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We are a family farm in North West Florida were we produce the World Famous Tupelo Honey as well as Wildflower and Holly or Gallberry Honey. Our honey is 100% Raw Unfiltered Honey. Our honey is also all 100% produced by our bees. Click for More

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Honey/Pollination

We produce honey in North West Florida moving several times a year following the flows with the focus on Florida White Tupelo production in Wewahitchka in April and May. Tupelo production has been tough for several years do mainly to weather with the 2015 season producing pretty much nothing and the 2016 crop being about 30% from normal. We also produce several wildflower honeys throughout the year and market a few of those. We produce a light wildflower honey in Spring and darker wildflower honey in Fall with a very distinct flavor difference. We have bee yards all around North Florida and market our wildflower by location, i.e. our Choctohatchee River yards honey is marketed in Freeport only about 10-12 miles from production. Find Out More

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Tupelo Honey

Tupelo Honey is produced from the nectar of the blossoms of the white Ogeechee tupelo (Nyssa ogeche) tree. These trees are distributed along the borders of rivers and swamps mainly in the remote wetlands of North Florida. The small area between the Apalachicola and Ochlockonee rivers holds the largest concentration of trees and for the most part is the only tupelo honey production area in the world.

Tupelo trees have clusters of greenish ball flowers, which later develop into berrylike fruits. The bloom lasts only 14-21 days (some years like 2015 only hours) in April and May. Tupelo honey is light Amber with a green cast when held in light. It has a pear-like and hoppy aroma and a coveted flavor that fans describe as mild, delicate, and buttery.

Because of its unusually high fructose content (versus sucrose), tupelo honey will take a very long time to granulate. Also because of its low sucrose content, some doctors allow diabetics to eat it in moderation.

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