Producer

Avalon Apiaries offers locally raised and harvested PNW honey products from their bee and tree farm in Bellingham, WA. Anthony has been keeping bees since 2011 and producing honey since 2013, first at farmers' markets in Vermont and in Washington since 2020.

"I am not certified organic, but I use appropriate organic practices—meaning all of my hive treatments meet organic standards. I don't use high impact pesticides for mite or parasite control. I use formic acid, oxalic acid, or hop guard plant extracts to treat hives. If my hives need extra sugar feed, I use organic cane sugar rather than corn syrup. My goal is to feed the hives only when absolutely necessary and leave them with as much honey as I can. I only take a harvest when there is enough to get them through the winter, which is about 100 lbs per hive." – Anthony Pauly, Jr.