Tanya and her husband Chuck are small-scale beekeepers with approximately 150 colonies. Bee Friendly Austin is a small Certified Naturally Grown Apiary in Southwest Austin. Tanya tends the Top Bar Hives and teaches beginner and hands-on beekeeping classes, while Chuck works with the Langstroth Hives and also builds beehives from beautiful milled cedar. We sell all natural raw honey, beeswax, pollen, handmade soaps, lip balm, lotion bars, and more! Tanya's book, Beginner Beekeeping, is a great novice tool for getting started in beekeeping!
In 2013 Bee Friendly Austin founded the Central Texas Tour de Hives where folks can tour different bee yards between Georgetown and Dripping Springs. The Tour de Hives has helped thousands of visitors learn about the amazing honey bee and see how beekeepers keep bees in their own backyards. The tour date coincides with National Honey Bee Day, the 3rd Saturday in August and is a great family event.
Listing last updated on
Jan 21, 2025
Market Channels
Schedule and Location:
Our home farm market is open all the time! Call us to come visit! Check out our FIND US on our website to see all the other places in Austin and Central Texas where you can buy our honey & more!
Schedule and Location:
We sell wholesale to retail companies or licensed restaurants. We have raw honey up to a gallon size, comb honey, and creamed honey in glass jars with $250 minimum order. Please call or email to set up an account. :) If you own a retail store and want to carry some of our products, we would love to hear from you!
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Latest Reviews
I can't say enough about how amazing this honey is. I have given it out as Christmas gifts for the past few years and several of the recipients went on to purchase honey directly from them afterwards! This honey is the BEST!
I love seeing all of the wonderful things that Bee Friendly is doing in the community - saving hives, speaking at Rotary meetings about the importance of bee keeping in developing countries, and most of all...making delicious honey.... [more]
When I visited my niece last spring she gave me a gift basket that included this honey. Truly the best honey I have ever tasted. When I returned to Charlotte, North Carolina, I contacted Tanya and asked if she would ship me 12 pounds of her honey.... [more]
Products and Crops
Processed:
- bath / body
- bee pollen
Processed:
- bath / body
- bee pollen
Processed:
- bath / body
- bee pollen
Processed:
- bath / body
- bee pollen
RAW LOCAL HONEY, Beeswax, Lip Balm, Lotion Bars, Hives, Equipment, Bees and more! You can also sign up for beekeeping classes. We make beautiful raw cedar top bar hives and have Langstroth hives and equipment for sale. Check out our online store for more details. Our store is located on our homestead in SW Austin, so please call if you are coming out to visit to make sure we are home and check our website for all the other locations in Central Texas where you can buy our raw honey! :)
Contact Information
Contact:
Tanya Phillips
(512) 560-3732
Tanya Phillips
(512) 560-3732
Location:
9874 Wier Loop Circle
Austin, TX 78736
9874 Wier Loop Circle
Austin, TX 78736
Directions:
Off 290 West, near Circle Dr. between Austin and Dripping Springs, TX. There is plenty of free parking onsite, please call or text first to make sure we are home to greet you! This is a LIVE working Apiary, do NOT enter if you are ALLERGIC to bee stings, we can meet you at the gate by the street if needed. We like to consider our BEES Friendly, but we care about your safety first! Use caution and avoid risks if you have medical concerns with bee stings, please.
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