Welcome to the Local Hive blog, where we’ll share the latest and sweetest in all things honey. From recipes and facts, to partner news and beekeeping tips, we’re doing all we can to spread the love – from our hives to your homes.
Learn how to make lavender and lemonade popsicles with raw & unfiltered Local Hive Honey.
Learn how to make picnic sandwiches with raspberry honey mustard and raw & unfiltered Local Hive Honey.
Learn how to make lemon-blackberry tarts with raw & unfiltered Local Hive Honey.
Learn how to make kid-friendly Honey Yogurt Dip at home with Local Hive raw & unfiltered honey.
Learn how to make Washington Raspberry Honey Butter at home with Local Hive raw & unfiltered honey.
Learn how to make herb-infused honey with raw & unfiltered Local Hive Honey.
Learn how to make a custom, Valentine’s Day-themed charcuterie board from an expert: Brooke of @forage.and.gather.boards.
Learn how to make Honey Caramel Candies at home with raw & unfiltered Local Hive Honey.
Learn how to make Kale Salad with Honey-Lemon Dressing featuring raw & unfiltered Local Hive Honey.
Honey is mostly sugar, but you’d be surprised how it can be part of a healthy diet.
Local honey can help you make your healthy New Year’s resolutions stick.
Learn how to make unbeatable honey butter brownies with raw & unfiltered Local Hive Honey.
Check out recipes for local honey cocktails this Friendsgiving. Featuring Local Hive raw & unfiltered honey.
Learn about the new local honey gift boxes with honey flights from Local Hive.
Our simple recipe for Honey Garlic Chicken Legs featuring Local Hive Midwest raw & unfiltered honey.
We think it can change the world. This Local Hive Honey blog explores how our raw & unfiltered local honey radically rethinks our current food system and agriculture.
Learn how to make Honey Blackberry Cobbler featuring Local Hive’s limited edition Oregon Blackberry honey. With blackberry and lotus pollens in every drop, it’s the perfect raw & unfiltered local honey for this sweet, easy homemade dessert.
As nature’s hardest working pollinators, bees do more than we could ever fully appreciate – totally free. Learn about how local honey, bees and beekeepers support our entire food system.
Learn to make easy overnight oats with Local Hive raw & unfiltered honey in this step-by-step recipe.
These recipes are perfect for quickly whipping up before a big day at school. School lunch ideas featuring Local Hive raw & unfiltered honey.
Raw & unfiltered local honey can be a better sweetener for coffee than sugar – here’s why.
Learn how to easily whip up your own homemade honey mustard featuring raw & unfiltered Local Hive Honey.
Learn how you can help spread awareness for bees and pollinators during Pollinator Awareness Week.
Local Hive is preserving the rarest, most unique local honeys from around the country and making them available in our small-batch, limited-run Harvest Reserve series.
Raw & unfiltered local honey is an essential part of any charcuterie board, with unique local flavors complementing cheeses, nuts, meats, olives and more.
Roasting sweet potatoes with raw & unfiltered local honey makes them even sweeter.
Butterfly Pavilion was founded to conserve pollinators. Beekeepers are an essential part of that mission.
Dr. Ron Fessenden (AKA) “The Honey Doctor” knows his honey – and plenty of tasty, nutritious honey recipes like these.
A delicious Honey Salmon with Stir-Fry Noodles recipe made with raw & unfiltered Local Hive™ Honey.
Local Hive bottles 22 raw & unfiltered local honey varietals because local food can improve the lives of farmers, beekeepers and communities nationwide.
Dr. Ron Fessenden’s book Feed Your Brain First explains how raw & unfiltered honey can benefit your mind, body and metabolism.
A Caramelized Shallots with Feta and Honey Tartlets recipe featuring raw & unfiltered Local Hive Honey
Eating raw & unfiltered honey throughout the day has benefits for your brain, metabolism and much more.
Our raw & unfiltered orange blossom honey has a unique taste and an even more unique backstory.
There’s a local honey varietal for everyone on your nice list. Visit the link in our bio to see our full rundown of why it makes such a sweet gift.
A few of our favorite ways to use raw & unfiltered local honey in your Thanksgiving recipes.
The same hive and beekeeper will make different honey throughout the year.
This chicken with rosemary, lemon and olives recipe gets a hint of sweetness from Local Hive Honey.
2020 American Honey Queen Mary Reisinger talks local honey and beekeeping.
Every local honey is unique. Here’s what you need to know to really enjoy them.
A coloring page to teach kids about how bees and beekeepers help all plants grow.
A downloadable e-book featuring the winning recipes of our Local Hive™ Baking Challenge.
Learn about the dangers facing our pollinators and what you can do to help.
Saving American bees and beekeepers starts with local honey.
How to enter the Local Hive™ Baking Challenge and all the details you need to know.
Easy instructions for making homemade liquid hand soap with raw & unfiltered Local Hive Honey.
It’s hard to be a parent right now. But it’s even harder to be a kid.
Keep boredom at bay with these seven fun activities for kids and parents.
We’re working to keep our local, raw & unfiltered honey in stock nationwide, while ensuring the safety of our employees and their families in response to COVID-19.
Learn to make a sore throat salve with all-natural ingredients, including Local Hive Honey.
Find out if honey is keto friendly and whether or not you can eat it on a low-carb diet here at Local Hive!
This fan-submitted recipe features light lavender cupcakes with honey cream cheese frosting, sweetened with Local Hive raw & unfiltered honey. Try it for yourself!
Learn how one beehive can make totally different kinds of honey.
