Desert Creek 2 Honey Bears Containing Raw, Unfiltered, Unpasteurized Texas Honey, 12 Ounce (Pack of 2)

Did you know that 75% of honey is imported from another country, and honey is the 3rd most lied about food product in the USA? That's why we are passionate about producing our own honey, with our own honeybees. It costs more, but the quality, taste, and transparency is well worth it! Plus we are able to ensure our bees are humanely cared for and are allowed to eat their own honey! We started as a highschool hobby turned into a business. As a result, people and their stories are at the core of who we are! We are passionate about what we do, the care we take of our customers, honeybees, and employees! We hope you are able to read our story and get to know us! We are meticulous when it comes to the care of our honeybees, what our honey is exposed to, and the way it is packaged. Our honey is always raw & unfiltered, completely real, no additives, fillers or syrups. Just real honey that tastes amazing! We know, because we produced it. As a kid from rural Texas in the early 2000s I tried every business I could dream of from lemonade stands, (not much traffic on country roads) to painting the farmer’s fences next door, (ran out of fence) but nothing was ever quite the perfect fit. My big break came in 2002 at 12 years old when I won a scholarship that offered kids a start in beekeeping. Within days, I completely fell in love with beekeeping. I built my first building by cutting down trees for lumber on my parent’s land. It had no electricity, water, or air conditioning but it was perfect. After my first harvest, I was sure I had made it big when a local health food store called “Mikes” actually wanted to sell my honey. As the orders began rolling in, and my number of hives grew, I delivered each case of honey from my grandfather’s 1988 Ford truck before sunup, rushed through school, and cared for my bees late into the night. During my senior year I had a choice to make. Do I go to college, or give beekeeping a shot full time? In the meantime I was humbled to become the president of the Texas Beekeepers Association, and a director for the American Beekeeping Federation. I didn’t know it yet, but I had also met my future wife two years before. She didn’t know it, but by graduation I was convinced she was the girl I had to marry. That year I took the leap, and never looked back. At 20 I married Kathleen. We spent 10 days on our honeymoon- the longest I had been away from bees since I was 12. Since then the company has grown to several thousand beehives, and I still care about each jar and beehive like they were my first. I’m also fortunate to serve on the National Honey Board to help promote honey, and the American Beekeeping Federation to help promote beekeeping. Beekeeping has been a part of me almost as long as I can remember. That’s why, even as we grow, we are always beekeepers first. -Blake Shook