Lovell Apiaries

07/17/2026

Come out to the Tifton Farmers market tomorrow and taste some of the best honey you can get!!

🚨 SOURWOOD ALERT 🚨

A limited supply of Sourwood Honey will be available TOMORROW at the Tifton Farmers Market from 9am-12pm!

07/15/2026

The honey we bottle at Hickman Honey Co. is some of the purest you can get!! After uncapping, our honeycomb is loaded into an extractor. This spins at high speed, slinging the honey out of its comb. Here you see us extracting our honey and pouring it into a bucket through a fine mesh screen. This lets us remove any pieces of beeswax that might have slung off of the frames and into the honey. Then we let the bubbles and trapped air rise to the top. The result is raw, unadulterated honey ready for bottling!!

07/13/2026

A lot of people don't know that once the bees make honey, they seal it up with a wax capping. These cappings need to be cut or scrapped off to get to the honey inside. The electric hot knife heats up and allows us to effortlessly cut off our cappings before we extract honey from the honey comb. Follow us and Hickman Honey Co. for more!

07/13/2026

ITS HERE!

The very first bottle of 2026 Sourwood honey! While checking on the bees in North Georgia this past week, we brought home a few supers to go ahead and extract before the end of the Tifton Farmers Market season.

So if you’ve been holding out for the sweet taste of Sourwood, make plans to join us THIS SATURDAY at the market to grab a bottle 🍯

06/24/2026

One of the most frequently asked questions we get while selling honey is: “What’s the difference between the different kinds?” Well, let’s break that down.

Southern Wildflower Honey is derived from the nectar of our various Southern wildflowers. This could include anything from clover, fruit trees, Chinese privet, gallberry, and many other species of flowering plants. Since the nectar source comes from so many different flowers, we call it Southern Wildflower to capture the complex, floral flavor profile it brings.

Tupelo Honey comes from the swampy river bottoms of the Southeastern U.S. The nectar of the Ogeechee tupelo tree is the primary nectar source used to make Tupelo honey. We place our bees near these river basins while the trees are in full bloom, and the honeybees do the rest. Tupelo offers a unique flavor that is mild and rich, but not quite as floral-forward as our Southern Wildflower.

Our Sourwood Honey is made in Rabun County, Georgia. Sourwood trees thrive in the Appalachian Mountains, where they prefer cooler temperatures, increased rainfall, and more acidic soils. We load up our hives and transport them to various locations across North Georgia during bloom season. The result is a deep amber-colored honey with a rich, full-bodied flavor and buttery caramel notes.

This past weekend, we actually moved the bees (pictures included!) to catch the Sourwood nectar flow, which happens from late June through mid-July.

A quick side note: we are currently out of Sourwood honey, but we expect to have it back in stock as soon as the bees finish making it.

So which one is best?

That’s really up to you to decide!

Come see Hickman Honey Co. at the Tifton Farmers Market each Saturday and taste the differences for yourself! Or order online at https://hickmanhoneyco.com/

06/17/2026

Hello everyone! I wanted to provide you with a large life update!

We have suffered devastating losses in our bees over the last 2 years that we have not recovered from. Due to this, I have shifted attention from running my own bees to working with my good friend and mentor John at Hickman Honey Co..

With this, I highly encourage you to follow his page. You can order honey directly from his website and have it shipped right to your door!

I still want to do educational videos, and have some in mind so stay tuned! Exciting things are in the works!

May God bless you and have a fantastic day! 🐝🍯

Corey T. Lovell

12/31/2025

We suffered devastating losses in hive numbers last winter as well.

A record-breaking collapse of U.S. honeybee colonies has stunned scientists and farmers alike. Behind the die-off lies a hidden threat that’s rapidly outsmarting the last line of defence.