About Pittsburgh Honey

.What began in the Fine family’s backyard in 1985 with only 6 beehives has grown to nearly 200 hives at the Monongahela homestead and several outyards throughout southwestern Pennsylvania. They strive to provide pure and local honey varietals under the Pittsburgh Honey label, as well as top quality beeswax and comb products straight from the hive to bottle. First sold under the eponymous family label at various farmers markets and from the apiary, itself, it slowly became clear that other so-called beekeepers and honey producers defined “pure and local” broadly, often selling mislabeled, adulterated products to keep up with market demands. Worse yet, these suppliers turned to the bulk honey market in an effort to keep their bottling tanks flowing, filling jars with product that originated in Asia and beyond—far, far from the Monongahela Valley and completely unworthy of the “local” moniker. In an effort to set their hand-extracted 100% pure and local varietals apart from the posers, the Fine family rebranded their delicious varietals as “Pittsburgh Honey,” in 2014, a brand now synonymous with purity, and, through its Honeycomb Bridge logo, easily recognized as a truly local product. Pittsburgh Honey is still available direct from the family Apiary, as well as our very own retail outlet in nearby Squirrel Hill, Pennsylvania—the first and only store of its kind in the region. Stop in, or order some today. We ship globally!Read their story