Myers Honey

08/06/2026

This is why I encourage people to buy local honey and meet the beekeeper. I have no problem showing people my operation.

U.S. honey producers have sued the USDA, claiming loopholes allow imported honey (especially from Brazil) to be labeled organic without meeting U.S. standards. They argue this misleads consumers, lowers prices, and harms domestic beekeepers, and seek to remove the organic seal from foreign honey.

08/04/2026

Available starting today August 3rd, Stinger Rye is back!

This year features an 8-year Ohio rye finished in a Honey Barrel from Myers Honey from right here in Swanton, OH! Bottled at 96 proof, it's an exceptionally complex rye with the honey notes accenting the natural sweetness and rounding out the bold flavors.

Available now in the Distillery bottle shop!

07/27/2026

We are happy to announce that Myers Honey is available at Turkeyfoot Creek Creamery in Wauseon. Local cheese, beef, ice cream, homemade noodles and more.

07/17/2026

Apparently, this morning's post struck a nerve with some bigger commercial beekeepers and since I pi**ed in their Wheaties, I was asked to remove it.
Several people have asked about registering bees. Actually, we are required to register the apiary (the place the bees live). Since our livestock can fly approximately 2 miles in any direction and cover roughly 8,000 acres this can be a problem. Great if you have a garden and bees pollinate it for you and you don't have to be stung. The problem starts when a neighboring apiary gets a bacterial brood disease. It can slowly die and strong colonies will rob the honey out and bring the bacterial disease home to infect their hive. The registration was started in the 1930's when approximately 80% of the colonies in Ohio had a brood disease, now less than .5%. Your tax dollars hire a county bee inspector whose job is to check the health of the hives in their county and hopefully prevent large outbreaks. Some counties opt to not hire or cannot find a person for the job, then the state apiarist does some inspections. Some of the out of state commercial operations choose to not follow Ohio law and do what they want. The state has been very lax in enforcing the laws on the books for the out of state people, and that burns my ass.
David Hinds since my bees are natural born bees of the United States, they are all registered Republicans, and we are waiting for the secret code and they will all fly to their proper polling place😆.

07/12/2026

07/04/2026

Happy Birthday America! from Judy and Roger Myers and Myers Honey.

07/02/2026

Due to the heat, bees will hang out on the "front porch" waiting for the hive to cool down. If anyone has a spare air-conditioned room for a few hives, I am sure the bees will be happy and accommodating. The news said we should bring our pets inside, just trying to look out for my girls. 😉🤣😜

06/14/2026

When you are out beekeeping, you never know who is watching.

06/07/2026

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06/01/2026

The swarms keep coming. A quick time lapse of my work last Friday. I am going to post this info around, so if anyone wants to share; Please do. Once honeybees leave the parent colony, they are looking for a new home. For a beekeeper, we see a potential $100 hanging on this house. To most people they want the bees gone to a good new home. Yes, they will move on once they find a suitable home. Problem is sometime that suitable home for them is not were us humans want them. At the end of this video, you will see me putting green painter tape on this house. The bees were investigating moving in and the entrance was between cracks in the brick. If the bees would have moved in, it would be very costly to the homeowner to get them removed and insurance does not cover it. Any hole that you can put your little finger in bees can move into. Please call a local beekeeper when you see a swarm, they will be very willing to help you.