Elliott Bee Farm

Elliott Bee Farm Elliott Bee Farm is a honeybee sanctuary & mini farm in central FL. We rescue and relocate honeybee colonies in Citrus County. Female Veteran Owned.

06/22/2026

Good Morning Bee Friends! 🐝

The Palmetto Trees are blooming and our buzzing beauties are working hard! 🌴

Thank you all so much for buzzing by the farm stand. I will be working to get items restocked today. We appreciate y’all so much! As always…

Bee Well & Blessed
Heather 🐝💕

It’s officially summer bee friends! 🐝⛱️Here’s a cool, refreshing recipe we’ve enjoyed for many summers. You can use hot ...
06/21/2026

It’s officially summer bee friends! 🐝⛱️
Here’s a cool, refreshing recipe we’ve enjoyed for many summers. You can use hot sauce to add a little spice or could substitute the hot sauce with our raw honey too. We hope y’all are staying cool & hydrated. 🍉💦

Bee Well & Blessed 🐝

Happy Father’s Day! 💙
06/21/2026

Happy Father’s Day! 💙

Good Morning Bee Friends! 🐝😊Colors of Honey 🍯 One of the most frequent questions we receive is what is the difference of...
06/08/2026

Good Morning Bee Friends! 🐝😊

Colors of Honey 🍯

One of the most frequent questions we receive is what is the difference of the colors of our honey. All of our honey is Raw Unfiltered Citrus County Wildflower Honey. Our honeybees feed on a variety of nectar sources within a 3-5 mile radius of our apiaries throughout the county. We do not move our bees, so we don’t offer mono floral honey varieties. The color difference is based on what nectar source the honeybees are feeding on. Typically the lighter color honey is Spring or early season nectar sources and the darker honey is Summer and/or Fall nectar sources. The nectar gets darker as the season progresses here. For those that may not be aware, all of our honeybees have been rescued here in Citrus County(some from Marion, Hernando & Sumter counties). Our honeybees are natural, small cell honeybees. They are locally adapted and possess hygienic alleles, stellar immune systems & disease resistance. Our 16 years of selection and breeding for these genetics is how we are able to keep and maintain honeybees without the need for chemical interventions in our colonies. Our annual loss rate remains under 8% in comparison to the 50+ % national annual colony loss rate. We believe that natural, sustainable beekeeping practices are a viable solution to the problems honeybees are facing. Our lighter spring floral honey is available now in the farm stand. We appreciate y’all for buzzing by!

Bee Well & Blessed 🐝😊

06/08/2026

Interesting Honeybee Facts 🐝

Honeybees Are the Ultimate Housekeepers and Neat Freaks

Honeybees that maintain the hive work diligently to keep it clean. The only bee that defecates inside the hive is the Queen as once she returns from her mating flight, she doesn’t leave the colony again unless she swarms. There are designated bees that clean up after her when duty calls. They literally take her potty outside. They also all perform their daily evening cleansing flights before going in for the night for rest. In general, honeybees are so conscientious about being sanitary, in fact, they'll do whatever it takes to die outside of the hive if at all possible so their corpses won't contaminate food or pose a threat to nursing young. If they do perish inside, there are also designated undertakers to remove them. When we do our rescues/removals and cut out their comb to transfer into our equipment, we use rubber bands to temporarily secure the comb inside of the frames. The honeybees will work to reattach the comb to the frames and once they have done so, they will chew off the rubber bands and drag them outside the colony for us to dispose of them as they do not like anything foreign inside the hive. It’s another amazing act to witness.

We’d like to thank all of you for sharing in our admiration of these remarkable creatures and for your continued support of our efforts of preserving our local honeybee population. Every purchase you make helps us to continue to rescue and provide sanctuary to these amazing beings. As always…

Bee Well & Blessed
Heather Elliott 🐝😊

I’ve been a busy bee rendering beeswax. It is a messy labor of love that is so worth the time &  effort. One more filter...
06/04/2026

I’ve been a busy bee rendering beeswax. It is a messy labor of love that is so worth the time & effort. One more filter and these will bee perfect! The beautiful colors and smell is intoxicating! 🐝💕

Hello June! 🐝🌼🌴🌸🪻🌺
06/01/2026

Hello June! 🐝🌼🌴🌸🪻🌺

Tupelo honey is one of nature’s rarest treasures, produced when honeybees collect nectar from the blossoms of the White ...
05/27/2026

Tupelo honey is one of nature’s rarest treasures, produced when honeybees collect nectar from the blossoms of the White Tupelo Tree(Nyssa Ogeche), which grows only along the Apalachicola River basin and parts of the Florida panhandle, Georgia, and Alabama during a short period each spring.

