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We are currently
out of our 2007 Sourwood Honey.
You are welcome to put in your request with an email to
reserve our 2008 when it is available in August.
Welcome to
SourwoodHoney.com, Home to Real Sourwood Honey.
Welcome to the home
of sourwoodhoney.com, where you can purchase sourwood honey
from North Carolina's Sourwood Country,
"Real
Sourwood Honey, Sourwood Honey just as pure as our bees can
make it! " ™.
Our
Sourwood Honey is never blended;
and, it's
straight from a real North Carolina Sourwood Honey Beekeeper.
Here at sourwoodhoney.com we have a name to live up to:
Sourwood Honey!
I am a full-time
commercial North Carolina beekeeper and my honey bees produce
the very rare and wonderful naturally aromatic, buttery, smooth and
flavorful SOURWOOD HONEY that we harvest, pack and
sell. Our SOURWOOD yards, or apiaries, are
carefully selected for their ability to produce maximum yields
of top quality sourwood honey. We now have our sourwood yards
in over four North Carolina counties and we border two Virginia
counties
in the very heart of the Sourwood Country of the Blue Ridge
mountains. Needless to say, our honeybees produce some of the
finest Sourwood Honey in the World. I hope that this
will be your home for sourwood honey too! About
sourwoodhoney.com & Norton's Nut & Honey Farm-Chuck
Norton:
But, it takes more than just hives of bees to produce the
finest sourwood honey available, it takes expertise, critical
timing, planning, and attention to detail in the beeyard and
in the honey house to make quality sourwood honey. Our Sourwood
Honey is taken only from the foothills above1300 feet
elevation and the Blue Ridge Mountains of North
Carolina and Virginia. We put on our Sourwood Honey supers just as
the sourwood trees start flowering. We take off our Sourwood
Honey supers at the end of the bloom. This assures a
quality product and a very high concentration of Sourwood
Honey. All our honey is processed in the same manner with the
same amount of attention and care.
About Our
Processing Operations:
We provide all our mail order customers with what we believe
to be top quality SOURWOOD HONEY that is never
heated nor filtered and is packed and delivered to your
mailbox just for you. Our wholesale and retail operations are
handled in the same manner. We use only stainless steel and
food grade plastics in our de-capping, extracting, clarifying,
straining, and storage processes. We have a dedicated sanitary
facility for packing and processing our honey under inspection
by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services - Apiary Services. Our honey is bottled to order,
which brings you the freshest quality, flavors and aroma
possible.
I am an
engineer and have worked for such high tech companies as
Hughes Aircraft and Ford Aerospace; there I learned the values
of quality control and responsibility to the customer. These
same concepts of quality are built into all our operations
from hive assembly and management to bottling and packaging
our quality products. We truly strive to produce the finest
and highest quality sourwood honey possible for our customers.
Our gentle method of processing our Sourwood Honey is
preferred by honey purists and is often called RAW HONEY.
Raw honey is the best most flavorful honey that you can buy!
Raw honey is strained, never filtered, never heated; and there
truly is a difference. Our sourwood honey is brought to
you with a minimum of processing; yet it is a beautiful
brilliant honey with all the natural flavor
and characteristics that
you would expect. There truly is a difference in our
sourwood honey! Once you try our sourwood honey you will want
more, and your friends will want some too: Sourwood honey
that is "Real Sourwood Honey, Sourwood Honey just as
pure as our bees can make it !"
You can
find OUR HONEY here, on the Internet by Mail Order,
and at these fine stores:
In North
Carolina:
Richard's Meats & Things,
Reidsville; Steve's Garden Market, Graham; A&S Natural Health, Winston Salem; A&S Natural Health, Greensboro
(Guilford College); Sadie's Scarecrow,
Stokesdale, NC;
The
Killarney House Inn, Hendersonville, and Nature's
Emporium, Burlington and Williams Hardware in Morehead
City, NC. Our
newest instate retail outlet is
Maters & Taters in Madison North Carolina on NC HWY
704 just down from the Big Flag west of US 220.
Elsewhere: Calhoun Lumber, Calhoun,
GA;
and the
Green House Grocery, Longwood, FL
Our
newest out of state retail outlet is Jams, Jellies, Nuts &
More at the Smoky Mountain Craft Center in Gatlinburg, TN
37738.
Our "HONEY TENT"
will return to the 2007 Eden Apple Festival and The Lexington Barbeque Festival
in October 2007. You all come taste our wonderful honey!
