"Everything I ever ventured into, my
wife Carol has been an equal partner."
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Many times I am asked… “How did you get started keeping Honey bees?”
I think once I start talking they’re sorry they asked. As a child I always like raising or keeping animals. I’ve had pigeons, chickens, rabbits and many of the small things children tend to bring home, but bees began during my adult life after I gave up raising New Zealand White rabbits. I missed having some kind of animals and my job was boring. It was 1980 when Barry, a friend of mind and co-worker at the post office asked if I had ever read the classified ad in the back of the Mother Earth News magazine about keeping bees, I did and we both started bee hives.
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 Everything I ever ventured into, my wife Carol has been an equal partner. We did wedding photography together for 33 years and Carol’s been helping me with packaging & labeling honey, making beeswax candles and beeswax Christmas ornaments, selling & delivering since we started the bees in 1980.
We do some craft shows together to sell our products, you may have seen us around the Lehigh Valley throughout the years. After many years of spending countless hours/days at shows we decided to wholesale the majority of what we produce. Here’s a list of those who carry our products.
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- The Amish Bake Shop in the Allentown Farmer’s Mkt., 17th & Chew, Allentown, PA
- Kotsch’s Market, 1225 Third St., Whitehall, PA.
- Soumaya & Son’s Bakery, 264 Fullerton Ave., Whitehall, PA
- King’s Market, West Gate Mall, 2305 Schoenersville Rd., Bethlehem, PA
- Health Habits, 5380 Rt. 873 (Old IGA plaza) Schnecksville, PA
- Country Barn Antiques & Uniques 2895 Kernsville Rd., Orefield, PA
- Blakeslee Flea Market, Quite Simply the Best, Rts. 940 & 115, Blakeslee, PA. Open 9-5, Sat. & Sun.
- *Prydenjoy Farms, 2141 Perma Ave., Allentown, PA
- *Byler’s Farm, 8737 Ashfield Rd., Slatington, PA
- *Macungie Farmer’s Mkt., at the “Best Berry Farm” stand. Macungie Memorial Park, every Thursday from 4 to 7 pm June to Sept.
- *Best Berry Farm, 5057 Irvin Rd., Slatington, PA
- *Suyundalla Farms, 1848 Clearview Rd., Coplay, PA
- *Shuman’s Orchard, 7059 Elementary Rd., Coopersburg, PA
- *Jasper Meadow Farm, 5387 Vera Cruz Rd., Emmaus, PA
- *Jett’s Produce, 87 Ridge Rd., Telford, PA
* Open seasonally!
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