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Authors: Cal Orey

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PART 9
H
ONEY
R
ESOURCES
Where Can You Buy Honey?
As honey continues to be touted for its powerful health benefits, people are becoming more aware of this ancient superfood and its comeback around the globe. Currently, a wide world of honeys can be bought in supermarkets, specialty stores, and health-food stores, as well as through mail order and on the Internet. And yes, the decision regarding which one is best can be subjective, just like when choosing your favorite olive oil and chocolate.
Here is a list of honeys and honey products, from organic and all-natural to gourmet brands. If you're interested in buying any of these popular honeys or honey-related items, just contact the honey company directly for the locations of stores nearest you.
HONEY BEAUTY PRODUCTS
Bella Luccè
Bella Luccè Ltd. Co.
401 Western Lane
Suite G
 
Columbia, S.C. 29063
800-485-3079
Outside the lower 48 states:
803-749-0809
www.bellalucce.com
 
Manuka Honey Drizzle, one of the company's most popular products, can be used as a pedicure soak, as a hydrotherapy bath treatment, and as a rich body masque.
 
Cuccio Naturalé
29120 Avenue Paine
Valencia, CA 91355
661-257-7827; 800-762-6245
www.cuccio.com
 
In 1999, the innovative Star Nail International founded the first natural nail-, hand-, and foot-care treatment product line used in top spas and salons worldwide. Many of the products, from massage crèmes to Spa Elixir, include milk-and-honey combinations and are simply sublime—perfect for pampering the body at home, too.
HONEY HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS
Big Dipper Wax Works
700 South Orchard Street
Seattle, WA 98108
206-767-7322; 888-826-7770
www.bigdipperwaxworks.com
 
Hand-crafted beeswax candles. Products include tapers, pillars, and gift sets for everyday and extraordinary seasonal selections: holiday glass gift sets, Scents of the Season, beehive glasses, Valentine's Day candles, and a spring collection.
 
Honey Candle
37 Main Street
Orleans, MA 02653
508-255-7031; 888-423-3929
www.honeycandle.com
 
Quaint candle shop, 100 percent beeswax collection, pillars, tapers, bayberry candles, and summer butterflies on front and back of decorative candles.
 
Knorr Beeswax Products, Inc.
14906 Via De La Valle
Del Mar, CA 92014
760-431-2007; 800-807-BEES
www.knorrbeeswax.com
 
Beeswax candles are pure elegance and perfect for all occasions. Selection of quality 100 percent pure beeswax candles.
HONEY PRODUCERS AND MAKERS IN CALIFORNIA
Honey Pacifica
 
Honey Pacifica offers raw honey varieties, always raw and unfiltered. A wide variety of exceptional honeys, honeycomb, candy, coastal bee pollen, royal jelly, propolis, skin creams and lip balms, and beeswax candles.
 
Honey Ridge Farms
12310 NE 245th Avenue
Brush Prairie, WA 98606
360-256-0086
www.honeyridgefarms.com
 
Unforgettable gourmet honey, honey crèmes, honey vinegar, and honey grilling sauces and glazes.
 
Marshall's Honey
159 Lombard Road
American Canyon, CA 94503
707-556-8088; 800-624-4637
www.marshallshoney.com
 
California honey, raw honey, kosher honey, unfiltered honey, allergy relief packs, and beeswax products.
HONEY COMPANIES FROM OTHER STATES IN THE USA AND AROUND THE GLOBE
Banner Bee Company LLC
10021 Banner County
Laytonsville, MD 20882
240-793-0363
www.bannerbees.com
 
An eye-catching selection of quality honey products, including raw honey, beeswax candles, gourmet cocoa blended raw honey, and all-natural HelpingHand propolis salve.
 
Bee-Pure Honey, Inc.
West Bend, WI 53095
262-675-0557
www.beepurehoney.com
 
Provides natural, healthy honey and other hive products, including bee pollen, gift sets, raw honey, and tea, direct from the beekeeper.
 
Laney Honey
25725 New Road
North Liberty, IN 46554
574-656-8701
www.laneyhoney.com
 
Premium honey from America's Heartland, varieties offered by floral source, as well as beeswax and skin-care products.
 
Dutchman's Gold
300 Carlisle Road
Carlisle, ON
LOR 1H2, Canada
905-689-6371
www.beepollenbuzz.com
www.dutchmansgold.com
www.anniesapitherapy.com
 
Raw, fresh, and unpasteurized honey varietals and honey blends, including fresh comb honey, raw honey, summer blossom honey, honey butter, and buckwheat honey. Apitherapy raw honey blends, including royal jelly, bee propolis, and bee pollen for added nutritional value.
 
Magnolia Honey Company
Post Office Box 517/251 Highway 61 North
Woodville, MS 39669
601-888-7500
www.magnoliahoney.com
 
Home of award-winning gourmet products, including honey jellies, honey pickles, and honey sauces.
 
Really Raw Honey
3725 Gough Street
Baltimore, MD 21224
800-REAL-RAW (732-5729)
www.reallyrawhoney.com
 
An earthy line of a variety of raw honeys, including unprocessed honey containing bits of propolis, honeycomb, and pollen that add chewy texture.
 
