Sunshine Honey

Sunshine Honey We're beekeepers in Chautauqua County, New York. We sell honey and beeswax.

We won’t be at any markets this week. Our remaining markets will be September 26 and October 3 in Jamestown and October ...
09/16/2026

We won’t be at any markets this week. Our remaining markets will be September 26 and October 3 in Jamestown and October 7 in Dunkirk. Come stock up for winter!

PS: The fall harvest looks promising. We have 85 honey supers out, and the goldenrod has looked good, so we are optimistic…but there are never any guarantees in beekeeping 🙄🤣

We’re at the corner of Third and Spring in Jamestown until 1 pm today for the Jamestown Farmers Market. We will not be h...
09/12/2026

We’re at the corner of Third and Spring in Jamestown until 1 pm today for the Jamestown Farmers Market. We will not be here next week. Come stock up on honey to fight off those winter chills!

We’re at the Dunkirk Market (Cliffstar and Ruggles) until 2 today. One thing that sets this market apart is that it’s un...
09/09/2026

We’re at the Dunkirk Market (Cliffstar and Ruggles) until 2 today. One thing that sets this market apart is that it’s under a pavilion so even if it’s raining, you can stay dry while shopping. This is our last market in Dunkirk for the season. (The market continues until October 14–we just won’t be here). Come stock up on honey for the winter!

Today we are at the North East Community Fair in the old Mercyhurst gym. The fair runs from 10-2, and we brought an obse...
09/05/2026

Today we are at the North East Community Fair in the old Mercyhurst gym. The fair runs from 10-2, and we brought an observation hive with us 😀. Come see us and see if you can find the queen 🐝.

Sam’s 13th swarm of the season! For perspective, he might get 3 swarms in a typical season. Conventional beekeeping wisd...
08/29/2026

Sam’s 13th swarm of the season! For perspective, he might get 3 swarms in a typical season.

Conventional beekeeping wisdom in our area says that collecting swarms this late in the season is a waste of time: the bees will not have time to stockpile enough honey to survive the winter. But in this case, Sam wanted to add these bees to a small hive that had gone queenless. Will they survive the winter? Maybe not…but they definitely would not have survived without a queen. At least now they have a chance.

Unfortunately, we will not be at the Dunkirk market this week (July 26). We’ll see you again on September 9 for our last...
08/23/2026

Unfortunately, we will not be at the Dunkirk market this week (July 26). We’ll see you again on September 9 for our last Dunkirk market of the season. Come stock up on honey for the winter!

We’re on Chautauqua Avenue in Lakewood today as guests of the Lakewood Farmers Market. We’re just south of Summit Avenue...
08/20/2026

We’re on Chautauqua Avenue in Lakewood today as guests of the Lakewood Farmers Market. We’re just south of Summit Avenue, and we’re here until 2 PM. Come see us!!

We got swarm #12 last Friday! This one was especially fun because Sam did absolutely nothing for it 🤣. He checked a hiv...
08/17/2026

We got swarm #12 last Friday! This one was especially fun because Sam did absolutely nothing for it 🤣. He checked a hive at our Tanner Road bee yard about noon expecting to prepare it to be combined with another hive Friday night. When he opened the hive at noon, it was empty—not a bee. He went back at 8:30 thinking he would put the new hive on the empty box. As he got closer, he realized the “empty box” was buzzing. Sometime between noon and 8:30 pm, a swarm had moved in to the box. And not just any swarm—a huge swarm. There’s a house on Tanner Road that has a hive in the walls, and it swarms periodically so that’s where we think this one came from.

We’re at the corner of Third and Spring in downtown Jamestown till 1 today. The weather is delightful! Come see us!
08/15/2026

We’re at the corner of Third and Spring in downtown Jamestown till 1 today. The weather is delightful! Come see us!

We’re ready to go at Sherman Days in Edmund Park. Come see us! We’re here till 4!
08/01/2026

We’re ready to go at Sherman Days in Edmund Park. Come see us! We’re here till 4!

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9251 Mina Cemetery Road
Sherman, NY
14781

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(716) 269-9798

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