Jamie's Hive to Table is the brand I am using. Labeled raw and unfiltered, and has a stick of the comb inside the jar.
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Wed 14 Oct, 2026 03:01 pm
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America’s beekeeping industry confronts a threat to its continued existence as domestic beekeepers, represented by major producers including Adee Honey Farms, wage an intense legal battle against international honey importers, packers and certifiers. The class-action cases center on accusations of widespread “economically motivated adulteration”—a complex operation that regularly dilutes real honey with low-cost industrial sugar syrups derived from rice, beets, and cassava. Employing advanced chemistry to mimic natural honey and evade outdated border tests, foreign producers have flooded U.S. supermarket shelves with exceptionally inexpensive, counterfeit alternatives. This massive influx of artificial supply has driven wholesale prices sharply downward, undercutting genuine American honey and bringing family-operated apiaries maintained for generations close to bankruptcy. Apart from the financial collapse facing American farmers, experts warn that the systematic loss of commercial beekeeping threatens the entire U.S. agricultural system, since honeybees provide essential pollination for more than a third of the nation’s food crops.
Consumers can offer direct support to American beekeepers battling fraudulent honey and unfair trade practices through deliberate buying decisions, legislative initiatives and grassroots involvement!