Where does our honey come from?
Our customers often ask me, "Where does your honey come from?" so I thought I'd answer that question on a short blog post. All of our honey originates just north of Greenville, SC. Our hives are placed in several locations in order to maximize harvest and sustainability. We do not mix our honey with anything. Whatever the environment provides is what is collected by our honeybee. Red maple blossom The Upstate of South Carolina provides an abundance of nectar and pollen suppliers beginning with the red maple. Usually the weather is not warm enough for honeybees to fly during the red maple bloom, but the last two seasons have been a different story and our girls have been busy early in the year. Honeybee foraging on Blackberry blossom After the red maple bloom honeybees will forage on blackberry and tulip poplar blooms. These are our major nectar producers providing an abundant excess of honey for our bees. If you haven't tasted the nectar from a ...
