You can probably imagine the work, trouble and danger that goes into loading the bee hives onto trucks, bouncing them up steep and muddy mountain roads, unloading them in secret clearings at 10,000 feet or more, and protecting them from hungry bears.

More work is involved in tending the bees all summer, removing the crop and then bouncing them down those same bumpy roads to their winter locations in warmer climates in the fall. Once the honey crop is in, we go to extreme lengths in handling and packaging our treasure so that you may enjoy its flavor unspoiled. Some honey packers overheat their honey as a handling convenience and to increase shelf life. In doing so however, they destroy nutritionally important vitamins and enzymes as well as darken the honey and alter its flavor. Our honey has been warmed and strained only. It has not been overheated or force-filtered. As a result, you will find tiny particles of beeswax and pollen in our honey that enhance its flavor and nutritiousness. As with all unmolested honeys, High Altitude Wildflower Honey will eventually crystallize. This is your assurance of an unspoiled produce.

    HONEY. Honey is a complex carbohydrate gathered for food by honeybees. A variety of plants, particularly the composite and legume families secrete nectar to attract pollinating insects. The bees gather the nectar, add enzymes, evaporate it, and turn it into honey back at the hive. Honey, like other natural products, is subject to the whims of nature; thus, our honey varies somewhat in color, flavor and viscosity from day to day, year to year. Unlike the large honey packers, we do not attempt to blend honeys for uniformity knowing that our customers are aware of and appreciate the subtleties of flavor and color variations. The bulk of our honey is gathered from alfalfa, a legume grown locally for hay. During the season the bees bring in honey from other sources such as yellow sweet clover, dandelions, rabbit brush and honey dew. Each floral source, when mixed by the bees, produces unique honeys with subtle flavor differences. The darker honeys tend to have a richer flavor. The darker honeys have a higher vitamin and mineral content as well. In addition to our own crop, we also pack honey produced by other beekeepers. You have our assurance that we are very particular and refuse to put our label on any but the very finest honey available to us. Our high altitude wildflower honey is a good example. It is one of the world's few truly alpine honeys gathered at over 10,000 feet. For the connoisseur, it offers a delicate flavor unlike any other honey.