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Bear Creek Gold LLC Welcome to Bear Creek Gold! A Tucson based veteran-owned outfit producing raw honey and hive products from our apiaries near Sabino Canyon & Cienega Preserve.

Shopping for raw AZ honey? Try our site at: https://www.bearcreekgoldllc.com/

Here’s a macro shot. So many people want to know how filtered our honey is… easy answer; 600 microns (a screen width of ...
10/01/2026

Here’s a macro shot. So many people want to know how filtered our honey is… easy answer; 600 microns (a screen width of 5-6 sheets of printer paper), just enough to to get the propolis and bits of wax out of it.

Pure food is easy to do if you don’t mess with nature. Just saying….

Forty-six hives. Three harvests. Right at 1,178 pounds. That might seem light but 60 brand new supers(the boxes where be...
10/01/2026

Forty-six hives. Three harvests. Right at 1,178 pounds.

That might seem light but 60 brand new supers(the boxes where bees store honey) had to be drawn from scratch. Bees burn 6-8 pounds of honey for every pound of wax they make, so a huge chunk of this year’s nectar flow went into building comb instead of filling it. That’s a lot of work the bees do, and that honey converted to wax never got bottled. That’s about 1200-1600lbs of honey that couldn’t be bottled!

Those supers are drawn. Next year we can double our annual yield easily.

10/01/2026

One last harvest from this Monday afternoon, extracting it tonight the 30th. It is a bitter sweet moment…

Super thankful for the bees hard work this 2026 season, this last batch will support a couple hundred bottles, based on what you guys purchase every weekend it is no where near enough for us to last till April (next possible harvest).

Massive amounts of work to get that raw honey into a bottle, a handful of rightfully deserved stings, a fully renovated honey house and all new equipment that is now paid off. With this little 200lb batch I’m feeling the market season coming to an end… hence the bitter sweet moment.

Thank you family and friends for the help, thank you markets for letting me participate, and thank you Tucson for trusting us to give you a local product!!! You have all helped this bee dude break even in 2026!!! Just wish I could be at that table for you during the winter. We’re expanding to 90 hives this fall, so I’m sure we’ll support everyone year round in 2027.

Don’t forget the Constitution Day Celebration event between 10-1 today! Address is 12775 E Mary Ann Cleveland, Vail, AZ....
09/19/2026

Don’t forget the Constitution Day Celebration event between 10-1 today! Address is 12775 E Mary Ann Cleveland, Vail, AZ. Lots of indoor vendors and activities!

Our apiary is less than 2 miles away. We’ll have limited 22oz creamed honey, 22oz glass jars of raw, and plenty of 12oz raw. You can find us in the cafeteria.

Just a quick reminder… we will be at Cienega High School this Saturday, supporting the Constitution Day Celebration betw...
09/15/2026

Just a quick reminder… we will be at Cienega High School this Saturday, supporting the Constitution Day Celebration between 10-1. Address is 12775 E Mary Ann Cleveland, Vail, AZ.

Our apiary is less than 2 miles away. We’ll have limited 22oz creamed honey, 22oz glass jars of raw, and plenty of 12oz raw. You can find us in the cafeteria.

Good evening! This Saturday we’ll be at two locations, Vail Coffee Stop, and Rincon Valley Farmers & Artisans Market. Pl...
09/12/2026

Good evening! This Saturday we’ll be at two locations, Vail Coffee Stop, and Rincon Valley Farmers & Artisans Market. Please see the flyers for addresses and times.

Just a reminder, we’ll posted up at the Rincon Valley Farmers & Artisans Market tomorrow, Saturday the 5th, 8am-Noon.Inv...
09/05/2026

Just a reminder, we’ll posted up at the Rincon Valley Farmers & Artisans Market tomorrow, Saturday the 5th, 8am-Noon.

Inventory is 12oz & 16oz squeeze, and limited 22oz glass jars, and we got those individual summer honey samples as well.

We’ll be posted up at the Udall Park Farmers Market tomorrow (Friday, 4th of September) between 8am-Noon. Moving forward...
09/03/2026

We’ll be posted up at the Udall Park Farmers Market tomorrow (Friday, 4th of September) between 8am-Noon. Moving forward we plan to be there on the first Friday of every month.

If you can’t make Friday, come see us at the Rincon Valley Farmers & Artisans Market on Saturday the 5th of September, between 8am-Noon.

We’ll have raw Sonoran desert honey in 12oz or 16oz squeeze bottles, 22oz glass jars, and of course free prepackaged samples.

Asa side note, if you’re interested in becoming a beekeeper there is still time to establish a hive/colony before winter… or at least get your equipment setup for the spring! Swing by and chat with us.

This summer was brutal but the bees are doing well! So well in fact that we got a bumper crop with all those rains (very...
08/29/2026

This summer was brutal but the bees are doing well! So well in fact that we got a bumper crop with all those rains (very thankful for that).

Forage was primarily mesquite and creosote (high in glucose), so this batch may crystallize faster than usual. Best practice is keep your bottles at 75-78F if possible, as glucose will remain soluble and crystals will form much slower. If it does crystallize, a warm water bath will bring it right back. Ok, chemistry class is over…

We are back at the St. Philip's Plaza Market this weekend (Saturday and Sunday from 8am-12)!

Here’s what our bees are hitting at the moment, cacti, mesquite, and creosote.

08/19/2026

Here’s a better shot… you can see how they are in line with one another, they are set up like that (inline) all throughout the hive, directing air flow (you can actually feel it).

Water foragers will bring water to the hive, deposit the water inside the hive surfaces, while that inline fanning acts as a swamp cooler would.

Pretty cool… and sounds more like a fleet of WWII bombers! Ok, back to work, it’s too hot out here for this social media nonsense.

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