Jerry Dietrich's Contact Details

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BeeHaven Apiaries

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Bee Haven Apiaries is a boutique beekeeping business specializing in small run, seasonal and site-specific honeys. We have apiaries in Clatsop, Pacific, and Wahkiakum Counties in Oregon and Washington. Bee Haven Apiaries started in 2008, running what the owner, Julie Tennis, refers to as "honeybee retirement communities." While most beekeepers manage their colonies for honey production or pollination services, Julie lets the bees live out their lives naturally, in small apiaries that are lightly managed. Every care is taken not to injure the bees. Most of the honey is left for the bees so they have food to overwinter. Julie sells excess honey to help subsidize the cost of maintaining these colonies.Honey from Bee Haven Apiaries is removed from the hive using a hand-cranked extractor. The only "processing" it receives is being poured through a sieve to remove any wax and propolis before being placed into heat-sterilized jars. The honey is never heated, and every batch of honey is processed separately. This preserves the unique colors, flavors and aromas of each colony's production.