Honey Farms & Apiaries in Illinois

Bee Happy Honey

Kempton, IL

Bee Happy Honey keeps hives near Kempton in Ford County and sells its harvest as raw local honey. No current web listing was found for pricing or stock. Contact ahead before visiting, since small apiary operators like this often sell out between harvests.

Bee Sweet Honey

Bee Sweet Honey is a honey producer in Illinois. No apiary location, product list, or contact details are published online for this listing.

Bethel Refuge Apiary

Edwardsville, IL

Bethel Refuge Apiary produces wildflower, comb, and raw honey out of Edwardsville, selling retail alongside beekeeping supplies and offering farm tours. Local restaurant Cleveland-Heath has used their honey in drinks and recipes. Some recent reports suggest the longtime beekeeper has been scaling back, so it's worth calling ahead to confirm current availability.

Big T's Honey Bee Farm

Greenville, IL

Big T's Honey Bee Farm manages 50 to 75 hives across the farm and other sites around Bond County, using regenerative practices to keep the soil healthy for nectar production. Beyond honey, they sell starter hives, wooden hive equipment, and queen bees for other beekeepers. Open Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Airport Avenue in Greenville.

Blackberry Creek Honey Farm

Sugar Grove, IL

Blackberry Creek Honey Farm keeps hives on Bliss Road outside Sugar Grove, an area the local historical society traces back to farmland use since the 1850s. The farm sells honey and runs pick-your-own hours alongside its beekeeping, drawing regulars from the Sugar Grove area who stop by for both.

Blue Sage Apiaries

Moweaqua, IL

Blue Sage Apiaries sells wildflower honey straight from the hive out of Moweaqua, open by appointment starting each August. It's a small operation on the east edge of town, easiest to find by calling ahead for directions and current stock.

Bradford 's Pure Honey

Casey, IL

Bradford's Pure Honey keeps hives on-site outside Casey and sells raw and strained honey straight from the farm, including clover and orange blossom varieties, plus beeswax. It runs as a small apiary rather than a retail storefront, moving product through farm sales and regional honey directories instead of grocery shelves. Reach out ahead of a visit to confirm what's currently in stock.

Chicago Honey Co-op

Chicago Honey Co-op keeps beehives on vacant and reclaimed lots across Chicago, one of the city's longer-running urban apiary cooperatives. Members raise the bees and bottle raw honey and beeswax candles, and the co-op runs beekeeping classes for anyone new to the craft. Products turn up at Chicago-area markets and through direct orders — there's no single retail storefront.

Heartway Farms

Plano, IL

Heartway Farms in Plano, Illinois is a homesteading family farm selling farm-fresh and handcrafted goods — local eggs, raw honey, elderberry syrup, and handmade soap bars — through its on-site farm shop and online store, while sharing the homesteading journey on YouTube.

Heaven's Honey Inc.

Heaven's Honey Inc. bottles 100% pure, raw, unfiltered honey out of Chicago, sold plain and in flavored batches -- lavender, orange, lemon, cinnamon, smoked, and hot habanero. The lineup also includes honeycomb, pure maple syrup, beeswax, and pollen, sold in squeeze bottles, glass jars, and bear-shaped bottles through their online store and a network of Illinois retail locations. They ship orders over $50 free and sell wholesale to restaurants.

Hillbunker Farms - Eggs, Honey, Organic Produce & More

Hillbunker Farms is a small Illinois producer of eggs, honey, and organic produce, sold direct rather than through a grocery chain. Its online presence is limited, so calling ahead or catching them at a local market is the surest way to see what's currently in stock.

Homer Honey Farm

Homer Honey Farm's name points to Homer, a small Champaign County village in Illinois. Beyond that, no product list, apiary size, or contact details are published online for this listing.

Honey Creek Farm, Springfield

Honey Creek Farm is a honey producer based in Springfield, Illinois, per its listing name. No apiary size, product list, or market schedule is published online for this business.

Honey Hill Orchard

Waterman, IL

A family orchard in Waterman dating to 1965, growing 25 apple varieties across 2,100 trees at its main site plus 500 more at a second location. The 1880s barn on the property doubles as a gift and craft loft, and the farm also grows pick-your-own raspberries alongside cider donuts, caramel apples, and fresh pies.

Honey House

Vernon Hills, IL

Its a sweet story :) Welcome to the Honey House! Hi, my name is Anita, owner of the Honey House, your local beekeeper, & honey dealer. You may be wondering, what is the Honey House? Or have questions such as "You? A beekeeper?", "How many times have you been stung?" or "How did you even get into beekeeping?" To make a long story short, this entire journey stemmed from a decade long hobby that started from my great Uncle Alex. My Uncle was a unique individual whom was born in Romania, and immigra

Honey Lake Bee Company

Honey Lake Bee Company works its own hives in North Barrington, harvesting raw, unfiltered honey along with comb honey, beeswax candles, and lip balm made from Midwest beeswax. There's no storefront — order online for local pickup or catch them at Chicago-area farmers markets. They also teach beginner beekeeping classes for anyone thinking about starting a hive. Everything sold traces back to their own colonies, not a blended or imported supply.

