TOMBALL, TEXAS · BACKYARD GOLD HONEY
A little Texas.
A lot of gold.
From our hive to your home.
Pure, raw, local honey from Tomball, Texas. A taste of the place we call home, made by the hardest workers in our backyard.
Local honey. Seasonal harvests. Texas roots.
OUR HONEY
Find your kind of gold.
Two ways to enjoy a taste of Tomball when honey is available.
From our hives, each harvest travels to the extractor, passes through a simple sieve, and goes straight into the bottle. We never heat our honey, letting the natural character of the flowers and season shine through.
Thank you for supporting our hives. Ask us about the next harvest.
A LITTLE HEAT
Habanero Infused Honey
3.8 oz
We dehydrate habanero peppers for 24 hours, crush them, and let them infuse our honey for three to seven days. Then we strain it, ready for you to enjoy.
STRAIGHT FROM THE HIVE
Raw Local Honey
8 oz
Pure, raw honey from our Tomball hives.
Contact us to ask about the next harvest.
Ask about the next harvest →HONEY CARE & OUR PROMISE
Naturally good honey.
A few things to know about the honey in your jar and the care we put into every bottle.
Pure and naturally raw
Our honey is never heated or treated, so it may thicken or crystallize over time. This is a natural change, not a defect.
Easy to return to liquid
Place the closed jar in a bowl of hot, not boiling water to return it to its liquid state. Keep the water hot rather than boiling, and do not use the microwave.
Our guarantee
Your satisfaction matters to us. If you’re not completely happy with your honey, please let us know and we’ll gladly replace it.
Thank you for supporting local beekeepers.
THE GOOD STUFF
Good honey starts close to home.
Every harvest connects our backyard hives to your kitchen. Enjoy local honey by the spoonful, in your morning tea, or drizzled over something delicious.
01 / PURE & RAW
Honey, as it should be.
Simple, golden goodness from our hives. Pure, raw honey with its own natural character.
02 / LOCAL ROOTS
A taste of Tomball.
Our bees forage close to home. Local blossoms and changing seasons give each harvest its story.
03 / SEASONAL HARVESTS
Worth asking about.
Honey follows the rhythm of the hive. This season’s harvest is sold out; contact us to ask about the next one.
04 / HOW TO ENJOY
How to enjoy.
The owners of BGH enjoy 1 TBSP of Honey, 1 TBSP of EVOO from www.greenautumnrevival.com, and 1/2 cup of Greek yogurt to start the day.
The honey journey starts here
OUR LITTLE CORNER OF TEXAS
Small backyard.
Sweet possibilities.
Backyard Gold Honey is rooted in Tomball, Texas, and a love for bees, beekeeping, and the honey they make.
These are the backyard hives where our honey begins, surrounded by the flowers and greenery we see every day.
Our name celebrates the gold waiting right outside: busy hives, local flowers, and something sweet to share. From our hive to your home, we’re glad you’re here.
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BEYOND THE HIVE
A backyard for more than bees.
We plant wildflowers and other pollen/nectar sources to help make room for pollinators throughout the seasons. Our honeybees share our backyard with butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators, each finding something among the flowers.
These visits to our sunflowers and Blue Mistflower are a little glimpse of the life around our hives.
A FEW SWEET ANSWERS
Curious about our honey?
Where is Backyard Gold Honey located?
We’re in Tomball, Texas. This season’s harvest is sold out; contact us to ask about the next harvest.
How can I buy your honey?
This season’s harvest is sold out. Contact us to ask when honey will be available again.
Is honey always available?
Honey is seasonal, and this season’s harvest is sold out. Contact us for news about the next harvest.
How do bees make honey?
Worker bees visit flowers and draw up sugary nectar into a special storage pouch called the honey stomach. Back at the hive, they pass it to house bees, which handle it in tiny droplets. Enzymes the bees add break much of the nectar’s sucrose into glucose and fructose. The bees spread the liquid into wax comb cells and fan their wings to evaporate water. When the honey is concentrated enough, usually around 18% water, they seal the cell with a wax cap. This stored honey feeds the colony when flowers are scarce. Pollen is gathered separately as a source of protein for the bees and their young; it is not the raw material they turn into honey.
How many flowers will a bee visit to make one tsp of honey?
About 30,000 flower visits is a useful estimate for one teaspoon of honey. The National Honey Board estimates that honey bees visit about 2 million flowers to make one pound of honey. A pound holds roughly 65 teaspoons, so that works out to about 31,000 flower visits per teaspoon.
That is the combined work of many worker bees, not one bee making a whole teaspoon alone. The number is only a ballpark: flowers differ in how much nectar they offer, nectar’s sugar content changes, and the bees use some of what they collect for energy. Back at the hive, workers add enzymes and evaporate water from the nectar to make honey.
What is a worker bee’s life cycle?
A worker bee begins as a fertilized egg laid by the queen in a wax cell. The egg hatches after about 3 days. Nurse bees feed the larva for roughly 6 days, then cap its cell. Inside, it changes through the prepupal and pupal stages and emerges as an adult around day 21 from when the egg was laid.
As an adult, she first cleans cells and nurses young bees. Later she may build comb, process nectar, ventilate or guard the hive. Older workers forage for nectar, pollen, water, and plant resins. Summer workers often live about 6 weeks as adults; workers raised for winter may live up to about 6 months. Jobs and lifespan vary with the colony’s needs and season.
CUSTOMER REVIEWS
Sweet words from our neighbors.
We love hearing how you enjoy Backyard Gold Honey.
“I have had the distinct pleasure to enjoy several varieties of Backyard Gold Honey. I have never been disappointed and would highly recommend BGH to one and all.
Special accolades for the Habanero Honey…enjoy the kick!
Buy some today and don’t forget a few bottles as gifts!”
“This is literally the best honey I have ever tasted! I won’t buy my honey anywhere else because it just does not compare! Worth every penny!”
“Our entire family has fallen in love with Backyard Gold Honey! My three children and my eight grandchildren use it daily. Both the pure raw local honey and the habanero infused honey are amazing! We love adding Backyard Gold varieties to our morning toast, Greek yogurt, ice cream, roasted chicken breast dishes, our homemade pizza, chicken wings, and of course smoothies! Great job Bryan! You are an incredible beekeeper!”
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