Local honey in California

🐝 Backyard beekeeper · Acton, CA

Liquid honey and comb honey · raw · sage, buckwheat, wildflower · $16 / lb

Small registered apiary on a property in Acton whose hives stay put year-round, foraging local sage, buckwheat and nearby orchards. Raw, unfiltered honey in jars and cut comb sections are ordered through the site and picked up locally in Acton at a time arranged with the beekeepers.

🍯 Apiary · American Canyon, CA

Liquid honey and comb honey · raw · ask the seller

Bay Area beekeepers whose hives sit on farms, hills and backyards around the region, giving neighborhood-specific honeys. Raw, unheated honey and comb are sold at the farm in American Canyon and at Ferry Plaza, Marin Civic Center, Grand Lake Oakland, Clement Street and Stonestown farmers markets, plus local grocers.

🍯 Apiary · Belmont, CA

Liquid honey, comb honey and beeswax · raw · wildflower · ask the seller

Small Peninsula beekeeping operation with hives in backyards around Belmont and San Mateo, kept without chemical treatments and never trucked out for pollination. Sells raw local honey, comb honey and beeswax goods online with a free pickup option on the Peninsula.

🍯 Apiary · Campbell, CA

Liquid honey, creamed honey and comb honey · raw · campbell wildflower · ask the seller

Campbell beekeepers with around fifty local hives selling raw, unfiltered wildflower honey, creamed honey and comb from their storefront on South Bascom Avenue. Online orders can be picked up free at the store, and they also appear at local farmers markets and festivals.

🍯 Apiary · Cupertino, CA

Liquid honey · ask the seller

Started as a family lockdown project with one backyard hive and now runs over a hundred hives across Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Honey is sold at a self-serve honey stand on Paradise Way in Palo Alto open around the clock, at the De Anza College Sunday market in Cupertino and the seasonal Palo Alto VA market, and at Draeger's in Los Altos.

🍯 Apiary · Cupertino, CA

Liquid honey, comb honey, pollen and beeswax · raw · clover, eucalyptus, sage, starthistle, raspberry, poison oak · ask the seller

Bay Area beekeeping outfit running several hundred hives from San Jose south through Santa Clara County. Sells raw single-source honeys, honeycomb, bee pollen and beeswax candles at the year-round Cupertino farmers market on Miller Avenue and the Heart of the City market in San Francisco, and through an online shop.

🍯 Apiary · Dana Point, CA

Liquid honey and comb honey · raw · wildflower, orange blossom, sage, avocado, buckwheat · ask the seller

Orange County beekeeper and a group of women who sell raw honey harvested in the county at a weekly round of farmers markets: Placentia on Tuesdays, Dana Point Harbor and Fullerton's Independence Park on Wednesdays, and Chino Hills, Costa Mesa and Aliso Viejo on Saturdays.

🍯 Apiary · Downey, CA

Liquid honey, comb honey and creamed honey · raw · coastal california wildflower, sage · ask the seller

Southern California beekeeping family that grew from a backyard hive project into a larger apiary. Sells unheated wildflower honey, sage honeycomb and creamed wildflower honey from its Downey showroom with curbside pickup of online orders, at Los Angeles-area farmers markets, and in some grocery and specialty stores.

🍯 Apiary · El Sobrante, CA

Liquid honey · raw · ask the seller

Certified organic u-pick farm in El Sobrante that keeps bees alongside its fruit, vegetables and herbs. Its raw honey can be picked up at the farm during Friday to Sunday open hours or ordered from the farm's online shop.

🍯 Apiary · Granada Hills, CA

Liquid honey, comb honey, creamed honey and beeswax · raw · wildflower, sage blossom, orange blossom, avocado · ask the seller

San Fernando Valley beekeepers whose hives forage the San Gabriel foothills around Little Tujunga Canyon. Raw wildflower, sage, orange blossom and avocado honey, comb and whipped honey are sold at their booths at the Granada Hills, Burbank, Pasadena Victory Park and South Pasadena farmers markets, with pre-orders for market pickup.

🍯 Apiary · Kingsburg, CA

Liquid honey and creamed honey · orange blossom, wildflower, sierra wildflower · $15 / lb

Central Valley honey sold from a storefront on Draper Street in Kingsburg: orange blossom, valley wildflower and Sierra wildflower honey in half-pound to two-pound jars, plus cinnamon creamed honey. The site also lists local stores that carry their jars.

