Our Products (2024):
All nucs are sold out for 2024
1 pound - $9 Makes a wonderful treat as you know honey makes the sweetest gift!
1 ½ Pound - $13 One of our most popular sizes of pure, raw honey in glass pint jar
2 Pound - $16 We now offer this popular two pound size in a “Queenline” style jar and size! Great for gifting.
2 ½ Pound Chunk Honey - $18 By request! Natural comb honey surrounded by raw honey. The best of both worlds.
3 pound jar - $22 Only pure, raw honey in the popular quart glass jar. Got allergies? Try our local honey!
4 pound jar - $30 For the honey lover who regularly uses honey as a healthy sweetener. everyday. Pure, raw honey in a traditional, “queenline” glass jar. Also makes a great gift!
5 pound jar - $35 Our largest glass container for serious honey lovers and bakers. Still the finest pure, raw honey, just in our most economical size.
6 pound jar - $38 A great price on our local honey in this larger size for those who love honey as much as we do!
12lb Jars - $74 By popular demand we have added this largest size glass jar. Use a lot of honey? This is your least expensive option for our pure and natural honey.
Signature Series Premium Comb Honey - $14 A 1 pound container of comb honey that will create a magical experience in your mouth!
Delicate honey untouched by human hands and sealed in edible wax BY THE BEES. Comb honey is considered to be the most exquisite of honey flavors with each cell being a unique flavor packet of the bees’ efforts that day. Try on hot biscuits, pancakes, bread, cheese or salads.
Common Questions About Honey:
What is raw honey?
Raw honey is natural honey that has not been pasteurized to increase its shelf life. Most honey purchased in stores is pasteurized. While not harmful, the pasteurization process prolongs the time it takes for honey to granulate. This is why much of the commercial, store honey can come in from China, Argentina, Mexico or other countries and still be liquid many months later. It is not needed to sterilize the honey, just to make it look more saleable many months after production. Unfortunately, in the process of pasteurization, most of the beneficial nutrients, vitamins, and other healthy components of honey are driven off, much like boiling vegetables for hours. You still have honey, but it won’t have the taste of pure, raw honey and all its beneficial ingredients.
Won’t my honey granulate or go bad if it isn’t pasteurized?
Pure honey never goes bad. Most of the old-time medicine poultices had honey as their base ingredient as honey will not support bacterial growth. They have discovered honey in Egyptian tombs that was still edible! All honey granulates over time. The granulation process can be slowed though by keeping it at a warm, stable temperature; refrigerating it will quickly accelerate the process. If it becomes too granulated to use, simple place the jar in a bowl of warm water.
How do you keep it pure?
There are a number of things that we are attentive to at Sun Mountain Apiaries. The flowers in the hayfields, meadows, brush rows and woods (bees love basswood!) in the area are like old fashioned farmland. We like the fact our bees do not have the exposure to the chemicals, herbicides and pesticides found in many suburban areas and industrial type farming operations.
We also keep our operation and processing equipment clean and spotless. Our honey is mechanically filtered the old-fashioned way to remove bits of wax, the occasional bee or other particles, but we make sure no flavor is removed! We also use only glass jars to preserve that delicate, unique flavor and avoid any off-flavors from plastic. It also helps the environment as glass is both recyclable and can be sterilized.
What is comb honey?
Comb honey is honey exactly as the bees made it, untouched by human hands. Considered to be the most flavorful of honey, it is honey that the bees sealed in their natural wax comb. The wax is 100% natural from the bees and completely edible. It is the basis of many cosmetics (ex. Lip balm) and in years gone by was chewed much like gum today. Try some comb honey and you will be hooked! Best when paired with other food.
Note on shipping
We have sold out of honey by late spring every year for the past five years. Our strong sales coupled with the fact we only bottle our honey in glass jars prevents us from shipping our honey. All products are available for purchase and pick-up at our store.
All nucs are sold out for 2024
1 pound - $9 Makes a wonderful treat as you know honey makes the sweetest gift!
1 ½ Pound - $13 One of our most popular sizes of pure, raw honey in glass pint jar
2 Pound - $16 We now offer this popular two pound size in a “Queenline” style jar and size! Great for gifting.
2 ½ Pound Chunk Honey - $18 By request! Natural comb honey surrounded by raw honey. The best of both worlds.
3 pound jar - $22 Only pure, raw honey in the popular quart glass jar. Got allergies? Try our local honey!
4 pound jar - $30 For the honey lover who regularly uses honey as a healthy sweetener. everyday. Pure, raw honey in a traditional, “queenline” glass jar. Also makes a great gift!
5 pound jar - $35 Our largest glass container for serious honey lovers and bakers. Still the finest pure, raw honey, just in our most economical size.
6 pound jar - $38 A great price on our local honey in this larger size for those who love honey as much as we do!
12lb Jars - $74 By popular demand we have added this largest size glass jar. Use a lot of honey? This is your least expensive option for our pure and natural honey.
Signature Series Premium Comb Honey - $14 A 1 pound container of comb honey that will create a magical experience in your mouth!
