Sharon
Gibbons has been an established beekeeper since 1980. What started
out as a hobby is now a full-time business. She manages 700 colonies
of bees in Central and Eastern Missouri, which produces about 80,000
pounds of honey a year. She markets a light, mild clover honey,
along with a darker, more flavorful honey that the bees gather from
wildflowers. As her business grew, her husband and son have joined
her. She lives in the St. Louis area, while her son moved to the
farm and takes care of the business from Rocheport.
Sharon
has developed a variety of honey-based products. She blends powdered
dried fruit with honey, which is processed into a creme. The cremes
are spreadable and easy to use. Flavors are apple, strawberry, raspberry,
apricot, peach, along with two nut flavors: pecan and black walnut.
These all are kosher food products approved by the Vadd-Hoeir. Other
products include a honey mustard, honey poppy seed dijon salad dressing,
honey-comb beeswax, and molded beeswax candles.The Gibbons stress
quality guarantee satisfaction. Their honey has garnered many state
and national awards, including Best of Show six years out of nine.
Gibbons
Bee Farm has been accepted by the National Association for the Specialty
Food Trade, Inc.
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