WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HARVESTING THE 2013 TUPELO HONEY CROP. Unfortunately, it looks like the 2013 tupelo harvest will not be a good one. As a result, prices are increasing. Sorry, but the law of supply and demand is in full force for tupelo honey. Every year, tupelo honey increases in popularity, and the bees just can't keep up. We will start shipping existing backorders on May 21st, but it will take some time to work through our current backlog. In addition we have harvested less than 10% of the crop so far. So until the harvest is completely finished, we may have periodic shortages for some sizes. But we are bottling and shipping as fast as we can. Thank you for your patience. We have a full supply of orange blossom and wildflower honey from the 2013 harvest. Both crops turned out excellent this year. We are very pleased with this honey, and hope that you will be too. THANK YOU to all who stopped by our booth at the 2013 Tupelo Honey Festival in Wewahitchka on May 18th. The honey harvest was so late this year that we bottled all of our honey the day before the festival. Talk about cutting it close! But the weather was perfect and we had a great time meeting many of our loyal customers. *************************************************************************************************** At Smiley Apiaries we offer several varieties of honey, including the highly desired Tupelo honey. In addition to tupelo honey, we offer Holly, Orange blossom and Wildflower. We do our own processing and packaging to guarantee that our customers get real, raw and pure honey. We do not blend our Tupelo, Holly and Orange Blossom honey with other varieties, or process it in a way that would change the flavor and color or alter the nutritional value. Our Wildflower honey contains pollen and nectar from over a dozen different trees, shrubs and flowers - but we don't blend it, the bees do. All of our honey is sold exactly as the bees made it -- raw, unfiltered and unheated. It is as pure and natural as honey can be. While pure tupelo honey will not crystalize, it is impossible to get 100% pure tupelo. Bees will favor tupelo tree blossoms over other flowers. But if other plants are in bloom at the same time, then bees will visit them. In past years, our tupelo honey has ranged from 75% to 95% tupelo nectar. It is still 100% PURE honey, but once the tupelo content falls below 80%, some crystalization may occur. If this happens, just put the honey bottle in warm water (110 degrees or so) for a while and it will re-liquefy. We take great pride in producing the finest quality honey available anywhere. We offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee. If you are not completely satisfied with our product, you may return it for a full refund.
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