Spring Wildflower
Light and floral with notes of clover and dandelion.
Small-batch raw honey by Peter Hadeka, VBA Certified Beekeeper. Three harvests a year. Three thousand acres of open meadow. Never heated past 95°F. Never ultra-filtered. Always in glass.
Our Story
Peter Hadeka grew up watching his grandfather tend hives at the edge of the family's Castleton meadow. What began as childhood curiosity became a lifelong calling — and today, Peter is a VBA Certified Beekeeper managing colonies across the Champlain Valley's richest wildflower corridors.
Every jar of Peter's Wildflower Honey starts where the valley meets the Green Mountains. More than 3,000 acres of untamed meadow give the bees access to clover, dandelion, blackberry, goldenrod, basswood, and aster — a changing palate that shifts with each season.
"This isn't a product. It's a landscape in a jar — the Champlain Valley, one spoonful at a time." — Peter Hadeka, Beekeeper
We keep our process simple and deliberate: hand-selected frames, cold extraction at 95°F, and gravity-fed bottling into reusable glass. No shortcuts, no ultra-filtration, no plastic. Just honey the way it came from the hive.
The Honey
Each harvest reflects what the valley bloomed that season. Choose your favorite — or collect all three.
Light and floral with notes of clover and dandelion.
Rich and amber with notes of blackberry, goldenrod, and basswood.
Bold and robust with late-season aster and goldenrod.
Our Process
Our bees roam over 3,000 acres of open Champlain Valley meadow — no migrated hives, no supplemental feeding, just wild nectar from wild places.
We hand-select only fully capped frames and uncap them with heated knives — slow, careful work that protects the comb and the colony.
Honey is extracted by centrifugal spin at or below 95°F, preserving the natural enzymes, pollen, and flavor the bees intended.
Every jar is filled by gravity — never pumped — and sealed in reusable glass because honey belongs in glass, never plastic.
Why Trust Us
Peter holds certification through the Vermont Beekeepers Association — verified training in hive health, sustainable apiary practices, and responsible honey production.
We never heat our honey past 95°F and never ultra-filter it — so every jar retains its natural enzymes, pollen, aroma, and flavor.
Our honey is bottled exclusively in reusable glass jars. Zero plastic — not in our packaging, not in our process, not ever.
Whether you're stocking a restaurant, planning a wedding favor, or just want to know more about the harvest — reach out.
Peter Hadeka
359 Pine Street
Castleton, Vermont 05735
Champlain Valley
802-265-3582
Mon–Sat, 9 AM – 5 PM ET
phadeka@gmail.com
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