Local Hive™ Safely Brings Local to Global This Season

(Gerry Furth-Sides, photos courtesy of LOCAL HIVE HONEY)  Honey, in general, is so wonderful that it might just take a taste test like to differentiate the pure and local ones for yourself.  We did years ago with local Santa Monica honey at a farmers market and never went back to other honey.  One company that is promoting this type of product, as well as honey conservation on a grand scale, is  Local Hive™ from Rice’s Honey®, a leading producer of high quality, USA only raw & unfiltered honey since 1924.

The new label design highlights the new Local Hive™ and  Rice’s new alliance with PACE, “Pollinator Awareness Through Conservation and Education”, the Butterfly Pavilion’s non-profit global initiative to restore habitats, strengthen populations and reintroduce pollinators into native habitats around the world.  Rice’s Honey® has a mission to help promote all pollinators & sustainable bee farms across the country. This partnership and commitment are represented communicated on the back of the new label, notes that a portion of proceeds from every bottle sold of Rice’s Honey® will be donated to the PACE initiative to promote and protect the prosperity of pollinators worldwide.

The company is launching a campaign to emphasize that their Local Hive So Cal Honey is 100 percent pure; raw and unfiltered, preserving the honey’s nutrients for a unique local flavor from “the backyard” of the buyer. For updated information, please check out the new website: www.localhivehoney.com www.localhivehoney.com 

From now until Dec 12^th, Local Hive So Cal Honey will be highlighted to honey lovers in a variety of ways including a billboard on the Newport Freeway in Orange County from November 9^th – December 12^th, lead sponsorship in the California Wine Festival in Huntington Beach on November 9^th and 10^th and an extensive digital/social program through mid-December.   For details on the event, please see: californiawinefestival.com/events/huntington-beach

All Local Hive™ honey is sourced exclusively in the U.S. and then bottled in Greeley, Colorado.  The team at Local Hive™ works directly with local beekeepers across the U.S., to ensure each varietal yields delicious and subtly different natural flavors. Very similar to wine, where you taste and see the difference between varietals, Local Hive™from Rice’s Honey® also imparts specific flavors in each of the honey they produce across the country.

I verify the taste test with the NORCAL and SO-CAL local hive honey!  Southern California honey reflects its sweet natural source, including hints of alfalfa, berries, citrus, clover, and sage, in every bottle.  You can taste the warmth of the sun in the light honey. We loved the most sophisticated, less sweet and more intense northern Nor Cal honey flavor that is still warm and mild.  The layered flavors have a non-sweet taste at first before reaching a more floral, sweet aftermath.  It is delightful on its own and perfect for very special salad dressings.

Tony Landretti, Chief Executive Officer of Rice’s Honey®. “Since Rice’s Honey® founded in 1924 by L.R. Rice, reports, “we have always remained committed to providing the best tasting U.S. only raw & unfiltered honey while supporting local beekeepers all across the U.S. who provide artisan blend of various, local floral types to grocery stores.”  To find a neighborhood store, please visit  localhivehoney.com/findastore

L.R. Rice founded Rice’s Honey®, headquartered in Greeley, Colorado, in 1924. The company remains committed to its founder’s mission of becoming a leading producer of authentic, high quality, U.S. only raw & unfiltered honey.  Local Hive™ from Rice’s Honey® has generated brand equity through its commitment of producing premium, high quality, raw and unfiltered honey at affordable prices.  Rice’s Honey works with local beekeepers to provide several local, raw & unfiltered honey varieties throughout various states and regions across the U.S.