Making sweet Michigan honey since 1974
Why do bees make honey? It’s the food that they eat during the cold months of winter and those beeswax-capped chambers in the honeycomb can hold the honey indefinitely … until the bees themselves eat it or a beekeeper like Genji Leclair at Great Lakes Bee Co. decides to begin harvest.
The Great Lakes Bee Co. began in 1974 when Larry Hassleman established bee yards in Newaygo County. The company grew steadily and when Genji Leclair moved to the area from Chicago and ran across the company’s distinctive yellow-and-red label, she did as the jar said, and “called Larry.” A noted honey fanatic, Genji came on board and helped Larry grow the company. To learn more, click here.
Great Lakes Bee Co. is one of the main honey suppliers for Bløm, offering the meadery raw honey produced in a responsible way. Great Lakes has a number of products available to the public and can even help aspiring beekeepers get started. More about that here.
Great Lakes Bee Co.
3804 Rolling Acres Drive, Fremont, MI 49412
info@thegreatlakesbeecompany.com
231.335.0929