Honey Bee FAQs & Resources

At Honey in the Hollow Bee Farm, we believe every family deserves food they can trust.

Our mission is to responsibly care for our honey bees, produce exceptional small-batch honey and beeswax products, and build genuine relationships with the people we serve. We are committed to honesty, quality, education, and creating products we’re proud to put on our own family’s table.

More than anything, we hope every jar reminds you that there’s a real family behind it; one that cares deeply about its bees, its customers, and doing things the right way.

Honey in the Hollow Bee Farm is more than a family-owned honey business.

We are a family committed to caring for honey bees, producing dependable, high-quality honey, and helping people understand where their food comes from.

Our journey didn’t begin with success. It began with two winters of losing bees. Rather than giving up, Glenn sought mentorship, learned everything he could about keeping healthy colonies, and slowly built a thriving apiary. Those early lessons shaped how we approach every part of our business today—with patience, humility, and a commitment to continual learning.

Glenn is the quiet beekeeper behind every jar. He spends countless hours caring for our bees, monitoring their health, raising strong queens, and harvesting the honey that becomes the foundation of every product we create.

Susan is the storyteller, educator, and customer advocate. She loves helping people understand honey, answering questions, developing new infused honeys, and sharing the fascinating world of bees with families who want to make informed choices about the food they bring home.

Together, we believe people deserve to know the family behind their food.

Every jar comes from our own bees. Every product is made with care. Every customer deserves honest answers, dependable quality, and the confidence that comes from knowing exactly who produced their honey.

We have intentionally chosen to grow thoughtfully rather than become a large corporation. Our goal has never been to become the biggest honey producer. Our goal is to remain the business where customers know the beekeeper, recognize us at local events, email us with questions, and trust that every jar reflects the same care and quality they experienced the first time they purchased from us.

We believe education is part of every sale. Whether we’re explaining why honey crystallizes, introducing someone to comb honey, or sharing how bees prepare for winter, we hope every customer leaves knowing a little more than they did before.

At Honey in the Hollow, honey is more than a product. It’s our way of serving people.

We believe every jar represents a family who trusted us with their hard-earned money, and we work every day to earn that trust through honesty, stewardship, education, and exceptional honey.

Our honey can be light or dark depending on the season and the flowers our honey bees visit. Because nectar sources change throughout the year—and from one year to the next—the color and flavor of each harvest can vary naturally.

Our early-summer honey is typically lighter in color with a delicate, floral flavor. Honey harvested in late summer or early fall is often darker and more robust. Our dark honey is sourced largely from Japanese knotweed, giving it a bold flavor that adds depth to foods and beverages.

Both varieties offer the natural qualities of raw honey. Try them both and discover your favorite!

No. Honey in the Hollow honey is raw and never pasteurized. We gently strain our honey to remove unwanted particles while preserving the naturally occurring pollen and enzymes. It may be warmed slightly to make bottling easier, but it is never exposed to the high heat used in pasteurization.

Many commercially produced grocery-store honeys are pasteurized and ultrafiltered. These processes can remove pollen and reduce the natural enzymes that make raw honey special. Our honey stays as close to the hive as possible—pure, raw and unfiltered.