Ambrose Bee Pharm

I am an avid buyer of Ambrose Bee Pharm honey. Why? Bee-​cause. Hahaha. I only buy local honey because my doctor told me it’s the best for us allergy sufferers. I have hayfever really bad, so I figured it couldn’t hurt. Now I live in Seattle and I keep threatening to switch to Washington honey but something in me just won’t let me fly away from the hive. I love the way this stuff tastes. I know it’s honey and it should taste the same, but not all honey is created equal. I don’t know what kind of hoodoo they put on the bees to produce such great honey, but I can’t take my tea without it. I would pick me up a bottle every few weeks from the organic farmers market in south KC and now I’m hoping to get some through the Internets.

This is a bee ‘pharm’, run by a chemist and his wife who live near the UMKC/​Rockhill area, where they manage about 30 hives around the city, raised strictly for their honey and, they say, they don’t use sugar in the winter or move the bees around for agricultural purposes. They also don’t use chemicals and stuff in their bee ‘pharming’, so this all gives their bees a better chance at the bee colony collapse thing, and makes their honey a little better for the bees and everyone. Anyhow, they sell the stuff at the Minor Park farmer’s market, and on First friday’s at Bad Seed in the east crossroads. Check em out! The competition for local KC honey is not too steep, so 5 stars until this place gets flooded with beeswax (city hall not included – ha!).