone survey business, which is booked and delivered entirely through its own website.
Our other business
CalonTerra
CAA-authorised aerial surveying across South Wales and the South West, from roof and leak inspections to topographical mapping.
From the apiary
Stories and updates
Field notes, swarm callouts and breeding updates, as we post them on Facebook.