EssexGirl Honey - Super-local honey from Montclair NJ

Summer honey 2026

Posted on June 27, 2026June 27, 2026 by Derek

Wow! It’s been a long time since we posted anything here. We’ve been busy recovering from bee loss and issues with a bee supplier, but finally things are looking up. This year has been great for the bees (compared to last year), and the hives have built up nicely. The bees are flying and the honey supers are getting *heavy*. I need a ladder to get to the top boxes. Heavy boxes and a ladder isn’t a great combination, so we’re planning to take off some honey in the next few days. All being well, we’ll have honey available before the middle of July.

For ordering, it’s the same as before — email or call/text. We’ll confirm and leave out your honey. You’ll take the honey, leave cash or check. We’ll be updating contact emails, and maybe we’ll get around to setting up venmo or zelle if people really want that.

Thanks for your patience, and we’re looking forward to sharing our delicious “made in Montclair” honey with our friends!

Spring 2025

Posted on February 23, 2025February 23, 2025 by Derek

It’s kind of quiet at EssexGirl Honey.

The winter weather in this part of New Jersey has been highly variable over the past couple of years. This doesn’t seem to agree with the bees, and we’ve had to resupply in various ways–capturing swarms, making splits, and reordering bees. (They come in “packages” through the mail!)

We had a number of problems with our bee supplier in 2024–who promised bees multiple times and never delivered. This meant we weren’t able to produce any honey for 2024.

We’ve switched suppliers, and we have new bees on the way, so if the weather cooperates, then there’s hope for 2025.

Happy Springtime 2021

Posted on April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 by Derek

After the long winter with so much snow, our bees are happy it’s spring. They are growing their colonies and bringing in pollen. So much pollen.

If you have spring allergies, we don’t have to tell you! Lots of folks feel local honey helps their allergies and are connecting for curb-side pick up of our delicious raw honey. Get in touch!

Spring 2020 honey is available!

Posted on August 16, 2020August 16, 2020 by Derek

It turned out to be a very productive Spring. With good weather and a long-lasting nectar flow, the hives built up very quickly and were really productive making delicious light, floral honey.

We extracted honey in July. After letting the honey settle for a couple of weeks, it’s now in bottles and ready to share. As always, we provide contactless pick-up–just let us know how much honey you want and when you’ll pick it up. To make it even easier, we now accept payment by Venmo and other similar payment apps.

We have had some email problems, but I hope they’re fixed for good. If you send an email that doesn’t get a response, please call us at 973.744.0701.

Spring 2020

Posted on May 23, 2020May 23, 2020 by Derek

The bees don’t know anything about COVID-19 and are doing their thing–no social distancing in the hive while they bring in the nectar and make honey.

We have honey available and will harvest 2020 spring honey in a few weeks!

If you’ve been trying to email us with no answer, please call 973.744.0701–our web hosting site has been having intermittent email problems!

Spring 2019

Posted on March 17, 2019March 17, 2019 by Derek

Can it be that Spring is around the corner? The weather keeps us guessing, but any day now! Along with warmer weather and sun come flowers–and seasonal allergies.

If you use local honey to treat your allergies, just get in touch–we’ve got plenty of local, Montclair honey!

Happy Holidays 2018!

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Derek

If you’re looking for a local holiday gift that says “Montclair” or even “New Jersey” think about our local honey. We have both spring and fall honey available. The spring honey is a light, fragrant wildflower honey. The honey from the fall is dark, rich and tasty. Both are raw, unfiltered, made and extracted right here in Montclair.

How Sweet It Is!

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Derek

The end of summer is closing in, and our bees have been busy. We had a nice spring harvest, with much of our raw, local honey already in bottles. The Japanese bamboo and goldenrod is just starting to bloom in this area, so we have hopes for dark honey in the fall.

The big change at the hive is that Oliver has gone off to college, so I’ll be recruiting our younger son to help with the honey. We’ll have some new contact info set up soon, but for now, just call or email oliver@essexgirlhoney.com as usual, and we’ll get back to you!

Essex Girl Honey pop-up shops!

Posted on November 21, 2017November 23, 2017 by O Stordahl

Hi Everybody!

We’re going to be selling honey at two pop up shops very soon. This is the first time that you can come and buy straight from us! You can pick up great gifts for Christmas, or just buy some fresh, local, honey.

Location #1: November 25^th 10am-6pm

Holiday Maker’s Market, 490 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair, NJ.

Location #2: December 2^nd 10:00am-2:00pm

Edgemont School, 20 Edgemont Road, Montclair NJ

Can’t wait to see everyone!

Thanks,

Oliver

Fall Honey is Here!

Posted on November 18, 2017 by O Stordahl

Hi Everyone,

We’ve recently extracted and bottled some rich, dark, fall honey. The big difference between Fall and Spring honey comes from the flowers that it was extracted from. In New Jersey the darker fall honey comes from Japanese Knotweed, a plant that blooms much later than other plants, and gives honey a distinct color and flavor. Since it’s one of the only sources of nectar in the fall, all our fall honey is much darker, but still just as good!

Japanese Knotweed gives the honey a deep, buckwheat taste. It’s very different than light honey, but it’s definitely worth a try. If you’re interested in buying some, you can contact me at oliver@essexgirlhoney.com or 973-744-0701.

Thanks,

Oliver

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