Local. Natural. Artisan.
Since 2017 Garfield Honey Company has sold thousands of pounds of honey to our neighbors thru a simple approach: keep it local, natural and artisan.
Save the Bees. Shop our Products.
Local.
Garfield Honey Company is a beekeeping operation, makers of artisan hive products local to central Indiana, and advocates for pollinator populations. We work to help the bees and help people enjoy what the bees produce. We believe that locally produced goods by small businesses are vital to our community. As lifelong members of the Indianapolis community, we are passionate and proud that our bees produce honey from our surrounding neighborhoods for our neighbors. We will never take for granted the opportunity to keep our bees among our neighbor-customers and in the community we serve.
Natural.
All Garfield Honey’s hive products are natural, not processed. The bees make honey naturally sweet and nutritious. We bring forth honey as close to the way the bees produce it as we can. This means we never heat our honey to temperatures above what is found in the hive. Nor do we filter out any pollen or the 180 compounds that flowers and the bees put there for a reason. That way you can enjoy it in the same way the bees do. Our Bee Balms personal care products are equally natural and use only beeswax and plant-based oils and butters.
Artisan.
We believe that how we do what we do matters every bit as much as what we do. We raise honey bees and produce our honey without cutting corners or rushing the process. We breed our own queens and grow our apiaries (beeyards) sustainably. We handcraft our all-natural Bee Balms personal care products. We understand that beekeeping is as much an art as science. We pass our knowledge on to willing beekeeping students and sell starter colonies to help carry on that tradition of beekeeping. Honey bees and other pollinators are under pressure and need our advocacy. That is why we speak out publicly in-person and thru social media on issues affecting these critical pollinator populations. Our customers’ generous support of our products make our efforts in this regard possible.