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Raw, unfiltered (unheated) honey - may contain bits of pollen, propolis, and honeycomb/beeswax (all healthy for you, and some say helpful to ward-off local allergies).

Naturally raw honey can only come from a beekeeper. Store-bought is sometimes cut with cornsyrup and/or heated and processed and filtered. Our honeys are never heated or filtered, and are rich in vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and antioxidants. Depending on the season and weather, the bees decide the flavor, color, and viscosity (can crystallize in cooler weather). It all depends on what is flowering in our gardens, fields, and orchards.

Natural honey keeps well, without refrigeration or preservatives or pasteurization. Honey found in Egyptian tombs is still viable and tasty, and contains pollen to show scientists what was in bloom that season millenia ago.

Articles & News

Bee Way Honey News 13-Jun-2008
Pesticides, pathogen may be killing bees 15-Jun-2007
What's Happening to the Bees? 07-May-2007
What's behind the label? Not what you think. 28-Mar-2007
Where Have All the Bees Gone? 24-Mar-2007
Bee Mystery Deepens 23-Mar-2007
Honeydew Honeys Are Better Antioxidants Than Nectar Honeys February 27-Feb-2007
Bee Emergency Stranger Than We Thought 15-Feb-2007
Mystery illness devastates honeybee colonies 14-Feb-2007
Bee Emergency Bigger Than Ever 14-Feb-2007
The Case Of The Vanishing Bees 13-Feb-2007
Queen Bees Shown To Pass Viruses To Their Offspring 05-Jan-2007
Bee Bomb Detectors 11-Dec-2006
Big Bee Emergency 23-Oct-2006
Wild Bees Make Honeybees Better Pollinators 24-Sep-2006
Don't Like Cold Food? Bees Don't Either 22-Aug-2006
Honey Helps Problem Wounds 27-Jul-2006
Quantum Bee Dance 21-Jul-2006
Healing Honey: The Sweet Evidence Revealed 07-Apr-2006
We're Losing Bees But Can't Do Without Them 18-Jul-2005
Honey Could Be Healthy Alternative To High-fructose Corn Syrup In Halloween Candy 21-Oct-2004
Honey The Darker The Better Has Potential As Dietary Antioxidant 10-Apr-2002
Dark Honey Has More Illness-Fighting Agents Than Light Honey 08-Jul-1998

FAQ about honey and Beekeeping

How much honey does a honeybee produce in a year?What has caused the massive loss of honeybees in the last few years?

Do the honeybees make honey from pollen?

Will bacteria survive in honey?

What is the difference between Creamed and Raw honey?

Do Bumble Bees make honey?

What is the difference between light colored honey and dark honey?

What do honeybees do in the winter?

Bee Way Honey Pollination Cycle:

January

-         Prepare bees for pollination.

-         Move bees to California

February

-         Almond Pollination in California

March

-         Almond Pollination in California

April

-         Move bees to Oregon for Blueberry Pollination

-         Move bees to Washington for Cherry and Apple Pollination

May

-         All bees go to Raspberry and Blackberry Pollination

-         Put honey supers for future honey collection

June

-         Raspberry and Blackberry Pollination

-         Split bees for swarming control

July

-         Start the honey harvest from the beehives

-         Start extracting honey.

-         Move bees for Vegetable Seed pollination in Oregon. (usually carrots)

August

-         Keep extracting honey

-         Harvest honey

September

-         Keep extracting honey

-         Harvest honey

October

-         Move bees to holding yard for winter.

-         Treat bees with medicine

-         Feed bees.

November

-         Cover bees to protect from rain and other cold weather

December

-         Packaging and selling honey

-         Start moving bees back to California

Some of our retail products:

Honeycomb available only for customers that come to factory