Honey Hive Farms

Honey Hive Farms is a small, family-owned apiary and raw honey producer based in Peoria, Arizona. Run by Tim and Connie Moore, the operation keeps bees in Arizona and sells honey harvested from its own hives, hand-bottled and labeled locally. The brand positions itself around a "hive to table" promise: no imported honey is blended in, no heat pasteurization is used, and nothing that is not honey is added to the jar. Its everyday product is wildflower honey, supported by varietals such as cactus, mesquite, orange blossom, alfalfa, and a seasonal "Suicide" blend, along with limited coffee honeys. Beyond bottled honey, Honey Hive Farms sells beekeeping classes and bees and nucleus colonies (nucs). The hands-on introductory beekeeping class runs out of the owners' backyard apiary in Peoria, limited to six students at a time, with suits and gloves provided and a real hive inspection. A Saturday farm stand at 14611 N. 83rd Avenue in Peoria operates from 10 AM to 1 PM. Orders are fulfilled by shipping, with a flat shipping rate and a free-shipping threshold shown at checkout. The company communicates directly with customers through its website, email, and text/phone contacts, and it publishes educational content such as an Arizona honey guide and articles on raw honey varieties and uses. As a small direct-to-consumer producer, it is privately held and family-owned rather than a listed or corporate group brand.

Honey Hive Farms began as a few backyard hives in Peoria, Arizona, kept by Tim and Connie Moore. According to the company's own account, the couple found they enjoyed the bees more than expected and that the honey tasted unlike anything available at the grocery store. Friends began asking for jars, then friends of friends, and the hobby grew into a small commercial apiary. The company states that it has been keeping bees in Arizona for seventeen years and that it still hand-bottles every jar. The operation remained deliberately small and vertically integrated: honey starts in the company's own hives, and the owners extract, settle, and bottle it themselves. The brand's core commitments are that it does not blend in cheap imported honey, does not pasteurize, and does not add anything that is not honey. Over time the product line expanded from an everyday wildflower jar to varietals including cactus (harvested only once a year), mesquite, orange blossom, alfalfa, and a seasonal "Suicide" blend, plus a set of limited coffee honeys. As demand and curiosity grew, the owners added education and live bee sales. They began teaching a hands-on introductory beekeeping class out of their backyard apiary in Peoria, capped at six students at a time, with suits and gloves provided and a real hive inspection. They also sell bees and nucleus colonies (nucs), with Connie Moore as the contact. A Saturday farm stand at 14611 N. 83rd Avenue in Peoria gives local customers a physical point of contact. The business sells primarily direct to consumers through its website, with orders shipped by default and checkout showing the current shipping option; the site advertises an $8.00 flat shipping rate and a free-shipping threshold at $50.00. Honey Hive Farms also publishes educational content, including an Arizona honey guide and articles on topics such as raw Arizona mesquite honey and using raw honey as a refined-sugar replacement. The company remains family-owned and privately held.

• Tim and Connie Moore start keeping a few backyard hives in Peoria, Arizona.

• Friends and then friends of friends begin requesting jars, turning the hobby into a small honey business.

• The company reports seventeen years of beekeeping in Arizona and continued hand-bottling of every jar.

• Hands-on introductory beekeeping classes are offered at the Peoria backyard apiary, limited to six students.

• A Saturday farm stand operates at 14611 N. 83rd Avenue, Peoria, AZ 85381, from 10 AM to 1 PM.

• The product line includes wildflower, cactus, mesquite, orange blossom, alfalfa, a seasonal "Suicide" blend, and limited coffee honeys.

Small-batch, family-run Arizona apiary selling raw, unblended, unpasteurized local honey direct to consumers, with beekeeping education and bees/nucs as adjacent offerings.

• Raw wildflower honey

  The everyday jar in the Honey Hive Farms lineup.

• Raw cactus honey

  A varietal the company says it only gets once a year.

• Raw mesquite honey

  An Arizona mesquite varietal highlighted in the company's educational content.

• Raw orange blossom honey

  Part of the varietal lineup.

• Raw alfalfa honey

  Part of the varietal lineup.

• Seasonal "Suicide" blend

  A seasonal blend rounding out the lineup.

• Coffee honeys

  Four signature coffee honeys described as award-winning and very limited.

• Beekeeping classes

  Hands-on beginner-friendly intro class at the Peoria apiary, six students at a time, suits and gloves provided.

• Bees and nucleus colonies (nucs)

  Live bees and nucs sold with Connie Moore as the contact.

1. 1Honey Hive Farmshoneyhivefarms.com
2. 2Family beekeeping in Peoria, Arizona – Honey Hive Farmshoneyhivefarms.com
3. 3Shop honey, classes & bees – Honey Hive Farmshoneyhivefarms.com
4. 4Honey Hive Farmswikidata.org