Mayhew Honey

Collinsville, IL

Marc Mayhew runs this family apiary in southwest Illinois, selling raw clover and comb honey straight from his own hives along with beeswax candles. Beyond retail honey, Mayhew Honey sells nucs and queens to other beekeepers and offers tours of the operation, a rarer combination than most honey stands provide. Curbside pickup is available for Collinsville-area orders.

May Honey Farm

Marengo, IL

May's Honey Farms has produced Sunny Hill Honey since 1948, growing from two beehives to more than 1,400 across six counties of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, with a processing plant in a converted 1898 schoolhouse outside Marengo. Harvested within 50 miles of the plant from local clovers, alfalfa, and linden blossoms, the honey is never overheated or ultra-filtered and is sold at independent grocers all over Chicagoland.

Milk & Honey Farm

Milk & Honey Farm produces honey in Illinois. Details on hive count, flavor profile, and sales outlets aren't published online — reach out directly to ask about jars, comb, or seasonal harvest availability.

PaPa's Natural Honey

Naperville, IL

Our Beginning Our Story Dedukas the original "PaPa" started in 1980 with 4 hives given to him by a friend. He owned a small truck farm in what was then Hinsdale Il. As you can see it quickly became a lot of work for just one person. He managed to turn his hobby into a real business with 100 hives. He still lived on the property but had to move the hives when he sold all but 1 acre where he lived until his passing in 2021 at age 95. His oldest son Ed is now the new "PaPa" and is very proud of wha

PC's Apiaries

Chebanse, IL

PC's Apiaries produces clover, wildflower, and comb honey out of Chebanse, sold retail and wholesale by appointment and at the Rally Point 1854 coffee shop in town. Owner Chad McGinnis also serves as the Illinois Department of Agriculture's Region 3 apiary inspector, giving him a working knowledge of bee health across central Illinois beyond his own hives.

Pecatonica River Honey

Pecatonica, IL

Pecatonica River Honey began when Barb ordered two beehives and called Chris — six words that grew a northern Illinois hobby into more than 100 hives. The pair sells pure, raw, unfiltered honey straight from the hive plus creamed honey, and works local beeswax into small-batch cold-process soaps and lotion bars made with natural oils and butters.

Rudy's Bees and Honey

Clinton, IL

Hello my name is Rudy. I started Rudy's Apiary's with my wife Rusty, the redhead. Together we started with three hives in our backyard at Clinton Lake. We loved it so much we expanded more and more. We have expanded our operation from our backyard to the surrounding area to include Mascoutin Campground and Weldon Springs State Park. As beekeeping enthusiasts, we believe in the conservation of bees and the importance of their role in maintaining the local wildlife and our food supply. Without hon

Sasse's Apiary

Chestnut, IL

Sasse's Apiary in Chestnut, Illinois provides quality honey products with a home-grown philosophy: table honey, cut comb, creamed honey, and beeswax products straight from the hives.

Sunny Day's Honey

Elmhurst, IL

Sunny Day's Honey is a small beekeeping operation working hives around Elmhurst. The farm sells comb honey directly and posts updates on the bees through the seasons — swarms, splits, and whatever the hive is doing that week. There's no storefront; check their Facebook page for what's currently available.

The Hive: Chicago's Beekeeping Supply Store

Chicago, IL

Etablished in 2016, The Hive Supply Company is Chicago’s premier beekeeping supply store. We are dedicated to providing top-quality supplies for all your beekeeping needs. From hive tools and protective gear to feeders and honey extractors, we have everything you need to keep your bees happy and healthy. As beekeepers ourselves we not only manage our own hives and harvest the honey to sell in our store, online and at farmers markets, but also maintain hives for businesses and organizations in an

Wild Harvest Honey Farm

Wild Harvest Honey Farm produces honey in Illinois. No apiary location, product list, or contact details are published online for this listing.

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Shabbona, IL

Willow Creek Honey keeps hives around Shabbona and sells raw honey directly to customers, including small-batch comb honey when it's available. The farm posts availability on Instagram and Facebook rather than running a storefront, so checking social media before making the trip out saves a wasted stop.

Y S Royal Jelly & Honey Farms

Sheridan, IL

Y.S. Organic Bee Farms in Sheridan, Illinois is the pioneer of certified organic beekeeping in North America, earning organic certification in 1995 after years of research, built on four generations of hands-on beekeeping. It remains the longest-standing national distributor of certified organic honey and royal jelly products.

Allen's Honey & Candles LLC

Draper's Raw And Local Honey

Oswego, IL

Raines Honey Farm

Davis, IL

Ruebush Apiary

Blandinsville, IL

State Line Honey

Antioch, IL

Willies Honey Company

Mchenry, IL