About
Mission
In the wake of “Honey Gate” many consumers felt betrayed, confused and were left with a sense of insecurity, not knowing what to look for or where to shop, when searching for quality honey. It was this lack of consumer knowledge and confidence that inspired us to create “My Neighbors Hive” in an effort to promote "Hive To Home" honey and other products.
Our primary mission, is to create and expand the
“Api-Map” and promote its use as an instrument that will aid consumers in finding and connecting with beekeepers in their local area allowing them to purchase quality honey as well as other from the hive products as close to the source as possible in an effort to support Beekeeping and Beekeepers everywhere.
What is "Hive To Home"?
It's just as it sounds.
It's bringing honey from the hive, to your home.
Its knowing that what you're buying is Raw, Pure, Comb or Naturally Infused because it's coming straight
from the Beekeeper to you!.
HONEY
TERMS AND DEFINITIONS:
HONEY - (As Defined by the USDA) a sweet, syrupy substance produced by honey bees from the nectar of plants or from secretions of living parts of plants or excretions of plant-sucking insects on the living part of plants, which the bees collect, transform by combining with specified substances of their own, deposit, dehydrate, store, and leave in the honeycombs to ripen and mature. Honey consists essentially of different sugars predominantly glucose and fructose as well as other substances derived from the collection of nectar by honey bees for conversion into honey. The color of honey varies from nearly colorless to dark brown; the consistency can be fluid, viscous, or partly to entirely crystallized. The flavor and aroma vary but are derived from the plant origin.
RAW HONEY - Comes straight from the hive. Raw honey is unpasteurized, unadulterated and pure. This means that it has no additional ingredients such as sugars and/or flavors allowing it to retain all of the naturally occurring enzymes, minerals and vitamins as well as containing small particles of pollen and propolis.
PURE HONEY - Can be pasteurized, but has to be 100% Honey, meaning that it contains NO additional ingredients. So no added sugars and/or flavors, whether they be natural or artificial.
COMB HONEY - Pure Raw Honey which is still contained within its original hexagonal-shaped beeswax cells, called honeycomb. It is as it was when it was originally produced by honey bees and has received no processing, filtering, or manipulation. Can be packaged in sealed whole broodless combs or sections of such combs.
NATURALLY INFUSED HONEY - Honey that has been flavored due to the addition of natural herbs and/or spices. No artificial flavors may be used, may not contain added sugars natural or artificial.
FLAVORED HONEY - Honey that has had its flavor altered due to the addition of artificial ingredients and/or added sweeteners.
ADULTERATED HONEY - Any honey to which has been added glucose, dextrose, molasses, sugar, sugar syrup, invert sugar, or any other similar product or products, other than Honeydew and/or the nectar of floral exudations of plants gathered and stored in the comb by honey bees.
LOCAL - Any product that is Sourced, Produced and/or packaged within 30 miles of where it is being sold and/or utilized.