Where does the honey come from?

While living together in college, John and Liam had a small backyard apiary, and after college, John continued to manage a various number of hives over the years. Today, we leave the beekeeping to beekeepers, and have partnered with small apiaries all over the United States. We work directly with beekeepers, so we know exactly where our honey comes from and the person responsible for maintaining the hives. Many honey companies work with food conglomerates, brokers, and middle-men to source honey from all over the world. Our approach is rooted in the belief that the best way to help the bees and our community is to curate a network of sustainable beekeepers and to make pure raw honey accessible to everyone.

How does Apis Mercantile support the bees?

We believe that pure raw honey from domestic apiaries should be widely accessible to everyone. We’ve partnered with beekeepers in New Hampshire, Michigan, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Florida to source unique honey varietals and regional wildflower honey. According to a University of Delaware survey, the average age of beekeepers is close to 60 years old. By supporting small and mid-size apiaries, we’re hoping to make beekeeping a more viable profession for those interested in increasing the size of their operation and sideline beekeepers.

How can honey have different flavors?

One of the best ways to think of honey is to think of it as dehydrated flower nectar. While this can be a bit reductive, it perfectly illustrates how honey can vary from jar to jar. Think of a jar of Apis Mercantile orange blossom honey and imagine the orange grove in Florida from which it came. Spanning hundreds of acres of land is a densely packed and abundant nectar source for the hives moved to the farmer's land to aid in pollinating the crops. While bees are capable of flying as far as six miles, most foraging worker bees will stay closer to home only venturing about one to two miles. When the bees are limited to a single nectar source, in this case, orange blossoms, the honey that is produced is distinct and unique to that floral source. Honey that is primarily composed of a single nectar source is often called single-varietal honey or mono-floral honey. Honey that is made of a wide variety of nectar sources is called wildflower honey. Wildflower honey will taste different throughout the year based on what is in bloom and the whimsy of the foraging worker bees.

In 2019, we partnered with a great friend and experienced farmer, Matt, at Ivanhoe Farms in Ramah, Colorado to begin the journey of producing seed to shelf products. By exerting greater control over the sourcing, growing, and processing, Apis Mercantile is able to produce and deliver to the consumer hemp products of the highest quality.

CBD or cannabidiol is one of the phytocannabinoids associated with the plant genus Cannabis. As a cannabinoid, CBD is highly reactive with the endocannabinoid system, a network of cannabinoid receptors found throughout the human body.

Artisanal Honey & Products from the Hive | Charleston Local Raw Honey

Raw Cut Honeycomb

Raw natural comb honey straight from our hive to your table.

Shop Raw Honeycomb

Full Spectrum Hemp & CBD Products

Hemp Honey, Full Spectrum Hemp Tincture, CBD Skincare!

Shop Full Spectrum Hemp Products

Natural Bee Pollen

Raw natural bee pollen; excellent dietary supplement. Bee pollen is great in smoothies and can help with seasonal allergies.

Shop natural bee pollen

Raw Local Honey

We've partnered with beekeepers up and down the coast, so we've got you covered on local honey. From local Charleston honey to New Hampshire, we've got the local raw honey you're looking for!

Shop Local Honey

CBD Skincare

Full-Spectrum Hemp Health & Beauty Products. Leaping Bunny Certified Cruelty-Free CBD Body Butter your skin will love. Bee kind to your skin.

CBD Body Butter

Full Spectrum Hemp & CBD Products

Full-spectrum hemp products made for full-spectrum people. Hemp honey, full-spectrum hemp tinctures, and CBD skincare.

Shop Full Spectrum Hemp Products

Wildflower Hemp Oil Honey

From $15.00

Raspberry Hemp Oil Honey

From $15.00

Orange Blossom Hemp Oil Honey

From $15.00

15 mL Full Spectrum Hemp Tincture

$35.00

30 mL Full Spectrum Hemp Tincture

$55.00

60 mL Full Spectrum Hemp Tincture

$95.00

Full spectrum CBD body butter. CBD skincare made with manuka honey, propolis, beeswax, and royal jelly.

Hemp Body Butter

$30.00

Hemp Beeswax Salve

$15.00

Blender Bombs' Canna-Bomb

$24.99

Full-Spectrum Hemp Tincture for Pets

$40.00

Raw Cut Honeycomb & Local Raw Honey

We have local honey wherever you are! We've partnered with beekeepers in different regions to source pure natural raw honey that's local to you. Our regional wildflower honey series features a New England Wildflower, Mid-Atlantic Wildflower, and a Southern Wildflower. Local honey, no matter what.

Shop Raw Honey

Tupelo Honey

From $12.00

Orange Blossom Honey

From $8.00

Raspberry Honey

From $8.00

Southern Wildflower

From $7.00

Mid-Atlantic Wildflower

From $7.00

New England Wildflower

Bee Pollen

$12.75

Blueberry Honey

From $8.00

Honey Cacao Bars

View Recipe

Honey Roasted Granola

View Recipe

Peaches & Honeycomb Sourdough Toast

View Recipe

Full Spectrum Hemp Products & Raw Honey

It's what we do. We've combined our passions for full-spectrum hemp & CBD products and raw honey. Why pursue just one passion when two seems twice as cool? We've partnered with beekeepers all over the world to offer the finest artisanal single varietal and regional wildflower honey available. Our partner hemp farm, Ivanhoe Farms, in Ramah, Colorado produces the organic hemp that makes it's way into our full-spectrum products. We hope that you enjoy our products as much as we enjoy sharing them with the world.

Apis Mercantile

Liam and I first met in Richmond, Virginia as teenagers, and quickly became friends. In 2010, I moved to Charleston, SC to attend college, explore the historic Southern city, and surf on Folly Beach. In 2011, Liam and a contingent of Virginia friends, including our partnered hemp farmer, Matt, joined me at the College of Charleston. That same year, we started our first beehives in the backyard of our St. Philip Street home. We tended to our small apiary between college classes and weekends spent on the beach. Next to the beehives, Matt started an expansive backyard garden growing everything from tomatoes to mint and muscadine grapes. Not many people knew it, but our bees were pollinating the flowers all over the Charleston peninsula. It was an incredible home filled with laughter and friendship, and I’ll always look back fondly on those formative college years.

Eventually, we all moved on from that downtown Charleston house, but the years we spent there made an indelible impression on all of us. Matt would go on to start Ivanhoe Farms, an organic hemp farm in Ramah, Colorado, and Liam and I would found Apis Mercantile. Today, the three of us are still working (and laughing) together, and we are thrilled to combine our passions into one of a kind products!

Follow our adventures @apismercantile for recipes, pop-up events, and other fun things! We’re always happy to talk hemp or honey, so feel free to send us a message! Welcome to the Apis Mercantile hive!

Bee well,
John, Co-Founder Apis Mercantile

Co-Founder Apis Mercantile

About US