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Squeaky Tree Honey Farm is a family
owned business. Our farm is located in Iredell county near the Davie
county line. We get wonderful spring honey here where the bees collect
nectar from flowering trees as well as flowers in the fields. Typically
the spring honey flow is over around the beginning of June. We then
collect and extract this honey and prepare the hives to be moved to the
"mountains" up in Wilkes and Surry counties for our July
Sourwood honey crop. This is quite an endeavor as you can see below. The
honey crop from the Sourwood is very unpredictable. Some years are good
and other years we get little to no yield. We sell bottled honey retail and wholesale by the case or in buckets as supply allows. Contact us if you would like some rich, raw North Carolina honey. It is carefully strained but not processed. Honey can be picked up in Statesville at our other business - Ted's Signs or from our farm out in the country by special arrangement. Let us know if you would like to start your own beekeeping. We can help you get started in the spring with bees and equipment. If you would like to order our 2010 spring nucs, please click HERE to go to the page that explains bees and equipment for sale.
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Sourwood Sourwood grows in the higher elevation forests of the southeastern United States. It is also known as sorrel-tree or lily- of-the-valley-tree. The flowers are an important source of honey in the summer. It is the source of the famous Sourwood honey. In summer the sourwood tree has long, drooping clusters of fragrant white flowers which resemble lily-of-the-valley. Sourwood tree leaves turn bright scarlet, orange or crimson in the fall, and are sour to the taste. Sourwood honey is a light-colored honey that has an almost caramel or buttery flavor, and a pleasant, lingering aftertaste. Some fans of sourwood honey claim that because of its taste you don’t need any butter on your biscuits or bread with this honey! National Honey Board |
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Goldenrod Goldenrod is an abundant fall flower source for the bees. Many people are aware of pollen problems related to this plant but the nectar is valuable for honey production. September is the main month you will see goldenrod blooming in the fields and along roadsides. The soil type in the Piedmont region of NC does not seem to allow the plant to yield much nectar for the bees. We have moved our bees to New York state this year for a couple of months to harvest a goldenrod crop. We should have our hives back home and honey available in late October. Goldenrod honey has a distinctive but pleasant taste and good color.
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You can see our hive moving operation below- Dad, Ian and Jeremy. The boys like running the loader. It's a lot better than when we did it all by hand before. There still is plenty of other hard lifting work though. |
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The pictures below show our extracting and bottling. Gregory is good at putting the lids on for me. |
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We also sell our honey
wholesale- bottled by the case. Call or e-mail us for availability and prices. |
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1417 Alexander Street • Statesville NC 28677
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