This rare honey is buttery, smooth, and naturally slow to crystallize. It’s a true Southern delicacy. Tupelo honey is famously known as “the champagne of honeys.” With harvests limited to just a few hundred barrels annually, it is one of the most prized varietals in the world. We are blessed to have a trusted source with fellow natural, sustainable beekeepers in the Florida panhandle and to offer y’all this amazing gift of nature. We’re offering an 8.5 oz glass jar for $17 and sample 2 oz bottles for $5. Buzz on by and pick some up. Your taste buds will bee happy you did!
As always…
Bee Well & Blessed 🐝😊

Good Afternoon Bee Friends! ☀️Bee Pollen 🐝🖤💛Bee pollen has long been recognized for its many health benefits. In particu...
05/26/2026

Good Afternoon Bee Friends! ☀️

Bee Pollen 🐝🖤💛

Bee pollen has long been recognized for its many health benefits. In particular, it is known for its ability to improve skin health and to rejuvenate the skin.

It is a powdery substance found in the stamen, the male reproductive part of the flower.

On their foraging trips honeybees pack the pollen into the "pollen baskets" on the outside of their rear legs. Honeybees must visit between 50 to 100 flowers to fill their pollen baskets. When the baskets are full the honeybees return to the hive and transfer the pollen to the younger bees who store it for food. At least 50 foraging trips are needed to bring 1 gram of pollen back to the hive. A full colony of honeybees is capable of carrying as many as 20,000 - 50,000 loads of pollen each day. As part of the pollen foraging process honeybees get the powdery substance caught on the hairs that cover their bodies. As they travel between flowers they incidentally pollinate the next flowers they visit. In this way the honeybees help reproduce the plant species. As explained in the documentary film Queen of the Sun, What Are the Bees Telling Us: "Bees are the legs of plants."

People have been using bee pollen for medicinal purposes for thousands of years. The benefits of pollen have been discussed in the Holy Bible, the Talmud, the Torah, the Koran and other religious texts. Pollen was written about by the ancient Chinese and Egyptians. It has long been prescribed for its healing properties by the ancient traditional health practitioners - including Hippocrates, the "Father of modern medicine”.

In modern medical texts and studies bee pollen has been recognized as beneficial in treating a wide variety of ailments. Dr. Carlson Wade, in his book About Pollen states, "The healing, rejuvenating and disease-fighting effects of this total nutrient are hard to believe, yet are fully documented. Aging, digestive upsets, prostate disease, sore throats, acne, fatigue, sexual problems, allergies, and a host of other problems, have been successfully treated by the use of bee pollen."

In addition to these internal health benefits, bee pollen has also been shown to be a potent treatment for skin health. The following are just a few examples of such scientific findings:

Dr. M. Esperrois, of the French Institute of Chemistry, concluded from his experiments that bee pollen contains potent antibiotics and also reverses the aging of the skin, correcting darkening, wrinkles, and blemishes.

Dr. Henri Luzuy, in his work "Pollen - The Biological Principle in Cosmetology" says, "Pollen extracts can be considered as factors of particular importance in the regeneration and rejuvenation of the skin. The first visible effect of the cosmetic preparations with a pollen extract base is the clearing of the complexion."

Dr. Lars-Erik Essen says, "Through [nutrition administered through the skin], bee pollen exerts a profound biological effect. It seems to prevent premature aging of the cells and stimulates growth of new skin tissue. It offers effective protection against dehydration and injects new life into dry cells. It smoothes away wrinkles and stimulates a life-giving blood supply to all skin cells. The skin becomes younger looking, less vulnerable to wrinkles, smoother, and healthier with the use of honeybee pollen."

Professors N. Mankovsky and D. G. Chebotarev, found that bee pollen renews skin cells. They explain: "The rejuvenation of skin and body cells can be encouraged by the administration of the poly-vitamins, microelements, enzymes, hormones, and amino acids present in bee pollen."

Why is Bee Pollen so Nutritious?

Bee pollen is widely regarded as the most nutritious substance known to science. Why is this true? Because plants need bees. In order to reproduce, plants must compete for the attention of bees. To succeed in this competition, plants must offer bees the most nutritious substance possible. Over millions of years, successful plants have done just that, creating a highly complex and dense substance that is astoundingly nutritious.

Numerous scientists have concluded that bee pollen is a complete source of nutrition, containing all the enzymes, vitamins, amino acids, hormones, and trace elements needed by the body for cell growth. No one food contains all of these nutritional components - except bee pollen. Noted nutritionist Dr. Betty Lee Morales explained, "Bee pollen is the only food which contains every essential nutrient needed by mankind for perfect health."

If you are not utilizing and introducing this amazing, nutritious super food into your bodies, you are missing out on all the benefits it can provide to your health and wellness. Bee pollen can act as a daily multivitamin. What are you waiting for? We use special designed bee pollen traps to collect and harvest our pollen. We freeze dry it fresh to preserve all of the nutrients it provides. Our 5 oz glass jars are offered at $15. Available in the farm stand. Buzz on by and grab a jar.

Bee Well & Blessed
Heather 🐝💕

We will never forget. ❤️🤍💙
05/25/2026

We will never forget. ❤️🤍💙

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Hernando, FL

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Monday 9am - 7pm
Tuesday 9am - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 7pm
Sunday 9am - 7pm

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