From regional farms to local apiaries, the Hudson Valley is a sweet place to discover your new favorite honey producer.
Whether to sweeten your tea, bake into your baklava, or mix into your homemade salad dressings, honey is an essential pantry ingredient. But did you know that a lot of store-bought honey is fake (namely that it contains added sweeteners and other additives that take it beyond a one-ingredient product)? Avoid the frauds and support local businesses at the same time by shopping for your honey right here in the Hudson Valley at neighboring farms and apiaries. With numerous health benefits ranging from cold relief to gut health, the sticky-sweet substance is a staple in the region.
P.S. Did we miss a spot? Email us here so we can add it.
3 Hives Honey
Highland
View this post on Instagram
Starting out as hobby beekeepers, the people behind 3 Hives Honey are a little family with a bunch of bees. The now-thriving business produces raw and unfiltered honey in Highland for bee lovers and by bee lovers. In addition to the classic flavor, try the blood orange, creamed elderberry, or seasonal whipped candy cane honey.
Bee Hollow Farm & Apiary
Schodack Landing
View this post on Instagram
With the motto “just pure honey,” Bee Hollow Farm produces premium raw honey using organic practices to raise and care for its bees. With dozens of honeys produced from different types of blossoms, the farm and apiary also sells hand-dipped beeswax candles, holiday boxes, and beeswax lip balm.
Damn Good Honey Farm
Kerhonkson
View this post on Instagram
At this Kerhonkson honey producer, everything you need to know is in the name. A small, diverse family farm, Damn Good Honey Farm specializes in beekeeping, handcrafted artisan soap, and organic farming. Visit the farm for seasonal wildflower honey, and try out the soaps, salves, and other skincare products that are made with beeswax and honey as well.
Fly Honey Farms
Tarrytown
View this post on Instagram
The mission at Fly Honey Farms is to increase honeybee populations to create actionable change in local communities. By placing hives on rooftops and in small gardens, the brand is able to produce raw honey to sell at local markets and give back to the community.
Good Day Honey
Coeymans Hollow
Shop raw, natural, and sustainable honey at Good Day Honey in Albany County. With creamed honey, infused honey, and the regular raw and unfiltered stuff, you can catch the apiary’s products at farmer’s markets across the Capital Region.
Honeybrook Farms
Pine Bush
View this post on Instagram
Honeybrook Farms prides its honey on being “local honey, straight from the hive to you.” All-natural, raw, and unprocessed, the farm sells wildflower honey, bee pollen, beeswax balm, and honey in the rough – a substance sometimes referred to as Shawangunk Mountain Raw Honey, which entails unstrained, raw, straight-from-the-comb honey with bits of wax included.
Hudson Valley Bee Supply
Kingston
View this post on Instagram
At Hudson Valley Bee Supply, it’s about more than just honey. Although the Kingston business produces raw honey and beeswax, it also specializes in apiary-related products like honeybee wildflower blend seeds, ventilated suits, beekeeper tools, and hive kits.
Moon’s Gold Apiary
Salt Point
View this post on Instagram
While once a small apiary in 2014, Moon’s Gold now has grown to two hundred production hives. The Salt Point producer specializes in raw wildflower honey, organic and raw products, honey skincare, and beeswax candles. Moon’s Gold Apiary is also featured at farmers’ markets and craft fairs in the region throughout the year.
Rockland Honey
Monsey
View this post on Instagram
For a true taste of Rockland County, try honey produced from local flowers and bees at Rockland Honey. With hives located throughout the county in Monsey, Pomona, Suffern, and Wesley Hills, the products here are made with a diversity of flora and fauna. For local Rockland honey, just look for the wax seal on the jar.
Urban Apis – at Stone House Apiary
Kingston
Urban Apis produces pure, sweet goodness from its hard-working bees. All the honey at this apiary is raw, meaning it’s pure, unheated, unpasteurized, and unprocessed, preserving its vitamins, enzymes, phytonutrients, and other health benefits. Shop beeswax candles, skincare, lip care, and honey in your choice of hive-shaped, bear-shaped, or regular glass bottles.
White Oak Farm
Yorktown Heights
Located near the Croton Reservoir in Yorktown Heights, White Oak Farm is as sweet as it gets. With a focus on maple syrup and honey production, the farm store stocks honey from White Oak’s four large bee hives. Keep it around in your home to fight off seasonal allergies come cold season.
Related: 5 Hudson Valley Chefs Share Their Pantry Essentials
