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Very limited quantities
Sourwood Honey

Freight will be added to all honey orders.

  • One Pound Strained   $8.50:  16 ounces by weight
  • One Pound w/comb   $9.00:  N/A16 ounces by weight
  • Pint Strained   $10.00:  N/A22 ounces by weight
  • Two Pound Strained   $11.75:  N/A32 ounces by weight
  • Quart Strained   $15.50:  N/A44 ounces by weight
  • Gallon Strained   $50.00:  N/A 12 pounds by weight

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LIMITED QUANTITIES
Wildflower Honey
Freight will be added to all honey orders.

SIZES AVAILABLE

  • One Pound Strained   $8.50:  16 ounces by weight
  • Pint Strained   $10.00:  22 ounces by weight
  • Two Pound Strained   $11.75:  32 ounces by weight
  • Quart Strained   $15.50:  44 ounces by weight
  • Gallon Strained   $50.00:  12 pounds by weight
    Freight will be added to all honey orders.

Freight is NOT included in the honey prices and will be added to all honey orders.

Facts About Honey Bees

  • Apis Mellifera: Scientific name for the western honeybee. The words mean "honey bearer"
  • Bees have five eyes, two compound eyes and and a single eye in the center of its head. They see in the ultraviolet.
  • Bees fly about 20 mph.
  • Bees are insects, so they have six legs.
  • Male bees in the hive are called drones and they do not have a sting.
  • Female bees in the hive (except the queen) are called worker bees.
  • Losing its stinger will cause a bee to die.
  • Bees carry pollen on their hind legs called a pollen basket or corbicula.
  • An average beehive can hold around 50,000 bees.
  • Foragers must collect nectar from about 2 million flowers to make 1 pound of honey.
  • The average forager makes about 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.
  • Average per-capita honey consumption in the U.S. is 1.3 pounds per person.
  • Bees have two pairs of wings.
  • The principal form of communication among honey bees is through chemicals called pheromones.
  • Bees are important because they pollinate approximately 130 agricultural crops in the U.S. including fruit, fiber, nut and vegetable crops. Bee pollination adds approximately $14 billion annually to improved crop yield and quality.
 

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