About Us

Founding

Founded by passionate beekeepers in 2020, The Pacific Northwest Honey Company has always been dedicated to crafting the highest quality raw honey. In 2024, we transitioned to a fully online model and joined forces with The Dancing Bee Company of Sheridan, WY. With fresh leadership and shared values, we are proud to continue delivering exceptional honey while honoring the incredible honeybee.

Appreciation For Our Busy Pollinators

It's easy to take honeybees for granted, but they are immensely fascinating little creatures. From their ability to forage for miles within a single day, to how they construct their hives, how they collaborate, communicate, and their life cycle. These insects, while small, contribute to an estimated 1/3 of all of the food we humans consume regularly.

Over millennia, they have formed a symbiotic relationship with the flowers they forage on, with both adapting to each other over time. The bees receiving pollen and nectar from the flowers while the flowers receive a massively increased level of diversity in the flowers they can reproduce with, thanks to the bees spreading pollen from flower to flower as they forage and collect what they need from the flowers to survive.

Quality Through Passion

Pacific Northwest Honey Company prides itself on providing the highest quality honey possible. Every step of the way, our goal is to preserve the characteristics that honey naturally has, and to avoid altering or augmenting it wherever possible. It's unfortunate that a lot of the honey available to the public found on supermarket shelves is overly processed, with added sugars, fillers, and added artificial flavoring that dilutes it's natural flavor and nutritional benefits.

This is our primary mission: to expand our customers' awareness of the richness in quality that exists. In the same way a person might seek out high-quality wine and sample its characteristics, we believe that honey has this same capability. You can taste the subtle notes and flavors from the differing flowers that our bees forage on, usually with that same fruity or nutty flavor seeping into the honey itself. Folks are often surprised to hear that we don't add any flavoring (or anything else for that matter) to our honey. The diversity in flavor you taste from one honey flavor to the next comes solely from what our bees consume.

Pacific Northwest Honey Company was founded by people who are passionate about what we do. At every step, our goal is to protect the quality of the honey, not change it. We go so far as to avoid even pasteurizing it, because even that can change the honey's characteristics. When we harvest honey, we simply strain out any debris, warm it slightly to make it easier to pour, and that's it! The honey we produce is even certified as 100% raw by the F.D.A..

Core Values

• Commitment to keeping the honey we produce as raw and authentic as possible.
• To overcome stigmas related to most honey found on store shelves and highlight the stark contrast between between raw honey and the "store bought stuff".
• To properly represent and praise the beekeeping industry for its invaluable role in the food industry.

Team and Culture

We strive to foster a healthy obsession with honey in our team. Everyone in our business is passionate about the work they do. Once you learn the ins-and-outs about honey and the bees that create it, it's hard not to be! We're always on the lookout for someone asking questions. Even a minimal amount of interest will be met with dedication and education.

Looking Forward

In 2024, The Dancing Bee Company of Sheridan, WY, assumed operations of The Pacific Northwest Honey Company. The Dancing Bee Company is incredibly passionate about carrying on the values of the original founders. Together, we continue our commitment to harvesting exceptional raw honey and sharing knowledge about the essential role bees play in our ecosystem and the meticulous process of honey production.