Six hives. That is the limit.
We keep our apiary small on purpose. Six is the number our orchard can support without thinning the wild bee population that lives in the hedgerow. We will never scale past it, even when demand asks.
// 01 · MARQUEE — POLLEN CO. SS·MMXXVI
From hive to home.
Six small hives. One Hudson Valley orchard. Single-origin raw honey, cold-rendered beeswax skincare, and pollen wellness — picked the morning the bees have finished their work, never sooner. Hover any bloom in the meadow to meet it.
// 02 · THE FIELD — SIX BLOOMS, SIX OFFERINGS
Each flower is a product. Each product is a flower.
- ·01Wildflower Raw Honey$18 · 12oz jar
- ·02Lavender Comb Honey$24 · cut comb
- ·03Beeswax Balm$22 · 2oz tin
- ·04Bee Pollen Granules$28 · 6oz
- ·05Royal Jelly Serum$56 · 30ml
- ·06Propolis Tincture$36 · 1oz dropper
// 03 · OUR PRACTICES — SUSTAINABLE BEEKEEPING
Never pasteurised. Never pressure-filtered.
Our honey is poured cold, straight from comb to jar through a single mesh sieve. Pollen, propolis flecks, and the seasonal terroir of the field are left intact. What was in the hive is what is in your jar.
Bees first, harvest second.
We leave at least 60 lbs of stores per hive going into winter — 15 lbs more than the regional standard — and we do not feed sugar syrup. The bees decide when there is surplus. We follow.
The orchard is the recipe.
Apple, pear, lavender, clover, and the wild aster border. No two seasons taste the same — spring is bright and floral; late summer turns dark and almost smoky. We label every jar with the week it was poured.
// 04 · FIELD JOURNAL — DISPATCHES FROM THE HIVE
14 · MAY · 26
The first apple bloom of the season.
The orchard's eastern row opened on Tuesday. By Wednesday afternoon every hive had a foraging bee a metre from the trunk. A short note on what that means for May honey.
read the dispatch → 02 · MAY · 26Why we won't sell creamed honey.
Creamed honey is honey whipped with seed crystals to force a uniform texture. It is delicious. It is also, for us, a step too far from what came out of the hive. An honest argument either way.
read the dispatch → 19 · APR · 26Inspecting hive five after a wet April.
Photos and notes from the spring inspection. Brood pattern is tight, queen is laying through to the last frame, and we found the first capped honey of the year on frame three.
read the dispatch →// 05 · SHOP & CONTACT — VISIT OR WRITE
Order a jar. Visit the apiary.
Our full catalogue ships flat-rate from the farmhouse every Friday. If you would rather come pick it up, the apiary is open by appointment on Saturday mornings, May through October. Bring closed-toe shoes and a curious nose.
Pollen Co.
14 Hedgerow Lane
High Falls, NY 12440
write [email protected]
call +1 845 555 0144
find us Hudson Valley Farmers Market · Saturdays
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