THE APIARY
Honey Varieties
Each of our honey varieties offers a unique taste of the Red Hills region. Try our wildflower, tupelo, and gallberry varieties.
How Is Honey Made?
Discover how bees gather pollen from flowers and transform it into deliciously sweet honey.
Wildflower Seasonality
Find out which wildflowers are in season at Orchard Pond. This season's wildflowers are next season's honey!
Our honey bees work hard to pollinate our garden and produce delicious honey. Learn all about honey bees reproduce, maintain their hives, create honey, and more fun bee facts.
Honey Bees
Honey Varieties
RAW AND UNFILTERED, ALWAYS.
Our honey is raw and unfiltered, just like the bees made it. That means when you enjoy Orchard Pond honey, you are also enjoying all the healthy and nutritional benefits that come with pure honey. The fact that our honey is raw and unfiltered also means that you may experience the natural crystallization process of honey. If your honey crystallizes, and you would rather use your honey in the liquid form, simply place your bottle in warm water.
“The hum of bees is the voice of the garden.”
- Elizabeth Lawrence
Wildflower Seasonality
Summer
Milkweed
Partridge Pea
Lanceleaf Tickseed
Leavenworth’s Tickseed
Twinflower
Purple Coneflower
Yellowtops
Indian Blanket
Shortleaf Blazing Star
Dotted Horsemint
White Beardtongue
Black-eyed Susan
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Tropical Sage
Starry Rosinweed
Stokes' Aster
Giant Ironweed
Spanish Needle
Spiderwort
Spotted Mint
Sumac
Elderberry
Swamp Titi
Low Bush Gallberry
Chinese Tallow
False Petunia