🍯 Apiary · Lancaster, CA

Liquid honey and beeswax · ask the seller

Family-run Antelope Valley beekeepers selling honey harvested locally plus hand-poured beeswax candles. Buy at their booth on Mall Loop Road in Lancaster on weekdays, or order online for local delivery around Lancaster, Palmdale, Quartz Hill, Littlerock and Rosamond. Text for questions.

🍯 Apiary · Lincoln, CA

Liquid honey · raw · ask the seller

Placer County beekeepers based in Lincoln who run hives for orchard pollination and bottle raw, unfiltered honey from their own colonies. Sold at Sacramento-area farmers markets in Carmichael on Grant Avenue and in Roseville on Pleasant Grove Boulevard and Galleria Boulevard.

🍯 Apiary · Madera, CA

Liquid honey, creamed honey and bulk honey · raw · orange blossom, sage, wildflower, sweet clover · $14 / lb

Madera family beekeepers whose hives work the Central Valley and Central Coast for up to six honey varieties a year. Raw orange blossom, sage, wildflower and clover honey, whipped honey and 12- and 40-pound buckets are sold online and through stores including one on North Lake Street in Madera, plus booths at valley county fairs.

🍯 Apiary · Mentone, CA

Liquid honey · ask the seller

Multigeneration family farm in the Mentone foothills near Redlands growing citrus, avocados, pumpkins and Christmas trees and keeping honey bees. Jars of the farm's own honey are sold in its general store, and visitors can see the bee house; check posted seasonal event hours.

🍯 Apiary · Newark, CA

Liquid honey and beeswax · raw · $12.75 / lb

Family-run Santa Clara Valley beekeepers whose hives are stocked partly with bees rescued from live removals. Raw local honey in glass and plastic jars, beeswax candles and body care are sold most weekends at Bay Area farmers markets such as Sunnyvale and Newark, with a monthly schedule posted online.

🍯 Apiary · Newcastle, CA

Liquid honey · raw · ask the seller

Large family beekeeping operation based near Newcastle in Placer County that winters its hives in California and summers them in North Dakota. Its unheated, unfiltered honey is stocked locally at Echo Valley Ranch in Auburn, Newcastle Produce and Carol's Market in Newcastle.

🍯 Apiary · Petaluma, CA

Liquid honey · lavender · ask the seller · after harvest (seasonal)

Family honey and lavender farm outside Petaluma where several hives work thousands of lavender plants grown without pesticides. Petaluma lavender blossom honey is sold through the farm's online shop year-round and at the farm during the visiting season; call ahead to arrange a farm visit.

🍯 Apiary · Placerville, CA

Liquid honey · raw · ask the seller

El Dorado County beekeepers bottling raw, unheated honey from their own yards in the foothills. Quarts, pints, half pints and one-pound skeps are stocked at local shops including Boa Vista Orchards and Boeger Winery in Placerville, Gold Harvest Market in Shingle Springs and Cool Feed and Ranch Supply.

🍯 Apiary · Sacramento, CA

Liquid honey and pollen · raw · wildflower · ask the seller

East Sacramento shop run by the Becker beekeeping family, which keeps thousands of hives. Raw honey from their own bees is sold in rotating varieties with tastings at the counter, along with refills of local wildflower honey by the pound, bee pollen and beekeeping supplies.

🐝 Backyard beekeeper · San Jose, CA

Liquid honey · raw · ask the seller

Neighborhood beekeeper in San Jose's Willow Glen selling raw, unfiltered local honey through a handful of nearby shops, including Willow Glen Ace Hardware on Lincoln Avenue, Whatnots and Dodads, and Hamilton Plaza Ace Hardware in Campbell.

🍯 Apiary · Temecula, CA

Liquid honey, comb honey and beeswax · raw · wildflower, alfalfa, buckwheat · ask the seller

Family beekeepers in the Temecula and Murrieta area selling raw wildflower, alfalfa and buckwheat honey in jars and squeeze bottles, plus honeycomb and beeswax. Find them at Old Town Temecula, Vail Ranch, Promenade Mall and Village Walk Murrieta farmers markets.

🍯 Apiary · Westmorland, CA

Liquid honey and creamed honey · raw · montana sweet clover · ask the seller

Imperial Valley pollination beekeepers, five generations in the trade, who bottle raw honey from their own hives working California and Montana bloom. Jars, squeeze bottles and creamed honey are sold from their Westmorland office on weekdays, at farmers markets, and online.

🍯 Apiary · Woodland, CA

Liquid honey · lavender · ask the seller · sells out each year

Lavender farm and apiary outside Woodland in Yolo County that opens to visitors for its annual lavender bloom weekends in June. Honey from the farm's hives is sold alongside lavender goods during open days and through its online shop.