Reviews
What Customers Say
One of the best ways to evaluate a local honey producer is through the experiences of people who have already bought from them. Customer reviews reveal details that a product listing never will: how the honey tastes compared to store-bought, whether the beekeeper is friendly and knowledgeable, and whether people come back for more.
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Visitors appreciate free samples and a tasting bar with a wide range of honey varieties and mead tastings.
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Staff are consistently praised as friendly and knowledgeable about bees and products.
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Shoppers become repeat customers, drawn by the variety of honey and bee-derived products and gifts.
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The shop offers a broad product range from raw honey to skincare and mead, supported by a loyalty program.
About the Seller
About This Seller
Not every place that sells honey is the same. A backyard beekeeper managing a handful of hives produces a very different product than a grocery store stocking mass-market brands. Knowing the seller type helps you understand how close you are to the source. The closer you are, the fresher and more traceable the honey.
Store
Savannah Bee Company is a retail shop in Savannah, Georgia that carries honey from local producers. While they don't keep bees themselves, they can be a convenient way to find locally sourced honey in the area.
Processing
Raw & Unfiltered Status
How honey is processed after harvest makes a significant difference in what ends up in the jar. Raw honey preserves the enzymes, pollen, and antioxidants that heat destroys. Unfiltered honey retains the fine particles of beeswax, propolis, and pollen that commercial filtering removes. Crystallization is actually a sign of raw, minimally processed honey, not a flaw.
Raw & Unfiltered
Savannah Bee Company offers raw, unfiltered honey, never heated and never finely filtered. This means the natural enzymes, pollen, and propolis remain intact in every jar, exactly the way the bees made it.
Varietals
Honey Varietals
Honey takes on the flavor, color, and aroma of whatever flowers the bees are foraging. A jar of pale, mild clover honey tastes nothing like dark, earthy buckwheat, even if both come from hives in the same county. Seasonal and regional variation is part of what makes local honey worth seeking out. No two batches are exactly alike.
Acacia
Lavender
Wildflower
Orange Blossom
Tupelo
Savannah Bee Company carries Acacia, Lavender, Wildflower, Orange Blossom and Tupelo honey. Each varietal reflects the local flora around Savannah, Georgia, giving you a taste of what's actually blooming in the region. Also noted: port bourbon honey.
Health
Local Honey & Allergies
One of the most common reasons people seek out local honey is the belief that it can help with seasonal allergies. Bees collect pollen from nearby plants, trace amounts end up in the honey, and regularly eating that honey may help your body build tolerance over time. For those interested in trying it, raw and unfiltered honey is preferred, since commercial processing removes most pollen content.
No reviewers have mentioned purchasing Savannah Bee Company honey specifically for allergy reasons. That doesn't mean it wouldn't be suitable. If local pollen content matters to you, ask the seller about where their hives are located and how their honey is processed.
Visit
Can You Visit?
There's something about visiting a local honey producer in person that no online listing can replicate. Seeing the hives, meeting the beekeeper, tasting different varietals side by side - it gives you a connection to the product that a grocery shelf never will. Many farms and apiaries welcome visitors, offer tastings, and sell directly on-site, often at better prices than retail.
Open to visitors
Savannah Bee Company welcomes visitors to their location in Savannah, Georgia. Whether you're stopping by their farm stand, touring the apiary, or simply picking up a jar, visiting in person is the best way to experience what they offer and ask the beekeeper your questions directly.
Purchasing
Where to Buy
Finding where to actually purchase local honey can be the hardest part of the process. Many producers sell through limited channels like weekend farmers markets, seasonal farm stands, or small online shops that may sell out between harvests. Direct purchases from the beekeeper, whether at a market, farm stand, or their own website, typically offer the freshest product.
Retail Store
Online Store
Savannah Bee Company sells through Retail Store and Online Store. They ship orders, making their Savannah, Georgia honey accessible no matter where you are.
Products
Products Available
A jar of liquid honey is just the starting point for many local producers. Beekeepers often offer a full range of hive-derived products: comb honey, creamed honey, infused varieties, beeswax candles, skincare products, pollen, and propolis. A diverse product range usually signals a knowledgeable, established operation.
Comb Honey
Infused Honey
Hot Honey
Mead
Bee Pollen
Royal Jelly
Beeswax Products
Skincare
Lip Balm
Beyond honey, Savannah Bee Company also offers comb honey, infused honey, hot honey, mead, bee pollen, royal jelly, beeswax products, skincare and lip balm. Their infused honey line includes pumpkin spice varieties. This range of products is available through their usual sales channels in the Savannah, Georgia area.
Hours
Opening Hours
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Monday
10 am-8 pm
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Tuesday
10 am-8 pm
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Wednesday
10 am-8 pm
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Thursday
10 am-8 pm
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Friday
9 am-9 pm
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Saturday
9 am-9 pm
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Sunday
10 am-8 pm