Can a spoonful of local honey a day, approaching and during allergy season, reduce allergic reactions and serve as an inoculation against offending pollen, which causes all the sneezing and running noses? This is the opinion of Christine Lehner of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York expressed in her well-reasoned letter published in the New York Times on April 6, 2010.
Pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene is noncommittal on the therapeutic value of local honey to relieve allergic reactions to pollen while noting honey’s other health benefits. He also voices his concern about the consumption of honey by infants: www.drgreene.com/qa/honey-and-infant-botulism
Connecticut
Baltic (New London County)
Stonewall Apiary, LLC
Stuart Woronecki, beekeeper
320 Main Street
860.334.2245
http://ct-honey.com
Florida
West Palm Beach
Bee Unique (Randy Spinale & Wendy Goldstone)
7 varieties of raw honey including raw tupelo honey from the Apalachicola River Basin in northern Florida
3311 S Dixie Highway
561.379.4404
www.worldsfinestrawhoney.com
Indiana
Indiana Beekeepers Association maintains a directory of its member beekeepers (approximately 60) producing local honey products for sale
7784 N. Sanctuary Lane
Mooresville (Morgan County)
317.432.9578
Maine
Maine State Beekeepers Association, founded in 1976, has 500+ members. It maintains a directory of approximately 15 local chapter affiliates which is “the best way to get to know other beekeepers in your area and pool information and expertise.”
Portland
Overland Apiaries
188 Capisic Street
207.772.3380
www.overlandhoney.com
Massachusetts
Boston
Mike Graney, beekeeper
Various sites throughout Boston, including hive in Jamaica Plain community garden
617.633.0235
http://eatlocalhoney.com
Mill River in town of New Marlborough (Berkshire County)
Berkshire Wildfire Honey (Jan Johnson)
282 Brew Hill Road
413.229.6650
http://berkshirehoney.com
Oxford (Worcester County)
David Hebert, beekeeper/owner
Hebert Honey
10 Lind Street
508.864.2538
www.heberthoney.com
South Deerfield (Franklin County)
Warm Colors Apiary (Bonita & Dan Conlon)
2 South Mill River Road
413.665.4513
www.warmcolorsapiary.com
Tyngsborough (Middlesex County)
Carlisle Honey
10 Louis Avenue
877.632.3371
www.carlislehoney.com
New Jersey
Milford (Hunterdon County)
Tassot Apiaries, Inc.
Buzzing Acres Farm
54 Rick Road
908.264.4504
www.tassotapiaries.com
New York
Empire State Honey Producers Association maintains a directory of its member beekeepers producing honey for sale: www.eshpa.org
Altamont (Albany County)
Bees of the Woods Apiary (Jennifer Ford & Keith Freeman)
6885 State Route 158
518.861.1019
www.beesofthewoods.com
Coeymans Hollow (Albany County)
Good Day Honey
108 Biers Road
518.756.8228
https://www.gooddayhoney.com/
Knox (Albany County)
Kurt Larson’s My Girls’ Gold
Bee hives located on 18 acres, bordered by a nature preserve
518.330.5003
http://mygirlsgold.com
New York City
Andrew’s Honey
Andrew Cote, beekeeper
Local honey from rooftops/balconies/community gardens in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens (bottled at Silvermine Apiary in Norwalk, Ct.)
www.andrewshoney.com
Pleasant Valley (Dutchess County)
Remsburger Honey & Maple (Dennis Remsburger)
845.392.5038
Every Tuesday and Friday all year long, at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal Green Market
https://www.nyshoney.com
Salt Point (Dutchess County)
Hummingbird Ranch (Rich & Debbie Focht)
59 Cottage Street
845.266.0084
hummingbirdranch.biz
Schenevus (Otsego County)
Nectar Hills Farm
393 Peeters Road
607.638.5758
www.nectarhillsfarm.com
Schodack Landing (Rensselaer County)
Bee Hollow (Paul MacPhail)
634 Knickerbocker Road
518.336.4449
https://www.beehollowfarm.com
www.facebook.com/Bee-Hollow-Farm-693462310794917/
Texas
Texas Honey Bee Guild (Brandon & Susan Pollard)
PO Box 140464, Dallas
www.facebook.com/pages/Texas-Honeybee-Guild/170841869603221
Blue Ridge (Northeast of Dallas and near McKinney in Collin County)
Desert Creek Honey (Blake & Kathleen Shook]
14665 Co Rd 633
214.886.6899
www.desertcreekhoney.com
Vermont
Vermont Beekeepers Association represents 400 Vermont beekeepers that raise bees “for the love and honey” and has a Marketplace tab on its website for honey products: www.vermontbeekeepers.org
Middlebury (Addison County)
Champlain Valley Apiaries
504 Washington Street Ext.
802.388.7724
www.champlainvalleyhoney.com
Monkton (Addison County)
Heavenly Honey Apiary
802.453.6335
www.vtbeekeeper.com
Virginia
Linville (Rockingham County)
Golden Angels Apiary
11046 Wills Creek Road (Singers Glen)
540.833.5104
Unfiltered, naturally produced honey including Tupelo honey
www.localharvest.org/golden-angels-apiary-M3671
West Virginia
Lindside (Monroe County)
Birdsong Farm & Apiary
Route 1
304.832.6477
Organic raw honey straight from apiary’s hives with delicate flavor (notes of lavender, fruit, wildflowers & sourwood)
www.birdsongstore.com
