Snyders Honey

Snyders Honey History and Philosophy Bill is a second generation beekeeper in the Snyders family. All of our products are minimally processed.

His father started beekeeping in La Honda and when Bill was a teenager, he began helping his father with the operation. Bill also spent time in British Columbia, Canada where he learned to harvest fresh bee pollen, which is considered by some to be nature's perfect food with its rich supply of vitamins, minerals, trace elements, enzymes and amino acids. Through apprenticeship and experience, Bill

has developed a keen sense for his craft. He continues the operation to this day, now with the assistance of his wife, Ann. Snyders honey is sold at farmers' markets, health food stores and gourmet food shops in the Bay Area. The Snyders family philosophy is to produce high quality local honey without altering its natural state. This philosophy has led to the development of their specialty product, "Cappings Honey," for which the family is renowned in San Francisco and the Peninsula. " Cappings" is a local wildflower honey that is unheated, unfiltered, and in its raw form. The Snyders believe that this process retains the vital enzymes and nutritional qualities from the bees and pollen. Pest Management
Bill and Ann do not chemically treat their beehives for the varroa mite, perhaps the most significant apiary pest. Instead, they have employed various methods to prevent the mite from harming their bees, including Integrated Pest Management (I.P.M.) techniques such as screened hive bottoms, natural essential oils and, most importantly, breeding their bees to be mite-tolerant. Essential oil treatment is applied once a year after all honey has been extracted; this generally takes place in the autumn before the bees 'retire' for the winter.

Bee season is off to a good start. You may ask why some of these bees look darker. These are from the German bloodline o...
05/02/2021

Bee season is off to a good start. You may ask why some of these bees look darker. These are from the German bloodline originally found in Germany , the UK and Scandinavia. It is a hardy subspecies.

Found a nice swarm of 🐝 behind the shop. These were transferred into a hive body.
04/28/2021

Found a nice swarm of 🐝 behind the shop. These were transferred into a hive body.

04/10/2021

Adding new nucs to the bee yard.

We really need more rain!
04/02/2021

We really need more rain!

07/07/2011

It's a good thing I've got Snyders Honey handy. I'm home eating the Cappings Wildflower local honey straight from the jar. Cappings honey is the ENTIRE hive in the jar, which contains Propolis which stimulate the IMMUNE SYSTEM. Read more below about the health benefits of local Cappings Wildflower honey.

Snyders Honey is a family owned supplier of local California honey. At Snyders Honey, their family philosophy is to produce high quality local honey without altering its natural state. All of their products are minimally processed. Honey | Beeswax | Pollen | Propolis | Promotions | Events | Gifts

06/08/2011

Getting ready to extract honey in the next few weeks, stay tuned

06/08/2011

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