You can also visit our site sponsored by the North Carolina
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: http://www.agr.state.nc.us/NCproducts/ShowSite.asp?ID=2111
(Watch the wrap!) which will take you to our North
Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
General Store website where you can find more information on
all varieties of our wonderful honey.
We
are proud to be a member of Goodness
Grows In North Carolina.
When you
read about the health benefits of naturally produced
raw honey consider purchasing our SOURWOOD HONEY, honey
that is produced right here in North Carolina's mountains and
foothills from Norton's Nut & Honey Farm with the
utmost attention and care.
We have harvested our sourwood honey from our
hives in Sourwood Country. Mother nature and our
bees have once again produced the finest tasting honey on
Earth, sourwood honey. Again, this year's harvest is rather
small in volume; however, the taste is delicate and superb.
We must not forget that this is a true farm; and, despite our
meager efforts its up to the weather, the trees, and the bees to make a crop. I personally believe that it is
far more than just that, for the Lord has given us many
wonderful gifts; and, we should be happy with His
blessings.
Photos
& Maps Above
The upper
middle photo, A Honeybee
Gathering Sourwood Nectar, requires
careful review as the raceme in the middle demonstrates the Cycle
of the Sourwood Bloom:
The first flowers to open are closest to the branch, the last
at the end of the racemes; after the flower has been
pollinated it will slowly turn upwards and allow the seeds
inside to ripen. When ripe, the seed head will open allowing
birds to feed upon the tiny seeds inside which by their
position do not fall out as the seed head is standing upright
180 degrees from the flower! You can witness all this in the
photograph. The photo on the top right is of
one of our yards at the bottom of the Blue Ridge. The photo on
the top left was taken at the 2003 Lexington NC Barbeque
Festival with my son, now a rising senior at East Carolina
University State
University manning the Honey Tent. Other
photographs are of our sourwood outyards in Sourwood
Country. The
map on the bottom left is from the US Forrest Service,
authored by Ronald P. Overton and can be found with full
text at: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/Volume_2/oxydendrum/arboreum.htm
, the webpage gives the native range, characteristics
and habitat of the
sourwood tree, Ericaceae Oxydendrum
arboreum.
Ordering
& Shipping Our Sourwood Honey
Ordering
our Sourwood Honey:
You may order our Sourwood Honey
from Norton's Nut and Honey Farm-Chuck Norton now if
you wish by following the directions below and sending us a
check in the US Mail or you can make your purchase online
using PAYPAL. Some
folks without computers have called me on the phone and have
asked if they can order sourwood honey too. For those folks I
am glad to print a copy of this web page and mail it to them
so they will have the time to read all about our operations
and how we make our sourwood honey. And, of course we can
discuss pricing on the phone if you wish; but, I can not take
charge cards over the phone; that's what PayPal
is all about. If you have any
questions or concerns please e-mail us at carolinabeeman@bellsouth.net
or call us at 336 342 4490 after 7:30 pm EST. We
really want you to feel that you are dealing with real people
and not just a computer screen. In most cases we are hundreds
of miles apart but I hope that you feel that you are standing
across the counter in an old country store. Your business is really important to us
and we want serve you, our customer. And we truly wish for
you, your friends and your family to enjoy real sourwood honey
that has never been blended with other honey or mixed with any
thing. "Real
Sourwood Honey, Sourwood Honey just as pure as our bees can
make it!™".
Indeed, you are getting the best sourwood honey possible!
Shipping
your Sourwood Honey: Since
we bottle, pack and ship to your specific order we schedule
one day a week to bottle and another to pack and ship; this
helps to keep us efficient.
We
will confirm receipt of your mailed order by email if
requested; please include your email address along with your
order. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity, to
sell our sourwood honey to customers all over the world!
MAIL
ORDER SOURWOOD HONEY PRICES:
All containers
below contain our raw strained sourwood honey and are clear
plastic with either a white
plastic screw cap with foam cap seal or a yellow
re-closeable cap with foam cap seal.
Our 2007 Sourwood Honey Prices:
Net Weight:
8 oz. 12
oz. 16 oz.
24 oz. 40
oz.
Prices:
$ 4.00 $ 5.75 $ 7.50 $
10.00 $15.00
The 2007 Sourwood Honey Special
Buy 4 each, all of
one size of our sourwood honey at the regular price, and get
the fifth jar of the same size of sourwood honey absolutely
FREE;
and, you pay only for shipping
and handling on the first 4 of the 5 jars.
