Local Honey and Hive Products

Beekeeping is a rewarding hobby. Just consider the delicious and useful products that come out of the honey bee hive. Below is a list of OCBA members who make their products available for sale. Honey sellers are all NCSBA Certified Honey Producers.

Local Honey

Name/CompanyContactLocationProduct
Walter Starks, Dogwood Acres Honeywww.dogwoodacreshoney.comTriangle Area- Wake,
Durham and Orange
Counties
Honey, Creamed Honey
Ryan Chamberlain,
Bee Wise Hives
www.beewisehives.com info@beewisehives.comChapel Hill, Durham,
Orange County
Honey

Candles

Name/CompanyContactLocationProduct
Walter Starks,
Dogwood Acres Honey
www.dogwoodacreshoney.comTriangle Area- Wake,
Durham and Orange
Counties
Beeswax candles
Dawn Rogers,
Rogers’ Apiary
dawnrogers006@gmail.comDurham100% Beeswax tapers, pillars, molds

Lip Balms, Creams and More

Name/CompanyContactLocationProduct
Carrie Donley,
Hodo Body
www.etsy.com/shop/Hodobody
(Local orders contact cdonley33 at gmail.com)
Southern Orange CountySoaps made with beeswax and honey
Dawn Rogers,
Rogers’ Apiary
dawnrogers006@gmail.comDurhamSoaps, body butters, lip balms made with butters, oils, beeswax, honey

Services

Name/CompanyContactLocationProduct
Robert King704-562-9495 
Robert@westorangefarms.com
MebaneHoney extraction, wax processing, cutouts
Chris Richardson
919-932-1335
swarmhunter@gmail.com
Orange and surrounding countiesCutouts
Richard Dunnagan919-606-3980
RDUNN54@gmail.com
Orange and surrounding countiesCutouts

For Beekeepers

Name/CompanyContactLocationProduct
Daniel Curry-Corcoran,
Fuzzy Buzzy Bees
dcurrycorcoran@gmail.comCarrboroQueen cells, locally mated queens and nucs (available seasonally)
Guy Fricks,
Fricks Apiaries
fricksapiaries@gmail.comChapel HillLocally mated queens.

About the Certified Honey Producer Program      

The Certified Honey Producer Program (CHPP) promotes local honey produced by the NCSBA beekeepers and represents the honey as a genuine product of North Carolina.

Important Note

OCBA is providing this list of sellers for the benefit of honey and wax product consumers. OCBA beekeepers providing products for sale are all independent business people. OCBA assumes no liability for purchases between you and the beekeeper nor does it make any representations regarding the quality or purity of the honey or wax products that you buy.

Interested in Selling your Hive Products?

OCBA members interested in listing their honey and wax products should contact PresVP@theocba.org. To be included, you must be:

  • a club member in good standing
  • registered as a NCSBA Certified Honey Producer (for honey sales)
  • committed to informing the website manager when you are sold out
  • willing to make a $5 annual listing fee donation to benefit the North Carolina State Apiculture Program