Honey: Where do you get yours?

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

Since this is the season of the 'first' honey harvest (which is regarded to be the most delicately flavored and coveted of all), I thought it would be nice to know where do you purchase your honey

In our home, we purchase honey from a local beekeeper here in DeRidder, LA and is sold only in our town!

Read More: http://www.americanpress.com/news/Beekeepers-feature

Read More: http://www.kplctv.com/story/18170146/up-close-with-the-art-of-bee-farming

Read More: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hebert-Honey-Farm/266232620054769

Hebert Honey is sold at (both brick & mortar stores);

Countryside Fabrics & Crafts, 214 Mahlon St, DeRidder, La. & Circle C Farm and Ranch Supply, 106 E. St., DeRidder, La.

Also, as background info, I've included these other Honey Links;

Read More: http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/278262-Honey?highlight=bees

Read More: http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/260059-Honey-No-it-s-not?highlight=bees

"A Bee is an exquisite [chemist]". Royal Beekeeper to Charles II

 

[sgtd]

We have a few local producers around here which we like to support. My uncle's father - in - law is also a beekeeper and his apiary produces phenomenal honey. Unfortunately he lives in Maryland so we don't get it all that often, but when we do it's a real treat.

 

[econjoe]

Fitting thread since I picked up a bottle of honey yesterday at the local farmers' market. A mixture of clover and squash blossom since his hives are between those two fields.

 

[BSAGuy]

Definitely local. We have a honey maker that lives about two miles away. Great stuff.

 

[August West]

Local producers.

 

[BubblesTGB]

We have a local producer that is only a few miles away. Really great honey. So much better than the stuff in the plastic bear.

 

[Alacrity59]

Some local. We like to try other honey's as well.

 

[jovan]

In Calistoga CA in the Napa Valley there is a Russian Orthodox Monastery that the Sisters there raise bees and sell the honey. This is the only reliable local producer to me here in Lincoln. I just sent an order to them today.

 

[August West]

The Honey Sisters?

 

[KW Driver]

I always try to buy local. Next fall, out of my backyard.

 

[August West]

Anyone enjoy Buckwheat honey? My favorite.

 

[FreddieP318ti]

We have a couple local markets where farmers/vendors/artisans sell their goods. Always a couple of bee farmers there as well. Usually where I grab mine. I always keep it stocked. Great sweetner, dose not go bad, great for sore throats etc.

 

[KW Driver]

My favorite is blackberry honey

 

[jetmech]

Local farmers market unless I am in Savannah, GA and then I swing by Savannah Honey Company. They have some great blends, one is called grilling honey and I use it quite often on ribs instead and the other is tea honey which tastes like a nice sweet tea. When I brew a honey lager it is local honey that goes in as well

 

[jzuzphreek]

I like to pick some up from the local farmer's market from time to time. If I happen to be in a shop selling a locally harvested honey, I'll pick some up as well, just to try something new/different.

 

[cleanshaved]

Most of the time just from the supermarket. All NZ honey, I have never seen imported honey.
This place has a nice shop in Taupo and a good range but the price of their Manuka honey is a bit rich for me.
Pohutukawa Honey, Rata Honey and much more. http://www.hukahoneyhive.com/

 

[DEGuy]

+1 for Buckwheat honey. My #1 choice in the U.S.

Also tried raw Manuka honey from New Zealand. Very tasty, but very pricey. It's supposed to have curative
properties, perhaps much like honey used centuries ago as a broad spectrum antibiotic and curative agent.

 

[mhdena]

Costco

 

[Mr5x5]

My own hives.

 

[jovan]

I just ordered some Buckwheat, Saw Palmetto, Sage Blossom, Galberry and Mint. Outside of Buckwheat I have never tried the others. Can anyone comment on there taste?