Delicate honey untouched by human hands and sealed in edible wax BY THE BEES. Comb honey is considered to be the most exquisite of honey flavors with each cell being a unique flavor packet of the bees’ efforts that day. Try on hot biscuits, pancakes, bread, cheese or salads.
Common Questions About Honey:
What is raw honey?
Raw honey is natural honey that has not been pasteurized to increase its shelf life. Most honey purchased in stores is pasteurized. While not harmful, the pasteurization process prolongs the time it takes for honey to granulate. This is why much of the commercial, store honey can come in from China, Argentina, Mexico or other countries and still be liquid many months later. It is not needed to sterilize the honey, just to make it look more saleable many months after production. Unfortunately, in the process of pasteurization, most of the beneficial nutrients, vitamins, and other healthy components of honey are driven off, much like boiling vegetables for hours. You still have honey, but it won’t have the taste of pure, raw honey and all its beneficial ingredients.
Won’t my honey granulate or go bad if it isn’t pasteurized?
Pure honey never goes bad. Most of the old-time medicine poultices had honey as their base ingredient as honey will not support bacterial growth. They have discovered honey in Egyptian tombs that was still edible! All honey granulates over time. The granulation process can be slowed though by keeping it at a warm, stable temperature; refrigerating it will quickly accelerate the process. If it becomes too granulated to use, simple place the jar in a bowl of warm water.
How do you keep it pure?
There are a number of things that we are attentive to at Sun Mountain Apiaries. The flowers in the hayfields, meadows, brush rows and woods (bees love basswood!) in the area are like old fashioned farmland. We like the fact our bees do not have the exposure to the chemicals, herbicides and pesticides found in many suburban areas and industrial type farming operations.
We also keep our operation and processing equipment clean and spotless. Our honey is mechanically filtered the old-fashioned way to remove bits of wax, the occasional bee or other particles, but we make sure no flavor is removed! We also use only glass jars to preserve that delicate, unique flavor and avoid any off-flavors from plastic. It also helps the environment as glass is both recyclable and can be sterilized.
What is comb honey?
Comb honey is honey exactly as the bees made it, untouched by human hands. Considered to be the most flavorful of honey, it is honey that the bees sealed in their natural wax comb. The wax is 100% natural from the bees and completely edible. It is the basis of many cosmetics (ex. Lip balm) and in years gone by was chewed much like gum today. Try some comb honey and you will be hooked! Best when paired with other food.
Note on shipping
We have sold out of honey by late spring every year for the past five years. Our strong sales coupled with the fact we only bottle our honey in glass jars prevents us from shipping our honey. All products are available for purchase and pick-up at our store.
2003 Linda has been busy processing our beeswax, and now has her very popular beeswax lotion bars, honey ointment, and a variety of 100% beeswax candles for sale.
Her lotion bars are very popular as an all-natural, soothing lotion for those sore winter-chapped hands. If you have not tried beeswax candles, you are missing out. Our 100% pure beeswax candles don't emit harmful chemicals in the air, burn longer than paraffin, and have that pleasant honey aroma. Available in an elegant octagon or the classic hand-poured taper (we use a 100 year old mold!), these will accent a holiday table like no other! Need to bring a gift for upcoming holiday events? Who would not love a combination of honey, candles and lotion all in a handmade basket as a Thanksgiving host/hostess gift? Unique, local. and sure to please! We have a variety of baskets now available in a range of products and prices. As our girls will always tell you - "Honey makes the SWEETEST gift!" 
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Today's Bee Fact: Did you know Ukraine was historically the third largest honey producer in the world behind only China and Argentina? There are virtually no corporate beekeepers and instead nearly 400,000 independent beekeepers harvest their average 76,000 tons of honey per year (much of it sunflower as you would guess). Beekeeping is deeply ingrained in their culture to a degree unknown here in the US. The bulk of their honey production is based in eastern Ukraine around the Donbas Region. They were the top supplier to the EU and in the top 10 importers to the US. Unfortunately, the war has taken a terrible toll. While exact numbers are hard to come by, it is estimated that over 50% of these beekeepers have joined the service to help defend their country. Those with hives outside of the war zone may have their hives survive albeit without honey production. Many in the east though have been destroyed by fire, bombing and actual targeted destruction by the Russians. They are no longer able to meet the EU's demand for honey with production cratering. War is horrible under any circumstances and impacts so many facets of life like this that we can't even conceive the impacts. There is some good news in that war can often also bring out the best of some when tested. The Brotherhood of Ukrainian Beekeepers has launched the "Help on Bee Wings" program. It helps beekeepers restore their apiaries if needed, supports the families of beekeepers who are fighting in the war, and will provide humanitarian supplies (ex. first aid kits) to the soldiers fighting. Want to learn more and help? Go to https://veterans-and-bees.com/ for more information about this great initiative. Bee well and stay safe! Bob 
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Store Location and Hours
Our store is located at 127 Marcus Rd, Delanson NY 12053 (just 3 miles east of Gallupville off Rt 146 or 8.5 miles west of Altamont). |
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NY Grown and Certified Honey Producer
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