Sweet and savory Honey-Marmalade Pork Tenderloin featuring Local Hive Honey.
More tips on how to eat more local food in 2020 from Local Hive Honey.
Learn how to eat more local food in 2020, whether that be honey, produce or meat.
This simple rum cocktail will sweeten your New Year’s Eve party, Roaring ‘20s style.
A few quick tips on getting rid of bees naturally from the bee experts at Local Hive Honey.
From Cleopatra to the Kardashians, honey has been used to beautify skin for thousands of years and still makes a great beauty hack today.
Check out our guide to getting a great night’s sleep, featuring raw and unfiltered local honey.
This dark-colored local honey is sure to brighten up any breakfast or snack it’s paired with.
An all-natural, easy-to-make recipe for honey-sweetened cranberry sauce.
Beeswax can be used to polish and protect your furniture. Learn how to make your own beeswax furniture polish.
Honey is just the beginning. There are plenty of bee-inspired gifts out there for anyone.
Beeswax candles have many benefits – but which ones are real, and which ones are sugar-coated?
It turns out one of Halloween’s most essential candies is sweetened with honey.
Bees pollinate many of our favorite foods. What would happen if they didn’t?
The definitive guide to famous beekeepers from Local Hive Honey.
A quick guide to making your garden irresistible to local bees and the rest of nature’s pollinators.
Learn how bees communicate in order to find the best pollen near their hive.
Learn about what goes on during September: beekeeping’s busiest month.
Local Hive celebrates pollinators everywhere with National Honey Month.
A raw honey face mask is easy to make, great for your skin and can save money on skincare.
With summer wrapping up, take advantage of the juicy berries by brewing up a batch of Blackberry Mead made with our local, raw and unfiltered honey.
Our raw and unfiltered honey is here to help you get creative again with this local honey slime recipe.
Thanks to our local bees and their keepers, alfalfa and clover come together to bring you our humble yet hearty Local Hive Montana honey.
While a bee hive may not look like a science lab, every step from flower to comb contributes to honey’s unique properties.
Before you reach for the antibiotic ointment to cure those cuts and burns, consider using our soothing sidekick—local honey.
Honey is one of the oldest culinary & medicinal ingredients. In this little history lesson, learn about how Ancient Egyptians used honey for a variety of purposes.
Pollinators don’t just make honey: they make the world go ‘round – and they need your help.
Give your complexion a boost with a DIY face mask using Local Hive Honey.
Learn to make a simple sweet honey barbecue sauce recipe with Local Hive Honey.
Find out what makes raw & unfiltered local honey from Florida so special.
Learn to make a summery Honey Vinaigrette recipe with Local Hive Honey.
Find out what makes raw & unfiltered local honey from Southern California so special.
What makes a bee’s brain tick? Learn about the relationship between a bee’s mind and a hive’s.
Learn to make a sweet Orange Ginger Honey Cakes for a fluffy dessert treat featuring raw and unfiltered Local Hive honey.
Learn about Morgan Freeman’s newest hobby – beekeeping – and how it can help preserve our pollinators.
Learn some foolish quasi-facts about raw and unfiltered local honey for April Fools’ Day.
Local Hive’s award-winning new packaging and branding set it apart as a truly unique raw and unfiltered local honey.
Learn about the rediscovery and conservation of the world’s largest bee, Wallace’s giant bee, from Local Hive; your source for local raw and unfiltered honey.
Learn to make authentic New Orleans beignets with Local Hive honey just in time for Mardi Gras.
With this simple whipped honey butter recipe, you can integrate our raw & unfiltered honey into just about any of your favorite dishes. Learn how to make it here!
Many people wonder if honey is actually better for you than sugar. Find out the facts from our Honey Doctor, Ron Fessenden, so you can make the right dietary decisions.
Take a sneak peek into the fascinating world of bee reproduction going on in our hives from coast to coast.
Learn to make a sweet Honey Lavender Latte for a luxurious morning pick-me-up.
Local Hive puts a spotlight on their local Colorado raw and unfiltered honey.
Local Hive takes the sting out of bee myths and helps determine what's really true about our buzzing friends.
Out of all the sugar substitutes, we highly recommend that you replace sugar with raw, unfiltered honey. Learn how much it takes & more here at Local Hive!
Learn how to make a Salty Honey Pie with Local Hive's So Cal honey for a sweet, sharable dessert.
These honey vanilla sugar cookies are a holiday hit your loved ones will remember. Learn how to make them with this quick and simple recipe!
Combine the sweet of our So Cal honey with the heat of Gochujang in this Hot Honey Chicken Sandwich recipe by Lindsey Eats LA.
Our Black Friday deal is buzzing along, and so is our partnership with PACE. Get 25% off when you spend $35 on Local Hive honey, and PACE will receive a portion of proceeds to help protect and conserve pollinators.
Make our easy Honey Caramel Sticky Bun recipe with raw and unfiltered Local Hive honey.
With all the different types of honey out there, things can get confusing. At Local Hive, we cover the differences between raw honey vs. regular filtered honey.
Learn to perfect a Honey Mustard Glazed Ham in time for the holiday season.
Bees are amongst the most important creatures to humans on Earth. These amazing insects pollinate over 80% of all flowering plants. Learn more at Local Hive!
September marks the end of the honey season and the final harvest for most of our local beekeepers. Celebrate with local, raw honey from Local Hive!
From health related to food, discover the many different uses of honey!
Learn to make a sweet Honey Apple Cake for a small afternoon treat.