Savannah Bee Company
211 Johnny Mercer Boulevard
Savannah, GA 31410
800-955-5080
www.savannahbee.com
 
A top-notch company with a vast assortment of specialty honeys, raw honeycomb, everyday honey, body-care products, and gifts.
 
Sue Bee
®
Honey
301 Lewis Boulevard
P.O. Box 338
Sioux City, IA 51102
712-258-0638
www.suebee.com
 
A leading honey company in America, which offers all-natural honey, spun honey, Aunt Sue's Raw Honey with pure unfiltered all natural flavor, and Aunt Sue's Organic Honey, which is certified 100 percent organic as recognized by the USDA.
 
Volcano Island Honey Company, LLC
46-4013 Puaono Road
Honokaa, HI 96727
808-775-1000; 888-663-6639
www.volcanoislandhoney.com
 
Raw honey fit for the gods. Tropical honey is certified organic.
GOURMET SPECIALTY FOODS
1425 Elliott Avenue West
Seattle, WA 98119
800-596-0885
www.ChefShop.com
 
ChefShop.com
carries an extensive line of artisan-produced specialty foods and ingredients from around the world, including a broad selection of monofloral honeys, such as Tasmanian leatherwood honey and Tasmanian tea tree honey. Stop by the retail store anytime to try honey or ask for a personalized olive oil and vinegar tasting. Or shop online.
MEDICINAL HONEY
During the creation of
The Healing Powers of Honey,
as an author-intuitive I was working as a phone psychic. I'd get calls from Australia and New Zealand. Often, I'd sense the caller (sometimes without an accent) was ringing me from these countries. It was just a gut instinct.
 
Honeymark International, LLC
P.O. Box 15381
Boston, MA 02215
866-427-7329
www.HoneymarkProducts.com
 
A wide variety of imported medicinal honey products, including first-aid antiseptic lotion, antifungal cream, liquid hand soap, and manuka honey soap. The manuka honey is the only product imported from New Zealand. These soaps are excellent for moisturizing dry skin, clearing acne, and eliminating bacteria on the surface of the skin.
 
Medihoney
Derma Sciences
214 Carnegie Center
Suite 300
Princeton, NJ 08540
609-514-4744
www.medihoney.com
 
Linked to Comvita, Medihoney was a pioneer in the field of honey and wound-care research.
 
The Tasmanian Honey Company
25A Main Road
Perth, Tasmania 7300
Australia
(03) 6398 2666
[email protected]
 
A potpourri of delicious and sophisticated honeys with healing properties, including Tasmanian leatherwood, Tasmanian manuka, French lavender, and eucalyptus.
 
Comvita New Zealand Ltd
Private Bag 1, Te Puke
New Zealand
0800-504-959
www.comvita.com
 
A pioneer company selling honey and other bee products, including manuka honey, first-aid creams, and honey bandages.
 
The Honey Collection Limited
74 Grove Road
Blenheim 7201
Marlborough
New Zealand
+64-3-5786303
www.honeycollection.co.nz
 
The Honey Collection provides a variety of “Pure New Zealand Skin Care products” that have UMF-rated manuka honey as a prime ingredient.
CHOCOLATE TO PAIR WITH HONEY
Lake Champlain Chocolates
750 Pine Street
Burlington, VT 05401
800-465-5909
www.lakechamplainchocolates.com
 
For 25 years, Lake Champlain Chocolates has been making fresh, all-natural gourmet chocolates.
 
Natural Candy Store
1009 Shary Circle, Suite B Concord, CA 94518 925-288-1704; 800-875-2409
www.naturalcandystore.com
 
Honey candies, including Italian Honey Filled Candy, Honey Mint Patties, Honeybees Natural Candy, and much more.
 
Queen Bee Gardens
1863 Lane 11 1/2
Lovell, WY 82431
307-548-2543; 800-225-7553
www.queenbeegardens.com
 
A wide variety of the best gourmet candy made with honey and chocolate, including truffles, Honeymoons, pralines, and other confections.
OLIVE OIL TO PAIR WITH HONEY
Nick Sciabica & Sons
2150 Yosemite Boulevard
Modesto, CA 95354-3931
209-577-5067; 800-551-9612
www.sciabica.com
 
Sciabica specializes in cold-pressed olive oils, using several varieties of California olives. They also provide natural red wine vinegar, as well as balsamic vinegar imported from Modena, Italy. Sciabica offers a variety of extra virgin olive oils. Also, Sciabica's “Specialty Olive Oils” include flavored products containing basil, garlic, jalapeño, lemon, and orange. These oils contain no artificial flavors but are made by crushing and cold-pressing together the ingredients and fresh Mission Variety olives in the mill.
 
The Olive Press
At Jacuzzi Family Winery
24724 Highway 121 (Arnold Drive)
Sonoma, CA 95476
707-939-8900; 800-965-4839
www.theolivepress.com
 
The Olive Press Tasting Room and Gift Shop and the online store are dedicated to olives and olive oil. They also sell some honey-related items, including Olive You Dog Treats that come in peanut butter and honey.

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