Oregon Bee Store

Specialties

Your source for pure, local raw honey from Wild Bee Honey Farm. Gourmet honey from around the world, amazing natural beeswax candles from Peaceblossom Candles. Beekeeping supplies and equipment and instruction. Fresh local and organic produce, gifts and more!

History

Established in 1995.

Wild Bee Honey Farm is a second generation company founded in 1966. We maintain 500 – 600 colonies of bees, although the number of hives varies seasonally. The Oregon Bee Store is an offshoot and extension of the original Wild Bee Honey Farm.

Morris Curtis, 83, the founder of the company, tells the story:

«In the middle ‘60s, there was a great movement of people to the mountains in our area. They were called hippies and they loved raw honey. So that’s what I produced. Since these people liked wild things, I called my outfit Wild Bee Honey Farm. Everybody loved the name. Bees reproduce by the old queen taking the field force of worker bees with her to start a new hive somewhere else. Lots of people catch swarms to start new hives. That’s what I did when I got started. My youngest son Mike kept bees with me all the time while going to school and to trade school. In 1995 I retired from the business and he runs the outfit. We’re still producing raw honey. Honey heated over 110 degrees Fa

Meet the Business Owner

Mike C.

Business Owner

Mike tells the story:

«My father Morris Curtis started the business and I became a full-​time beekeeper at age 19 after 2 years of trade school. At one time we took our bees to California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. Now we stay in Oregon and California. In 1995 Angelika joined with me in marriage and we work together. We now have a son, Daniel, and daughter, Rachel, who might become the third generation beekeepers. We’ll let them decide when they are older. We try to keep our different honeys separate so they are as close as possible to the pure variety of plant the bees are collecting from. Sometimes it is impossible to do that because far too many plants are blooming at the same time so we give them a more generic name like Wildflower or Spring Blossom.»