The bees knees

Let’s bee honest, bees do it all: Pollination, soil and crop health indicators, and BEE PRODUCTS! What all do bees produce you ask, well there are a few main products: honey, pollen, wax, propolis. At Sanborn farms we care about the bees first and foremost, so we only harvest what is excess. Apis Mellifera, or the European Honey Bee, is about a dozen species of bees that are social and produce excess. Honey is often used as an emergency food source for bees, but in humans it is used as a food and medicinally in hospitals to pack wounds. Naturally antimicrobial and anti-fungal, honey has been know to last thousands of years. Wax is used in a lot of products like soap, cosmetics (lotions and lip balms), candles, and more. Propolis is a natural resin collected from plants and trees that the bees use for waterproofing their hives. For humans, propolis has a lot of health benefits from natural bandaids to cold remedies. Pollen is used for allergy relief and a tangy snack! At Sanborn Farms we always make sure the bees are overly supplied, and harvest whatever is left over. We like to run our farm as a bee sanctuary rather than a labor camp!

Buy Bee Products

We currently sell our products at local farmer’s markets and at various events around town. We’ll be starting online sales for local pickup shortly, so be sure to check back!

Honey: In the spring you can expect various kinds of honey from bright clean citrus from all the citrus trees, to sweet golden wildflower honey. In the summer our bees fly to the berries, creating a dark complicated honey with notes of berry jam, fig, and caramel.

Soaps: Featuring the beeswax, propolis, honey, goat’s milk, and flowers from our farm, we specialize in pure simple and healthy soaps.

Lip Balms: There’s no better lip-balms then ones that start with pure and clean beeswax and honey. From there we add in high-quality essential oils to create some amazing flavors like Honey Mint, Blossom, and Chai in the fall.

Specialty Honey: Hot Honey and spun/creamed honey are two specialties that are quite different from each-other. Spun honey, or creamed honey, is popular in the U.K. as it takes the pure honey but is “micro crystalized” into a creamy spreadable delicious honey that goes well on bread and biscuits. Our Hot Honey on the other hand features the searing hot fruity Scorpion Pepper.