Wildflower honey from sixty Vermont hives
Raw honey, beeswax and hive tours from our family farm in Burlington.
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4.9 from 380 reviews
Family-run since 2011
Sixty Hives Across the Intervale
Marit and Joel Tremblay keep sixty hives on thirty acres of wildflower meadow and three river farms north of downtown. Every jar is spun in our barn the week it comes off the hive, raw and never heated past hive temperature.
Meet the bees
Five Honeys, One Long Summer
Each honey is one bloom, pulled when that bloom ends and never blended into the next. Taste them side by side at the counter before you choose.
All year, our everyday jar
Raw wildflower
Whatever the meadow is doing that summer, in one jar. The one we put on the table every morning.
$14
a 1 lb jar, or 2.5 lb for $28
Late June and July
Summer honey
White clover and basswood. Pale, buttery and gone by Labor Day.
$15
a 1 lb jar
August and September
Fall honey
Goldenrod and aster. Dark, a little spicy, made for coffee and cornbread.
$16
a 1 lb jar
When the frames allow
Cut comb
A whole square of capped comb, cut from the frame and boxed. Eat it as it is.
$22
a square
8 oz, all year
Whipped lavender
Wildflower honey whipped smooth with lavender from our own rows. Spreads like butter.
$13
a jar
From the Wax Room
Nothing from the hive goes to waste. The cappings we cut off every frame become candles, balm and wraps, poured and dipped in the barn.
Maple-barrel honey
Wildflower honey rested in a Vermont maple syrup barrel
$24
Beeswax pillar candles
Poured in the barn, burn clean and smell of honey
from $18
Hand-dipped tapers
A pair, dipped thirty times each
$16
A block of pure beeswax
For your own candles, salves and wood polish
$9
Beeswax lip balm
Beeswax, sunflower oil and a little honey
$5
Beeswax food wraps
A set of three, washable and good for a year
$20
The gift box
Two honeys, a square of comb, a candle and a dipper
$48
Tasting flight at the counter
Every honey on the shelf. Free with any tour
$8
We ship anywhere in the US for a flat $9 a box. Call or text (802) 555-0136 to order.
Suit Up for a Hive Tour
Saturdays and Sundays at 10am and 1pm, June through September. Veils and gloves are on us, and nobody leaves without holding a frame.
Hive tour
75 minutes in the bee yard. Kids 8 to 15, $15
$35
an adult
Beekeeper for an afternoon
3 hours. Open a hive with Joel and spin your own jar
$85
a person
Beginner beekeeping class
One Saturday a month, 5 hours, lunch included
$145
a person
Book a hive tour
Your Afternoon in the Bee Yard
No experience, no suit of your own, no problem. Kids love it, and so does every grandparent who swore they would wait in the car.
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Book a time
Online, or call or text. Pick the tour, the day and how many are coming.
02
Suit up in the barn
Veils, gloves and kids' suits in every size. A ten-minute talk on what the bees are doing today.
03
Open a hive with Joel
Find the queen, hold a frame of brood and watch a bee being born.
04
Taste and take home
A tasting flight on the porch and 10% off the shop that day.
Taste Every Bloom with Us
The bees follow the flowers, and so does the honey. Come back each season and the jar on the counter has changed.
May
Dandelion and apple blossom
Spring honey, light and floral
June and July
White clover and basswood
Summer honey, pale and buttery
Aug and Sept
Goldenrod and aster
Fall honey, dark and a little spicy
October
Harvest weekend
The second weekend: free tastings, the extractor running in the barn
Dandelion
Apple blossom
White clover
Basswood
Lavender
Goldenrod
Aster
15
seasons with the bees
60
hives on the Intervale and three river farms
7,400
pounds of honey last season
4.9
stars from 380 reviews
Heard at the Farm Shop
4.9 from 380 reviews
“My kids still talk about holding a frame of bees with Joel. We drove home with a jar they spun themselves and it was gone by Tuesday.”
Hannah, Old North End
“The fall honey is the only thing my dad will put in his coffee now. I buy it by the case in October.”
Luis, South End
“We gave the adopt-a-hive share as a wedding gift. Every month there's a new photo of ‘their’ bees on the fridge.”
Priya and Sam, Winooski
Join the Honey Share
A season of honey, picked up at the farm shop from May through December, or shipped to your door for $9 a box.
Sampler
One jar of each bloom as it comes off the hive.
$54
a season
4 jars across the season Spring, summer, fall and wildflower A text when each one is ready
Reserve a share
Full season
The share most neighbors keep year after year.
$120
a season
8 jars across the season A square of cut comb A tasting for two at the counter
Reserve a share
Adopt a hive
Your own hive box, with your name on it.
$195
a season
12 jars and a square of comb A hive tour for two A photo of your bees every month
Reserve a share
Asked at the Counter
Anything else? Call or text the farm at (802) 555-0136. Marit or Elsa will answer.
Call or text us
Is it really raw?
Yes. We spin and strain it in the barn and never heat it past hive temperature, 95°F, so the pollen and the flavor stay in the jar.
Why did my honey turn solid?
Raw honey crystallizes. It is not spoiled, it is doing what raw honey does. Set the jar in warm water for twenty minutes and it comes back.
Can babies have honey?
Not under one year old, raw or otherwise. Everyone else, help yourself.
What if I'm scared of bees, or allergic?
The bees are calm and the veils work. Anyone allergic to stings skips the open hive and watches our glass observation hive in the shop, 4,000 bees behind glass.
How old do kids need to be?
Eight and up for the hive tour, with an adult. Younger kids are welcome at the shop and the observation hive.
Do you ship?
Anywhere in the US, for a flat $9 a box. Call or text and we'll send it the same week.
Ready to Buzz In?
Book a hive tour, reserve a share, or just come by for a jar. The farm shop is ten minutes from downtown, with free parking on the farm lane.
Request a hive tour
Saturdays and Sundays, June through September. We text you to confirm within the day.
Request my tour
418 Intervale Rd, Burlington, VT 05401
Call or text (802) 555-0136
hello@sweetfernhoney.com
Farm shop, May through December
Wed–Sat
10am–5pm
Sun
11am–4pm
Mon–Tue
Closed
January through April, by appointment.