What's in the bottle

Raw, unfiltered, and never the same twice.

Our hives sit along the Lake Erie shore in Lorain County. What the bees bring in changes every few weeks, and we do not blend it flat to hide that. A bottle bought in June and a bottle bought in September are genuinely different things.

Four things we do, and two we don't

We take only the surplus

What the colony needs for winter stays on the hive. We do not strip the supers and feed sugar syrup back in its place.

We strain, we do not filter

A coarse mesh catches wax and the occasional determined bee. Everything smaller — pollen included — goes into the bottle.

We never heat it

Honey never goes above hive temperature. Heat makes honey easier to bottle and quietly destroys the enzymes.

We bottle in small batches

Each batch is bottled from a single extraction, so what you taste is one moment of one season rather than a blend of ten.

The beekeeping year

What the bees are working

Honey character by season in Lorain County, Ohio
When	Main bloom	Color	How it tastes
April	Dandelion & fruit bloom	Dark amber	Strong and a little sharp. Divides opinion, which we rather like.
May – June	Black locust, clover, raspberry	Near water-white	Light, clean and floral. The one to start with if you think you dislike honey.
July	Basswood & summer wildflower	Pale gold	A distinctive minty, almost menthol edge. Also when we cut comb.
August – September	Goldenrod	Deep amber	Malty and caramel-heavy with a long finish. Sets fast in the bottle.

More detail in the journal: What the bees are working, month by month .

What you can order right now

Our infused range, bottled and ready to ship. There is always more on the shelves than we have online — raw wildflower, honeycomb and the rest are waiting for you at the shop.

A 1 lb bottle of Henrietta Honey peppermint infused honey with a gold foil label

Wildflower base, peppermint-infused

Peppermint Honey

Cool peppermint against warm honey. The one that disappears fastest in winter.

Made in our shop

$14.00

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A 1 lb bottle of Henrietta Honey lavender infused honey with a gold foil label

Wildflower base, lavender-infused

Lavender Honey

Culinary lavender, used with restraint. Floral, never soapy.

Made in our shop

$14.00

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A 1 lb bottle of Henrietta Honey strawberry infused honey with a gold foil label

Wildflower base, strawberry-infused

Strawberry Honey

Bright summer fruit folded into raw honey. The one children pick.

Made in our shop

$14.00

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A 1 lb bottle of Henrietta Honey cinnamon infused honey with a gold foil label

Wildflower base, cinnamon-infused

Cinnamon Honey

Real cinnamon bark, steeped slow. Built for toast and cold mornings.

Made in our shop

$14.00

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A 1 lb bottle of Henrietta Honey elderberry infused honey with a gold foil label

Wildflower base, elderberry-infused

Elderberry Honey

Deep, dark, almost wine-like berry against the honey. The grown-up bottle.

Made in our shop

$18.00

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A 1 lb bottle of Henrietta Honey blueberry infused honey with a gold foil label

Wildflower base, blueberry-infused

Blueberry Honey

Ripe blueberry folded into raw honey. The one that disappears by August.

Made in our shop

$14.00

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A 1 lb bottle of Henrietta Honey vanilla bean infused honey with a gold foil label

Wildflower base, vanilla bean-infused

Vanilla Bean Honey

Real vanilla bean against raw honey. Rounder and warmer, not sweeter.

Made in our shop

$15.00

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Bottles of raw wildflower honey lined up on a wooden shelf against a yellow wall

Raw & unfiltered

Clover, goldenrod, wild aster

Raw Wildflower Honey

Unfiltered, unheated, and different every season — because the bloom is.

from $13.00

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Common questions

What does raw honey mean?

That the honey has not been heated above hive temperature or fine-filtered. The pollen, enzymes and trace waxes stay in the bottle, which is what gives each batch its own flavor.

Why does the color change between bottles?

Because the bloom changes. Honey taken in June from clover is almost water-white; honey taken in September from goldenrod is deep amber. Same bees, same hives, different flowers.

How should I store honey?

In a sealed bottle at room temperature, away from direct sun. Do not refrigerate it — cold speeds up crystallization. Honey does not spoil.