Honey & Beekeeping in North AlabamaEast Limestone County
Tulip LaneApiaries

Tulip Lane Apiaries

Pure raw honey from our North Alabama hives. Unheated, untreated and unfiltered, the way the bees made it.

A small apiary in East Limestone County, keeping bees without chemicals and selling honey, beeswax, propolis and live bees to the Tennessee Valley.

See the honey Report a swarm
Unheated✦Untreated✦Unfiltered✦Chemical-free
Straight from the hive

Our Honey

Two jars of Tulip Lane raw honey topped with gift bows
Pure · Raw · Local Wildflower Honey Tulip Lane Apiaries
East Limestone Co., Alabama
UnheatedUnfiltered

Made from whatever is in bloom. Our bees forage the trees, fields and gardens around our hives, so the color and flavor shift from one harvest to the next. It's bottled raw, so the pollen and enzymes stay in the jar.

A note on raw honeyRaw honey crystallizes naturally over time. It hasn't gone bad. Set the jar in warm water and it will turn liquid again.

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Hive goods & supplies

From the Hive

Beyond honey, we sell what the hive makes, what it takes to start one, and jars for putting up your own.

Amber bottles of propolis tincture on a granite counter

Propolis Tincture

Made from hive propolis, for topical and oral use.

Hexagon beeswax bars pressed with bee and honeycomb designs

Beeswax & Candles

Pure beeswax bars, and hand-poured beeswax candles.

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Bees & Nucs

Honey bees and nucleus hives for new and growing beekeepers.

Also in stock Glass canning jars, sold by the case.

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Service

Swarm Removal

A cluster of bees on a branch, fence or eave? Don't spray it. Tell us where it is and we'll collect the swarm and give it a home in one of our apiaries.

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Service

Local Pollination

Hives placed on your farm, orchard or garden during bloom to improve fruit set and yield across the Tennessee Valley.

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How we keep bees

The Tulip Lane Way

Tulip Lane is a very small operation: just the two of us, tending every hive by hand. We keep our bees the way we'd want our food kept: without chemicals.

No synthetic treatments go into our hives. Our honey is spun from the comb and jarred without heating or fine filtering, so it reaches you as close to the hive as it can.

  • Chemical-free hives
  • Never heated or pasteurized
  • Raw, straight from the comb
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IN A SINGLE HIVE AT PEAK SEASON 40,000 to 60,000 bees ⬢ ⬢
In the field

Bees at Work

A honey bee on a white gaura flower
A honey bee flying toward pussy willow catkins
A honey bee drinking a drop of water on a wooden rail
Proudly serving the Tennessee Valley
Athens✦Madison✦Huntsville✦Decatur

Looking for local raw honey near Huntsville, Madison, Athens or Decatur? Our hives sit in East Limestone County, in the heart of the valley, so the honey in your jar comes from the same fields and tree lines you drive past.

Come get some honey

Order honey, ask about nucs and bees, or book a swarm pickup. Send us a note and we'll get back to you.

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