Example #1:
Buy four (4) each of our
8 ounce
clear plastic jars of sourwood honey at $4.00 each; total
net weight is 32 ounces or 2 pounds; cost is
$16.00 for the honey plus $7.15 S&H or $23.15 TOTAL. The fifth 8
ounce jar of sourwood honey with shipping is
FREE.
Example #2:
Buy four (4) each of our
12 ounce
clear plastic jars of
sourwood honey at $5.75 each; total net weight is 48 ounces or
3 pounds; cost is $23.00 for the honey plus $9.35 S&H or
$32.35 TOTAL. The fifth 12 ounce jar of sourwood honey
with shipping is
FREE.
Example #3:
Buy four (4) each of our 16
ounce
clear plastic jars of sourwood honey at $7.50 each; total net
weight is 64 ounces or 4 pounds; cost is
$30.00 for the honey plus $11.55 S&H or $41.55 TOTAL. The fifth 16
ounce jar of sourwood honey with shipping is
FREE.
Example #4:
Buy four (4) each of our
24 ounce
clear plastic jars of sourwood honey at $10.00 each; cost is
$40.00 for the honey plus Shipping and Handling on 6 pounds, $15.45 S&H,
or $55.45 TOTAL. The fifth 24 ounce jar of sourwood
honey with shipping is
FREE.
Example #5:
Buy four (4) each of our
40 ounce
clear plastic jars of sourwood honey at $15.00 each; cost is
$60.00 for the honey plus $23.05 S&H or $83.05 TOTAL. The fifth 40 ounce jar of
sourwood honey with shipping is
FREE.
SHIPPING & HANDLING
INFORMATION
Shipping & Handling is based on net weight, the weight
of the honey that you purchase, not the total weight
of the shipment (plastic containers only).
New S&H Prices
will become Effective August 31, 2007 due to the USPS postal
increase of last spring.
Please note: Current
published S&H prices are highlighted below in yellow.
The cost of S&H
after August 30th is $5.35 for the first pound (16
ounces), over 16 ounces please add $2.75 for each additional pound
to 3 pounds, for over 3 pounds please add $1.90 per pound up
to and including 9 pounds, and $1.25 per pound thereafter (USPS Priority
Mail® only). We
ship Priority Mail® and these prices are good for all USPS Priority Mail. I will
update all examples and graphics upon final publication of
the new rates.
We do ship all over the World. If you wish we will ship via USPS Parcel Post or
Express Mail®, please advise.
Insurance charges when requested are extra.
Calculations of some
Shipping and Handling Charges via USPS Priority Mail:
(OLD PRICES: They are
still Current
)
1 each 8 ounce jar,
or 1 each 12 ounce jar, or 1 each 16 ounce jar or 2 each 8
ounce jars = $ 4.95 S&H.
Any weight over 1 pound
(16 ounces) to 2 pounds: $4.95 + $2.20 = $7.15 S&H.
Any weight over 2 pounds
(32 ounces) to 3 pounds: $4.95 +2($2.20) = $9.35 S&H
Any weight over 3 pounds
(48 ounces) to 4 pounds: $4.95 +3($2.20) = $11.55 S&H.
Any weight over 4 pounds
(64 ounces) to 5 pounds: $4.95 +3($2.20) +$1.95 = $13.50
S&H.
Any weight over 5 pounds
(80 ounces) to 6 pounds: $4.95 +3($2.20) +2($1.95) =
$15.45 S&H.
Any weight over 6 pounds
(96 ounces) to 7 pounds (112 ounces): $4.95 +3($2.20) +
3($1.95) = $17.40 S&H.
Any weight over 7
pounds (112 ounces) to 8 pounds (128 ounces): $4.95
+3($2.20) + 4($1.95) = $19.35 S&H.
Any weight over 8
pounds (128 ounces) to 9 pounds (144 ounces): $4.95
+3($2.20) + 5($1.95) = $21.30 S&H.
Any weight over 9
pounds (144 ounces) to 10 pounds (160 ounces): $4.95
+3($2.20) + 5($1.95) + 1($1.75) = $23.05 S&H.
Any weight over 10 pounds
(160 ounces) to 11 pounds (176 ounces): $4.95 +3($2.20) +
5($1.95) + 2($1.75) = $24.80 S&H.
Any weight over 11
pounds (176 ounces) to 12 pounds ( 192 ounces): $4.95
+3($2.20) + 5($1.95) + 3($1.75) = $26.55 S&H.
