In 2017, the United States produced 148 million pounds of honey. West Virginia totaled 240,000 pounds of honey in 2017, an increase of 80,000 pounds from the previous year. Honey has become a staple of the local food movement because its distinctive taste is based on
its origin. The focus on local foods and the role of restaurants in tourism have supported growth
in the honey market. In addition, as health food trends supporting natural sweeteners have become more popular, the “pure” nature of honey has made it more of a mainstay in the sweetener market. Groups like the Appalachian Beekeeping Collective, which train new
beekeepers to become entrepreneurs, have been useful in getting coal miners back to work.
There are so many great honeys that come from the Mountain State that I want to try them all.
Do you know a producer who has product for sale? Who else do I need to add to this list?
- Another Season Honey Farm
- Appalachian Apiculture
- Appalachian Beekeeping Collective
- Appalachian Honey Bee Company
- Bailey Bees
- Barbour Farms
- Bearsville Bees
- Beautiful Bee
- Beeholding Acres/Roth Apiaries
- Blue Ridge Bee Company
- Boone’s Bees and Trees
- Brush Country Bees
- Butcher’s Apiary
- Cooks Apiary
- Creekside Farms
- Crihfield Farms
- Crone's Cottage Apiary
- Dean’s Apiary
- Earthway Primitives
- Eversweet Apiaries
- Frostmore Farm
- Geezer Ridge Farm
- Greenbrier Bee Farm
- Healthberry Farm - I still need to get here to try their mead!
- Hermitage Apiaries
- Hero Honey
- Hestia's Way Acres
- Hidden Quarry Honey
- Hive House Apiaries
- Holcomb’s Honey
- Holy Cross Monastery
- Honaker's Honey & Apiary
- Honey Glen Apiaries
- J & J Bee Farm
- J Bees
- Larry’s Apiaries
- Lazy J Farm
- Me & My Bees LLC
- Mountain State Honey Company
- Mountain Sugar and Spice
- Mountaindale Apiaries
- Mountaineer Bees
- Perry's Peak Honey
- R&A Honey Bees LLC
- Rimfire Apiary
- Riverbend Farms and Gardens
- S & T’s Bees
- Seville Lane Apiary
- Shade's Farm
- Shalgo Farm
- Stiltner’s Apiaries
- Sugar Bottom Farm Raw Honey
- T & T Honey
- The Blended Homestead
- The Farm on Paint Creek/ Sweet Sweeneysburg Honey
- ThistleDew Farm
- White Oak Bee Company
- White Picket Farm
- Willow Bourne Farm
- Windswept Farm Apiary
- Windswept Farms
- WV Hill Country
- WV Ridgerunner Honey LLC
- WV Veteran Produced Honey
- WV Wilderness Apiaries



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