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/Company | Contact | Location | Product |
| Altmark Bees, Axel Elling | altmarkbees@gmail.com | Orange and Wake Counties | Honey |
| Bee Wise Hives, Ryan Chamberlain | www.beewisehives.com info@beewisehives.com | Chapel Hill, Durham, Orange County | Honey |
| Dogwood Acres Honey, Walter Starks | www.dogwoodacreshoney.com | Triangle Area- Wake, Durham and Orange Counties | Honey, Creamed Honey |
Candles
| Name/Company | Contact | Location | Product |
| Walter Starks, Dogwood Acres Honey | www.dogwoodacreshoney.com | Triangle Area- Wake, Durham and Orange Counties | Beeswax candles |
| Dawn Rogers, Rogers’ Apiary | dawnrogers006@gmail.com | Durham | 100% Beeswax tapers, pillars, molds |
Lip Balms, Creams and More
| Name/Company | Contact | Location | Product |
| Carrie Donley, Hodo Body | www.etsy.com/shop/Hodobody (Local orders contact cdonley33 at gmail.com) | Southern Orange County | Soaps made with beeswax and honey |
| Dawn Rogers, Rogers’ Apiary | dawnrogers006@gmail.com | Durham | Soaps, body butters, lip balms made with butters, oils, beeswax, honey |
Services
| Name/Company | Contact | Location | Product |
| Robert King | 704-562-9495 Robert@westorangefarms.com | Mebane | Honey extraction, wax processing, cutouts |
| Chris Richardson | 919-932-1335 swarmhunter@gmail.com | Orange and surrounding counties | Cutouts |
| Richard Dunnagan | 919-606-3980 RDUNN54@gmail.com | Orange and surrounding counties | Cutouts |
For Beekeepers
| Name/Company | Contact | Location | Product |
| Daniel Curry-Corcoran, Fuzzy Buzzy Bees | dcurrycorcoran@gmail.com | Carrboro | Queen cells, locally mated queens and nucs (available seasonally) |
| Guy Fricks, Fricks Apiaries | fricksapiaries@gmail.com | Chapel Hill | Locally 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