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Hive Five Apiary

Pure local honey from our backyard to your table

What we make

We produce limited quantities of honey and honey products based on what our bees provide each season.

Bottle of Hive Five Apiary raw honey with our hives in the background

Liquid honeyBottle

Raw, unfiltered honey in a 1lb. plastic bottle. Perfect for drizzling over toast, yogurt, or tea!

Glass jar of Hive Five Apiary raw honey with a wooden honey dipper

Liquid honeyWith dipper

A larger, glass jar with a convenient wooden honey dipper. Elegant and a perfect gift!

Jar of Hive Five Apiary creamed honey

Creamed honeyGlass jar

Smooth creamed honey with a rich and thick texture. Perfect for spreading on bread!

Hive Five Apiary lip balm in its tin, with an open tin beside it

Lip balm1 oz reusable tin

Made with Organic Virgin Coconut Oil, Beeswax from our bees, Cocoa Butter, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Jojoba Oil, Vitamin E, Lanolin, and Flavoring Oil.

From frame to jar

We collect our honey from smaller boxes on our hives called honey supers, which lets our bees keep what they've stored in the brood and deep boxes to help them survive throughout the four seasons.

  1. A frame of capped honey lifted from a honey super

    Pull capped frames

    From the honey supers on top of each hive.

  2. Honey frames loaded into our extractor

    Spin

    Uncapped frames go into the extractor.

  3. Extracted honey running through a sieve into a bucket

    Strain

    A sieve catches chunks of wax and other particles.

  4. Stirring honey in a glass bowl to make creamed honey

    Bottle or cream

    Into bottles, or transformed into creamed honey.

We practice minimal intervention beekeeping, so any wax we collect comes from inspections where extra comb is built in the wrong place or from our extraction process when removing cappings. We use this small amount of wax in hand lotion, lip balm, and cutting board oil, so nothing goes to waste in our sustainable approach to beekeeping.

Interested in our products?

If you'd like to learn more about availability or place an order, please get in touch!

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NC Certified Honey Producer

Our honey is part of the Certified Honey Producer program through the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association.