Honey Glow

Come celebrate National Honey Month this September with Honey Glow at the Hollywood Farmers Market next to Proteus Bicycles and MOMs today from 10-2. Enjoy a sweet treat of honey from us while the kids enjoy an activity. Music is always great at our market....come dance the bee's Waggle dance with us too!

Why does local honey change from season to season?

That is one of the questions we hear often at the Hollywood Farmers Market - especially when someone notices that our bottles of honey are not always the exact same color.

We just finished our 2026 honey extraction, and once again, the bees gave us a beautiful reminder that honey is not a factory-made product. It is a reflection of a place, a season, and what was blooming when the bees were gathering nectar.

Honey can be lighter, darker, more floral, more earthy, more delicate, or richer depending on the nectar sources available at that time of year. Spring honey may be influenced by flowering trees and early blooms. Later honey may reflect clover, garden flowers, wildflowers, herbs, goldenrod, asters, and other late-season plants.
That is why two bottles of local honey can look different and still both be pure, natural honey.

At the market, people often ask, “Why are these bottles different colors?”

The simple answer is: the bees visited different flowers.
The color of honey is influenced by the nectar source. Lighter honey often has a mild, delicate flavor, while darker honey can have a deeper, richer taste. Neither is “better.” They are just different expressions of the landscape around the hives. Each color tells the story of that season.

For our Wildflower Honey, one of the biggest spring contributors in our area is likely the Black Locust tree. When Black Locust blooms well, it can produce a light, fragrant nectar that bees love. Some other trees that are in our area that add to our delicious honey are Tulip Poplar and American Linden. But because this is wildflower honey, the final flavor comes from many sources — trees, clover, flowers, neighborhood gardens, and whatever nature offered that season.

That is one of the things I love most about small-batch local honey.
Every harvest tells a slightly different story.

A jar of local honey is not just something sweet for tea or toast. It is a taste of the weather, the blooms, the trees, the gardens, and the work of thousands and thousands of bees within flying distance of the hive.

So if your local honey looks a little different from one season to the next, that is not a flaw.

It is a taste of the bees’ work, the neighborhood blooms, and the season itself.

That is the beauty of authentic HONEY.

Come to the market this Saturday, August 15th for a taste of our golden honey! Or order from https://www.honey-glow.com 🐝🐝🍯🍯❤️❤️

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Visit our new location at the Hollywood Farmers Market!

Honey Glow will be at the Hollywood Farmers Market, Saturday, May 30th from 10-2! We'll have our organic peppers on sale for $4.00 each or 3 for $10! We have Buena Mulata, Cayenne, and Pasilla Bajio peppers -- all 12-18" ready to plant!

Bring a pop of color into your yard with native perennials and annuals! We have a wide collection on annual flowers for sale at $4.00 each or 3 for $10.

Our local honey will be available too!

Join us at the market tomorrow to see what else we have!— at Hollywood Farmers Market.

TASTE the Shmidt Spirits delicious wh***eys and gin (and our honey from Honey Glow). MINGLE with new and old friends, and INDULGE in the unique items for you or to gift at Shmidt Spirits' 2026 Instillation/Distillation Art and Marketplace event on Saturday, May 16th from 6-9:00 while listening to some great music.

Get your tickets through Eventbrite

Installation/Distillation 2026 – Distillery Art Show Witness as we turn our craft wh***ey & gin distillery into an art gallery and marketplace featuring incredible local artists of all mediums

🐝 Follow the bees to Honey Glow @ Berwyn Heights Day! 🐝

We’re bringing the full Honey Glow lineup to the heart of our own town's celebration in the Town of Berwyn Heights — and this is one you don’t want to miss.

📍 Sports Park (5603 Berwyn Rd — corner of Berwyn Rd & Ruatan St)
🛍️ Vendors open 11 AM – 4 PM

Come find us on the field and take home something local, natural, and made with care:

🍯 Our famous Berwyn Heights Wildflower Honey
🕯️ 100% beeswax candles
✨ Laser-engraved candle holders & lamps
💛 Lip balm & goat’s milk lotion
🌸 Annuals & native perennials to beautify your yard
🍅 Organic vegetable plants for your homegrown food

🎉 Make a day of it in Berwyn Heights!

Start your morning:
🏃 8:00 AM — Fun Run Registration (Town Hall)
🏃 8:30 AM — Fun Run + Senior Bake Sale
🥞 8:30–11:00 AM — Pancake Breakfast

🎈 Then head to the parade:
🎉 11:00 AM — Parade from BH Elementary School to Sports Park

🏆 12:00 — Awards Ceremony
🎶 Live music all afternoon🎶
• 11–1 DJ
• 1–2 Greenbelt Honk Situation
• 2–3 The Overthinkers
• 3–4 Mariachi Tres
• 5–7 Tutoro

🌟 You’ll also find an incredible lineup of local vendors including art, handmade goods, books, toys, food, and much more — plus community organizations, inflatables, games, and activities for all ages.

Come out, support local, and spend the day with your neighbors.

It’s honeybee swarm season! 🐝

If you spot a swarm, don’t panic — they’re usually just taking a little break while they look for a new place to call home. Swarms can look dramatic, but honeybees in this stage are often much calmer than people expect.

If the swarm is reachable and safely located, I’d be glad to try to help collect it and give those bees a better home. That’s a much nicer ending than having them settle somewhere inconvenient — or worse, having someone spray them out of fear.

So if you see a fuzzy cluster of bees hanging from a branch, fence, or other reachable spot, feel free to reach out. Helping a swarm find the right home is good for the bees and good for everybody.

Please admire from a safe distance and don’t disturb them — then send me a message or call me if you have my cell phone # since I am mostly in the aprary/garden during the day. 💛

Thank you!