Buzzin Acres

Thank You for considering Buzzin Acres Honey. We are a small and growing family operated apiary located in Lebanon county, PA. In order to better the health of our industrious honey bees we primarily house them on organic farms and forest land in the local area to minimize exposure to GMO crops as well as pesticides and other chemicals.

LOCAL – Our honey producing hives are kept in Pennsylvania throughout the year which means ALL our honey is Local.

PURE - While feeding high fructose corn syrup is a common practice among commercial beekeepers, for the health of our bees as well as to prevent the possibility of honey contamination we don't feed it to our bees.

QUALITY - The honey we sell ALL comes from OUR own hives. Many beekeepers who sell honey as "local honey" have suppliers they buy from in bulk to supplement their own hives. This gives them the ability to sell more honey than they produce. We want to know where our honey comes from and how it was produced we can only do that by keeping our business small and only selling our own honey.

RAW - We do not pasteurize or heat our honey to temperatures higher than what occurs naturally in the bee hive. This preserves the natural taste as well as preserves all the natural enzymes and bacteria that the bees put into the honey. These aid in better digestion and help those who struggle with allergies.

CHEMICAL FREE - We don't use any vaccines, chemicals, pesticides, or herbicides, etc. in and around the hives. Next to Chemicals in the environment, the Varroa Mite is one of the biggest challenges current beekeepers face. Rather than using more potent and more frequent mite treatments our focus has been on improving the genetics of our bees and increasing the quality of their environment & nutrition to combat this pest. When we do treat for mites we only use acids that are approved for organic use.

SUSTAINABLE – We believe it is not only unhealthy to depend on chemicals to kill pests but it is also unsustainable in the long term. From the very first hive we had our goal was to raise our own queens so that we could monitor the genetics of our hives and thus work toward a more natural and sustainable future for our bees.

ACCOUNTABLE - For the legal production and sale of a food product we are inspected by the PA Department of Agriculture.

BIBLE BASED – Last but not least, our belief in the creation by God of honey bees as well as the pests of honey bees, and the environment that our bees live in guides us in our decisions on how to manage our hives and run our business.