Backed By Bees

Great shop with a wide array of fresh local produce, honey and honey products and mead. Super friendly and informative staff who were welcoming. Tasting room for the mead is coming soon! Only things to note are that It has a relatively small parking lot. Definitely plan to drop by again!

This is a wonderful place. Its relaxing and the store has some really awesome bee related products. Great selection of local meats and sausages, local grown vegetables and even baked products. There is even mead tasting as well with honey treats for the kids. Very knowledgeable staff and a wonderful experience for a family day trip/picnic. There is even a picnic spot by the bee hives. The store is really nice, clean and crisp. Plenty of parking and easy to find.

Are you looking for a Bee Beard experience? This is the right place. In fact this is the only place which you feel very comfortable of doing it. Dave is a very very knowledgeable experience Beekeeper. What you need to prepare is ear and nose plugs. He told me that I should expect a few bee stung by the end. But I end up not getting a single bee stung at all. During the bees crawling up my body, Dave follow up very closely and even tell me step by step like now the bees are tickling you. And now walk around will create vibration which make the bees move upward. Finally, Dave told me to jump up and lean my body forward at the same time, so the bees will fall close to the entrance of the hive. After that, I step backward 2 steps (very important) because I don't want to step on the bees. Then after 2 or 3 more jumps, he pass me a brush to brush off the bees around my body. The whole duration is about 1 and half hour. I also learn a lot the Golden rod flowers about the nectar flows. Anything questions related to beekeeping, Dave will be the best advisor. I believe he offer the consulting service with a very reasonable price. Also this farm offer the best mead. The bee haven, I personally like the hopped ones. This farm is also selling their partners food products like eggs, milk, vegetables and etc. Therefore this is a One Stop Shop for the locals. And I believe support the locals will give us more fresh and new products in the near future.

Always enjoy the selection and staff in the retail store. Tried the bbq Friday night and loved the casual ambiance, the mead and the sausage. Would have preferred potato chips to apple chips with my sausage so hoping for that on our next visit. Thank you Dave and Vince and all the staff.

I had read about this on a public forum and decided to go for a lil drive this afternoon. It was so very worth it, so interesting, and not only did I purchase honey, I found a few fresh local produce items as well. I will definitely return. Keep up the great work.

Wicked place! Dave was kind enough to walk back with us explaining about the different stations, pollination plants and even showing us the hive. Man is clearly passionate about his craft and we also really enjoyed the flights of mead. Educational experience great for kids / families and stoked to come back again :)

After passing this farm by many times on the road, I finally made the trip into the little market. I was so excited to see the wide range in local offerings such as dairy, eggs, cheeses, etc. (Especially since the Milton farmer's market isn't on during the winter) The raw honey I bought was a very reasonable price and had a great taste and texture. The Mead I bought was equally delicious. I tried both the blueberry session brew as well as the cherry. (To note, this is my first time trying Mead) my only regret was not coming here sooner! I will definitely be returning!!!