Bee Well Honey Farm & Bee Supply

What Bee Well Honey Farm & Bee Supply does

Bee Well Honey Farm & Bee Supply is a privately held family-owned farm founded in 1999 and based in Pickens, South Carolina, operating as a diversified agritourism and specialty-food business. Its core activity is local honey production and beekeeping supply retail — including raw and wildflower honey in retail jars and 60lb bulk containers, beekeeping equipment, 3lb Italian queen bee packages, 5-frame nucleus colonies, beeswax candles, fresh produce, and branded apparel — sold through a physical storefront at 815 West Main Street, a dedicated e-commerce shop, and a separate wholesale bottling and distribution entity.

Beyond the core honey and beekeeping business, the company operates four wholly owned sub-brands that share the Pickens farm site: The Open Door Farm to Table restaurant, the Bee Well Honey Coffee Cafe, a wholesale honey bottling and distribution arm, and the Bee Well Honey Pollinator Garden educational agritourism experience. Revenue is generated across B2C channels (on-site retail, restaurant covers, cafe sales, agritourism visits, e-commerce) and B2B channels (bulk honey to wholesale buyers), with marketing executed through Google AdSense display advertising, Amazon Associates, email newsletters, a bee blog and honey recipes content hub, and a recurring live-music events calendar that drives farm foot traffic.

The business is privately held by the founder/owner Kerry Owen and operates with a 1–10 employee headcount. It carries no external funding, no proprietary technology, no patents, no disclosed partnerships, and no AI/ML capability, positioning it as a small-scale, vertically integrated lifestyle-farm enterprise whose growth is constrained by its single-site geography and dependence on local tourism and beekeeping demand in the Southeast US.

Name

Bee Well Honey Farm & Bee Supply

Legal name

Bee Well Honey Farm

Website

https://beewellhoneyfarm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bee Well Honey Farm & Bee Supply is a privately held family farm in Pickens, SC, founded in 1999, producing local honey and beekeeping supplies and operating a farm-to-table restaurant, coffee cafe, wholesale bottling arm, and pollinator garden for consumers, beekeepers, and regional wholesale buyers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agritourism & Specialty Foods

NAICS

Apiculture (11291), Apiculture (112910)

SIC

Sugar & Confectionery Products (2060), Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products (5140)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAEAHAA

Honey Production & Extraction

Agriculture & Food Production/Animal Production & Aquaculture/Apiculture (Beekeeping)

SECONDARYAFAEAHAI

Beekeeping Equipment Manufacturing & Supply (Hives, Frames, Tools, PPE)

Agriculture & Food Production/Animal Production & Aquaculture/Apiculture (Beekeeping)

SECONDARYAFAEAHAF

Package Bees & Colony Sales

Agriculture & Food Production/Animal Production & Aquaculture/Apiculture (Beekeeping)

SECONDARYAFAEAHAM

Value-Added Bee Products Manufacturing (Candles, Cosmetics, Supplements, Mead Ingredients)

Agriculture & Food Production/Animal Production & Aquaculture/Apiculture (Beekeeping)

Keywords

• Local honey products
• Beekeeping supplies
• Agritourism experiences
• Farm-to-table dining
• Wholesale honey distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Pickens

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bee Well Honey Farm & Bee Supply is a family-owned agritourism farm in Pickens, South Carolina, that produces and sells local raw honey, beekeeping supplies, beeswax candles, fresh produce, and branded apparel. It also operates an on-site farm-to-table restaurant (The Open Door), a coffee cafe (Bee Well Honey Coffee Cafe), and a wholesale honey bottling and distribution division serving commercial buyers.

