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Honey hand soap with fresh foraged dandelion

on the last few days of this spring's dandelion bloom, Olga and I went foraging for blossoms in one of our bee yards.  We collected two bags full of fresh dandelion flowers, and before they could dry, we infused them straight into our certified organic honey hand soap!The scent is light and vegetal, crisp and clean, and the soap turned a bit more yellow in hue.  A lovely seasonal treat that we will surely make again next spring!

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we took a break from online sales but we are back!

  One of the things that really sets Sunny Honey Company apart from other honey brands is our commitment to producing and sourcing from close personal beekeeper peers and carefully vetted honey operations.  We will not ever, and I mean never, go to a large distributor or commercial packing house to source honey if we run out.  We will just stop doing business.  Period.  No exceptions! One of the best things about our little business of bees and honey being busier than expected is that we get to grow and become a larger employer and supplier and producer than ever before.  One of the bad things about our little business of bees and honey is that we are always facing...

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surprise we're famous!

just kidding, not really.  But we were featured in this past sunday seattle times shop nw holiday gift ideas article!  If you click on th link, you'll have to scroll right through the images to the third one, and there you'll find a picture and write up about our adorable hand dipped gift jars!!! we had no idea until Annie cooper sent us a text about it at like 11am sunday.  Great little write up and we are thrilled to be included with so many other amazing local foods.  So I guess this means back to the bottling room to fill more holiday jars!!    

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