Steph's Bee's Knees Honey

05/23/2026

In addition to having 1/2 pint, pint, and quart sized jars of honey for sale, I've also got freshly harvested and dried mint tea, and several varieties of perennial day lilies available for sale. It's a great time to drop by and get some goodies!

Prices:
1/2 pint - $15
Pint - $25
Quart - $50

Mint tea -$1

Day lily 1/2 gallon pots - $5

05/08/2026

Our honey harvest is in! We're excited to share our 2026 honey crop, beautifully bottled and showcasing a lovely amber hue.

As always, our honey is raw, never processed with heat, only run though a mesh screen to filter wax bits out, and our bees have never been treated with harsh chemicals.

Pricing for 2026 is as follows:
12oz - $15, (Half-pint jar)
24oz - $25, (Pint jar)
48oz - $50. (Quart jar)

04/08/2026

Picked up my first swarm capture this morning over at The Stagville Plantation. Then, I moved them to their new home over at the all organic Red Bus Farm. Now, instead of occupying a several hundred year old house and creating a nuisance, they will live their lives pollinating fruits and veggies for our friends to eat ❤️🌈🐝

03/11/2026

Friendly reminder, it's honeybee swarm season. If you spot a swarm, reach out to me or your local beekeepers association, and someone will come get the swarm and relocate them to a safe space. ❤️🐝

03/07/2026

We have limited Quantities of the adorable Mini Daffodil Tete a Tete 1/2 gallon pots for sale. Bee looking forward to more plants/ flowers and hopefully honey posts soon! ❤️
$8 each.

03/04/2026

We are proud to announce that we had a 100% survival rate this winter of our hives. It's possible that in the coming month, I may offer up some splits for sale, queens, or other bee colony/ keeping things. I only run about 10 hives, but do collect wild swarms, and manage my own hives. Depending on the weather, the flow, and the health of my colonies, I really don't intend to grow the number of hives that I have, and I will be honest about any swarms, splits, or otherwise that I have to offer.

01/19/2026

Every single jar of honey we sell is first sterilized, then bottled by hand. We make every label ourselves, and then apply them individually. The jars are then polished to remove finger prints, and ready to be given to you.
It brings great joy to pay attention to each detail from the decorating of the hives, the health of my bees, the nectar and pollen sources in my garden, the careful extraction of the honey, the process of removing wax bits without disrespecting the integrity of the honey, bottling in glass, not plastic, and carefully decorating each jar so that you can receive the VERY BEST that nature has to offer.
💞💞💞

01/02/2026

Honey that solidifies quickly is usually high in glucose (like clover, mustard, or dandelion honey) and/or raw and unfiltered, containing pollen and wax particles that act as crystallization starters, especially when stored in cool temperatures (around 50-60°F or 10-15°C). The quick solidification (crystallization) is natural, safe, and indicates high quality, not spoilage, with common fast-crystallizing types including Mustard, Clover, and Canola.

If your honey has crystalized, like ours, you can heat it carefully by placing it in 120degree water ( no longer on the burner) and occasionally rotating up and down. You'll likely have to reheat the water several times. Take the jar out of the water while reheating, so you don't accidentally raise the temps too high and kill all of the healthy enzymes in your honey.

Continue until you've liquified your honey again.

09/26/2025

09/08/2025

One of the batches of honey from this season is crystalizing pretty fast. Just so you know, crystalized honey is NOT BAD! You can easily undo that process by simply placing your jar into a bowl of warm water. Do not microwave, or place in boiling water if you don't want to kill the healthy enzymes in your raw honey.
Honey crystalizing happens for various reasons, because I check the moisture content of my honey, this is most likely just a random nectar source that crystalizes faster than others.
That said, I ADORE the little crunchy honey bits in crystalized honey on a fresh piece of sourdough. ❤️🐝🌈