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Sunshine Honey We're beekeepers in Chautauqua County, New York. We sell honey and beeswax.

We finished extraction for the 2026 fall season a week ago, but I’ve been putting off making this post because the news ...
10/12/2026

We finished extraction for the 2026 fall season a week ago, but I’ve been putting off making this post because the news was not good. We got 13 buckets of honey, approximately 650 pounds. For the year that gives us 23 buckets, or roughly 1150 pounds. A normal harvest is 1400 pounds, so in the entirety of 2026 we got less than what we should have gotten in one harvest. We don’t have a good explanation for the downturn.

On the positive side, 32 of our 37 hives are heavy going into winter so we’re hoping for a good survival rate and a strong spring season next year. And…look at this beautiful frame of honey from the fall extraction 😀.

Sunshine Honey visited biology classes at Pine Valley High School this morning. We talked about how bees communicate and...
10/06/2026

Sunshine Honey visited biology classes at Pine Valley High School this morning. We talked about how bees communicate and brought along an observation hive. The students were engaged and asked great questions. Sam’s daughter, Nicole, is their teacher so seeing her was an added bonus 😀.

It’s a chilly but sunny morning in Jamestown. Come see us at the corner of Spring and Third for our last Jamestown Marke...
10/03/2026

It’s a chilly but sunny morning in Jamestown. Come see us at the corner of Spring and Third for our last Jamestown Market of the season. We’re here till 1pm!

Our market season is winding down. We’ll be at Jamestown tomorrow from 9-1 and at Dunkirk on Wednesday from 9-2. Last ch...
10/03/2026

Our market season is winding down. We’ll be at Jamestown tomorrow from 9-1 and at Dunkirk on Wednesday from 9-2. Last chance to stock up on honey for the winter!

We won’t be at any markets this week. Our remaining markets will be September 26 and October 3 in Jamestown and October ...
09/16/2026

We won’t be at any markets this week. Our remaining markets will be September 26 and October 3 in Jamestown and October 7 in Dunkirk. Come stock up for winter!

PS: The fall harvest looks promising. We have 85 honey supers out, and the goldenrod has looked good, so we are optimistic…but there are never any guarantees in beekeeping 🙄🤣

We’re at the corner of Third and Spring in Jamestown until 1 pm today for the Jamestown Farmers Market. We will not be h...
09/12/2026

We’re at the corner of Third and Spring in Jamestown until 1 pm today for the Jamestown Farmers Market. We will not be here next week. Come stock up on honey to fight off those winter chills!

We’re at the Dunkirk Market (Cliffstar and Ruggles) until 2 today. One thing that sets this market apart is that it’s un...
09/09/2026

We’re at the Dunkirk Market (Cliffstar and Ruggles) until 2 today. One thing that sets this market apart is that it’s under a pavilion so even if it’s raining, you can stay dry while shopping. This is our last market in Dunkirk for the season. (The market continues until October 14–we just won’t be here). Come stock up on honey for the winter!

Today we are at the North East Community Fair in the old Mercyhurst gym. The fair runs from 10-2, and we brought an obse...
09/05/2026

Today we are at the North East Community Fair in the old Mercyhurst gym. The fair runs from 10-2, and we brought an observation hive with us 😀. Come see us and see if you can find the queen 🐝.

Sam’s 13th swarm of the season! For perspective, he might get 3 swarms in a typical season. Conventional beekeeping wisd...
08/29/2026

Sam’s 13th swarm of the season! For perspective, he might get 3 swarms in a typical season.

Conventional beekeeping wisdom in our area says that collecting swarms this late in the season is a waste of time: the bees will not have time to stockpile enough honey to survive the winter. But in this case, Sam wanted to add these bees to a small hive that had gone queenless. Will they survive the winter? Maybe not…but they definitely would not have survived without a queen. At least now they have a chance.

Unfortunately, we will not be at the Dunkirk market this week (July 26). We’ll see you again on September 9 for our last...
08/23/2026

Unfortunately, we will not be at the Dunkirk market this week (July 26). We’ll see you again on September 9 for our last Dunkirk market of the season. Come stock up on honey for the winter!

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9251 Mina Cemetery Road
Sherman, NY
14781

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(716) 269-9798

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