Hummer & Son Honey

10/03/2026

Today we lost a great beekeeper. Richard Adee has been a great spokesperson to our industry. One of the largest beekeeper in the country with locations in multiple states. He will be missed.

With heavy hearts, we share the passing of our beloved founder, Richard Adee, who went to be with our Savior on September 30, 2026, at the age of 90.

Richard lived a life rooted in faith, family, hard work, and a love for the bees. For nearly seven decades, he poured his heart into his family, his bees, and the life they built together.

To those who knew him, he was so much more than a beekeeper. He was a husband, dad, grandpa, teacher, storyteller, and friend—someone whose kindness and steady presence will be deeply missed.

As our family grieves, we welcome any stories or memories you may have of our beloved “Bee Man.” We will cherish them as we remember and honor his life.

Thank you for keeping our family in your thoughts and prayers during this time.

- The Adee's

09/15/2026

Once the boxes are extracted we store them wet inside a connex, keeps the insects and varmints out. In the spring we put the boxes on the bees to fill with honey. Let's hope next year is better than this one.

08/15/2026

Once the cappings are removed
we melt it down to produce blocks of pure bees wax.

08/15/2026

Busy week extracting honey and getting boxes ready for storage. This year production has been below average but there is always next year for that bumper crop!

08/06/2026

Out checking colonies today and they are looking good for such a poor production year. They are hard at working making winter bees now because soon it will be cold and we need good healthy bees to take them through the fall and winter.

07/31/2026

Shreveport Farmers' Market is have breakfast on us day. Come down and try some Mahaffey Farms chicken smothered in Hummer & Son Honey Bar Bee Que Sauce. Yum Yum!

TOMORROW at the Shreveport Farmers' Market we are serving FREE BBQ CHICKEN samples!

We are teaming up with our booth neighbor Hummer & Son Honey to give out free samples of our pastured chicken with a generous portion of their famous honey barbecue sauce!!

07/26/2026

Here is a great article written by Jill Pickett for the The Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate. She came and documented us pulling honey from an apiary. She has written other stories of agriculture businesses here for a series of articles.

07/21/2026

From a far we can see the beekeepers pulling honey from an apiary across the road from the Honey House. Like wild animals don't disturb them as they are wild and hot.

07/11/2026

The Dadant 60 frame extractor starting up to sling the honey out of the frames. Watch as it speeds up and you can see the honey hit the sides of the tank and run down to the drain which flows into a sump to help clarify the honey before it is pumped into the holding tanks.

07/11/2026

A brief tour of the honey house in operation. you can see the frames getting cleaned to remove all the golden honey from the frames.