New York Pollinators
Most New York commercial beekeepers winter their bees in Florida or South Carolina, so you may have to use their southern address in late winter/spring.
Sweet Pines Apiary, Raymond J. Lackey, Master Beekeeper, Eastern Apiculture Society, OSU, 40 colonies (honey production & pollination) >20 years experience, Long Island Region only, Phone:(631)567-1936 FAX:(631)262-8053 mail: 1260 Walnut Avenue, Bohemia, NY 11716-2176 web page: http://www.tianca.com/tianca2.html , email home: lackeyray@tianca.com, email office: Raymond.lackey@baesystems.com (listed 8-1-04)Southern Adirondak Honey Co., 8 Meader Rd., Greenwich, NY 12834, 1200 hives 1-800-632-3379, E-mail, Any crop, anywhere in NY, MA, VT, NJ, PA, CT, NH. (winters in FL)
Gary Ford, RD #1, Box 132A, Newport, NY, 13416, 315-891-3339, E-mail, spring fruit, eastern NY (winters in SC)
Lawrence W. Winter, 11299 Buchanan Rd, RFD#3, Wolcott, NY 315-594-8539, spring fruit, central/western NY, winter veggies, south Florida. Winter address: Box 152, Moore Haven, FL 33471, 941-946-1246
Michael Potoczak, Bell Rd. Corfu, NY 14036 716-599-3491 Spring fruit, western NY
George Martin, Martin Apiaries, 14727 Sterling Center Rd, Sterling, NY 13156 315-947-5965 Spring fruit, central NY. (Winters in SC)
Natures' Way Farm, Joel & Peony Klose, 106 Rorick Hollow Rd. Lowman, N.Y. 14861. 607-739-3115 100 hives available, fruit or vegetable. Wintered in S.C. Pollination in Finger Lakes Region E-Mail: Web page:
Art Gerber, 655 Back St. Corfu, NY 14036 716-599-3795 spring fruit in western NY (winters in FL)
MacDonald Honey Co., Jon MacDonald, RR #2, Box 41, Sauquoit, NY, 315-737-5662, spring fruit in central NY, winter veggies in South Florida.
Squeak Creek Apiaries, Mark Berninghousen, RR2, Box 361, Brasher Falls, NY, 315-769-2566, 500 hives for spring fruit, Champlain Valley, NY to Maine (winters in SC)
Cappy's Honey Co., Paul Cappy 20 Union St., Camillus, NY 13077, 315-672-5417 (winters in FL)
Wakefield Apiaries, Richard Wakefield, PO Box 31, Deer River, NY 13627, 315-493-0347
Doan's Honey Farm, Judy & Ed Doan, 1263 Redmon Rd., Hamlin, NY 14464, 716-964-3121, spring fruit & summer veggies, western NY.
James E. Doan, 343 Morton Rd. Hamlin, NY 14464, 716-659-9141, spring fruit & summer veggies, western NY.
Kutik's Honey Farm, Chuck Kutik, 138 North Pond Rd. Guilford, NY 13780, 607-336-4105, melons and cukes in SC, spring fruit in central NY, Maine: blueberries. (updated 2-2-05)
Tim Harmon, 28 Howard Ave., Malone, NY 12953 518-483-3233 (also fax) spring fruit in cenral & northern NY, 200 hives
Bruce Fiegel, 1996 Hartland Rd., Appleton, NY 14008, 716-795-3612 spring fruit, western NY
Wes Collier, Rt 2, Box 78A, Cato, NY 13033, 315-626-2274 spring fruit, central NY, winter veggies, south FL, winters in Moore Haven, FL 813-946-0902
Gridley Hollow Honey Co., Nick Shilliff, 1819 Tone Rd., Virgil, New York 13045 607-849-3804, E-Mail, 40 colonies available this spring. Cortland and Broome countiesPaul Ballard, PO Box 64, Roxbury, NY 12474 607-326-7100
Munzer Apiaries, Fred
and Barbara Munzer, East Northport, Long Island, New York, USA
Phone: (516) 368-7990 E-mail:
honeymnzr@juno.com
See Also: VT: George Willy (for eastern NY), Honey Gardens Apiaries (available in northern NY), Roland Smith (available in northern NY), Mettowee Valley Honey (for eastern NY, Bee Haven Honey Farm (for eastern NY