For
weights over 12 pounds ( 192 ounces) please inquire.
Methods For
Payment
You may send us a check or a money order for the
total including S&H in the
mail, or you may use your credit card to purchase our honey
through the services of PayPal,
https://www.paypal.com.
You can pay directly by crediting my email account,
carolinabeeman@bellsouth.net with your PayPal payment.. You
will need to fill out the additional
PayPal "Shipping
Address:" information.
Note:
This is because PayPal does not give out any private
information including addresses and credit card numbers of
customers simply filling out your Name and Address at the
beginning of the process
does not help me since PayPal will not give out
any PRIVATE Customer Information.
For shipments to multiple addresses you need to contact me
directly by e-mail or call me on the phone, 336 342
4490, with your request. I am easiest to reach in the
evening as I work outside most of the day. It helps to leave
a message along with your phone number and say it twice so my old ears might
be able to hear what you are saying. For
safety and security reasons I
do not take credit card orders over the phone.
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR CREDIT CARD PURCHASES WITH PAYPAL:
If you wish to pay by credit card or eCHECK, PAYPAL is
available; just send an email to carolinabeeman@bellsouth.net
requesting that you wish to pay by PAYPAL and
give the specifics of your purchase. I will in return send to
you an e-mail with a breakdown of all charges (Honey and
S&H) with a PAYPAL "button"
specifically tailored to your purchase that will allow you to
make your payment on-line in a secure environment with the
folks at PAYPAL. No one at Norton's Nut &
Honey Farm will see your personal credit card number, only
confirmation of your paid order. We hope that you will always
feel comfortable when you order our honey, either by sending
your check in the mail or using the services of PayPal.
I am always glad to answer any questions or
concerns as well as help calculate your order. This is
basically a one man operation and I am just sorry
that I can't be there face to face to help you.
Please
note that from now to the end of July we are really busy
with our honey bees trying to build up their numbers and
doing all the things necessary preparing for the spring
honey flow and the sourwood honey flow. Without our honey bees there would be no honey therefore we will
only be packing and shipping our honey once a week during
this period. If you are missing your honey in the mail please
be patient. Also if you wish don't be afraid to send and
inquiry by email; I will try to answer back as soon as
possible. Sometimes it will be a couple of days before I can
get back home from my bee yards in the mountains and
foothills of North Carolina but I will get eventually get back to you,
thanks for understanding. This is real farming and our
livestock are my honey bees.
Example
#1
(Regular Prices): One (1) each of our 8 ounce, 16 ounce, and
24 ounce clear plastic jars of our Sourwood Honey: ($4.00 +
$7.50 + $10.00) = $21.50. Now add shipping and handling
by calculating total weight: 8 ounce, 16 ounce, and 24
ounce jars together total 48 ounces or 3 pounds.) Shipping and
handling for 3 pounds is $4.90 + 2($2.20) = $9.35. Your final
cost is calculated by adding the honey total to the shipping
and handling total: $21.50 (honey)+ $9.35 (shipping and
handling) = $30.85.
Thank you
in advance for your order.
Some folks
are asking for our wildflower honey to be added to this site.
We have listened and shortly we will add our fall and spring
wildflower honey pricing on an adjacent web page
until then please go to: .Norton's Nut & Honey Farm Goodness Grows
We are open
to selling our sourwood and wildflower honey to retail
establishments all over the USA and Canada, call us to set up
a wholesale account for our honey.
Now you know a little bit about myself, my honey bees, and the
operation. I wanted to make this and my other websites
different from most. In my opinion there is a lot
missing with websites that just show a pretty picture and ask
you to select a button. I enjoy people and I take pride
in my operation and always try to produce my very best. I hope
that you will try my sourwood honey and that you will visit
some of my other websites if you are looking for additional
varieties of wonderful tasting aromatic raw honey never
blended, and never filtered- only strained honey.
Thank you for your patience while we are building our new
sourwood honey website; we will include different styles and
types of containers for our sourwood honey as time goes by
and will have more detail as to selection, thanks for the
visit.
Sincerely,
Charles J. "Chuck" Norton
Norton's Nut & Honey Farm - Chuck Norton
330 Irvin Street
Reidsville, NC 27320
Dated: June 28, 2008; 12:01 EST; Copyright © 2004 - 2008© Norton's Nut
& Honey Farm-Chuck Norton
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