Product overview

Bee Well Honey Farm is an agritourism business offering a diversified portfolio of products and experiences. The core business combines local honey production with beekeeping supplies, supported by multiple sub-brands: The Open Door Farm to Table restaurant for dining experiences, the Bee Well Honey Coffee Cafe for beverages, and Wholesale Honey for bottling and distribution. Additional offerings include fresh produce and specialty foods, beeswax candles, bulk honey options, and branded apparel. The business operates both physical retail locations and an e-commerce shop for honey, beekeeping supplies, and merchandise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Open Door Farm to Table: Farm to table restaurant located at the farm property
• Bee Well Honey Coffee Cafe
• Wholesale Honey
• Bee Well Honey Pollinator Garden

Products and services

• Local Raw Honey Raw and processed local honey products, including wildflower honey, sold in retail jars and bulk 60lb (5-gallon) containers for both consumers and commercial buyers.
• Beekeeping Supplies & Bees Equipment, supplies, bee packages (3lb+ average weight with marked, young, mated, hygienic Italian queen), and nucleus colonies (5 frames of drawn comb with laying queen) sold to beginning and experienced beekeepers.
• Beeswax Candles Handcrafted candles made from natural beeswax produced on the farm.
• Bulk / Wholesale Honey 60lb (5-gallon) bulk honey containers and wholesale bottling and distribution services for retailers and commercial food service buyers.
• The Open Door Farm to Table Farm-to-table restaurant located at the farm property offering fresh, locally-sourced dining plus regular live music events.
• Bee Well Honey Coffee Cafe On-site coffee cafe serving beverages and light fare as part of the integrated farm experience.
• Fresh Produce & Specialty Foods Fresh produce and specialty food items grown on the farm or sourced from local partners.
• Branched Apparel Branded clothing and merchandise featuring the Bee Well Honey Farm logo.
• Agritourism & Pollinator Garden Experience Family farm agritourism activities and educational Bee Well Honey Pollinator Garden experience for visitors.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Nature Nate's Honey: Largest US-branded raw honey company selling nationally through grocery and club channels. Comparable product category (raw, unfiltered honey) but at much larger scale with national distribution — represents the ceiling for Bee Well's wholesale ambitions.

Direct peers

• GloryBee: Eugene, OR-based beekeeping supply and honey products company serving both hobbyist beekeepers and commercial buyers. Directly comparable for the beekeeping supplies, bulk honey, and package bees/nucs portion of Bee Well's business.
• Local Hive Honey: Branded US honey company sourcing from regional US beekeepers and selling nationally in retail. Comparable as a wholesale-distributed regional honey brand and competitor on grocery shelves.
• The Honey Exchange: Maine-based specialty honey retailer offering raw honey, beeswax products, mead, and beekeeping supplies in a retail/tasting-room setting. Comparable diversified specialty honey and bee-product retail format.
• Savannah Bee Company: Specialty raw honey brand based in Savannah, GA selling retail honey, beeswax body care, and honeycomb products. Directly comparable as a Southeast US-focused honey brand with vertically integrated retail/wholesale channels and agritourism-adjacent storytelling.
• Brushy Mountain Bee Farm: Beekeeping supply retailer and bee package/nuc seller in the Southeast US. Closely comparable to Bee Well's beekeeping supply and package-bee/nuc sales operations.
• Mann Lake Bee & Ag Supply: Major US beekeeping equipment and supplies retailer/manufacturer. Directly comparable to the beekeeping-supply and bee-sales components of Bee Well's operations.

Emerging players

• Miller Honey Farm: Family-run honey farm offering raw honey, bees, supplies, and farm tours. Comparable integrated model combining production, supplies, agritourism, and retail.
• Bee Built Apiaries: Small-batch honey producer and beekeeping supplier. Comparable in scale and product mix (honey, bees, supplies) though typically without the integrated restaurant/cafe component.

Regional players

• Honey Tree Apiaries: Small-scale family honey farm in the Southeast US offering raw honey, bees, and beekeeping supplies. Closely comparable as a regional apiculture operation with similar product mix and customer base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/beewellhoney
• Facebookfacebook.com/BeeWellHoney

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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