honeyrunfarm

Back in 2003 I gifted a hive of bees to my boyfriend Isaac. His curiosity in natural and scientific things- combined with an insatiable love for honey- I knew it would be a hit. Little did I realize it would turn into a career and a way of life for our future family! We couldn't be happier- creating pure raw honey, beeswax candles, and handcrafted soap. These are products we believe in and find great pleasure in producing.

Isaac is the beekeeper and spends his Spring, Summer, and Fall days maintaining the health of our 600 colonies of honeybees. He monitors the hives by checking their brood pattern, ensuring adequate pollen and honey stores, and always making sure the hives' well-being is the first priority. He harvests the surplus honey and brings it back to our honey house- spinning the fresh honey from the comb, straining out the bits of beeswax and bottling it up for our customers. In the winter months he works on cleaning the beeswax cappings and preparing the wax so it is ready to create beeswax candles. Building beekeeping equipment, helping out other beekeepers, writing songs on his guitar, and playing with our children rounds out his time.

As a mother of four and a small business owner, I wear many hats- along with helping Isaac with aspects of beekeeping, I am the one who corresponds with customer emails as well as making recipes for soap, salves, lip balm, and beeswax candles. In 2015 we hired a shipping manager, Katie Massie, who has helped us tremendously, so we can focus on creating products while she takes care of shipping out packages and bottling honey. In 2018 we added Hannah Runkle to our team, and she makes soap, candles, lip balm and infuses and bottle honey. We enjoy working together as a team!

We are immersed with our work daily, yet when you love what you do, it really doesn't feel like work. Our children come with us to complete tasks on the farm, and we are continually grateful to be able to stay home with them while creating natural products from our farm.