Welcome to Holdman Honey, where you always know exactly where our bees were located when they made your honey. We are our own beekeepers, with over 5,000 hives across the state. Our team maintains those hives, as well as transports them back to our farm in Seguin, Texas. This is where we complete the extraction process of honey, comb, pollen, and wax. We pride ourselves on being a part of each step of the process and insuring we provide pure, raw honey, which is never pasteurized and never has any additives or preservatives. Our honey has only been strained through a cheesecloth to ensure no debris make their way into your jar. Collectively the Holdman team does everything from maintaining the hives, to extraction, bottling, labeling, shipping, and delivering. It’s all done in-house!

David Holdman began beekeeping in 2013 as a hobby, and decided in 2015 to go commercial. Now Holdman Honey can be found in larger retailers likes H-E-B, Whole Foods, Natural Grocers, Murdoch’s, and many independent general stores, coffee shops, chiropractic clinics, health food stores, meat markets, and more.

Each Holdman family member contributes their part to the honey operation with the oldest son, Roby, helping run the farm when he’s not at Texas A&M studying Agribusiness and delivering his own honey route. Reagan does various jobs to keep the office running smoothly, including finances and payroll along side her mom, David’s wife and co-owner, Susan. Ruston is Roby’s right-hand man and Raleigh manages quality control, taste testing everything she gets the chance to.

We offer multiple variations of honey based on the counties that our beehives have been located at. We have Atascosa, Bexar, Guadalupe, Gonzales, Medina and Williamson County available year round and if season permits, we also offer Mesquite Blossom honey. Customers are always blown away by how different each county of honey looks and tastes. Bees can travel a maximum of five miles from where their hive is located in order to seek out resources. Any plants, trees, flowers, bushes and vegetation that are within that five-mile radius contributes to the flavor profile and color of the honey. There is definitely a distinct difference between each county of honey and we enjoy hearing which county our customers love the best!

The number one question we receive, besides “Why are the honeys different colors?” is, “Why does it get hard or crystalize?”. This is a natural occurring part of the honey process and proves that your pure, raw honey is the real deal! Crystallization is due to honey being a supersaturated sugar solution that contains more natural sugar than water can permanently hold. The excess sugar begins to separate from the water molecules overtime, leading to a crystalized (sugared) jar of honey. The good news is, this is reversible and honey never goes bad! 

To return the honey to its liquid state, there are several remedies. In the summer, leave it on a warm driveway or in your hot car and it will melt without reaching excessive heat.  
Another remedy is to place a pot of water on the stove, set the temperature to simmer and place your bottle of crystalized honey into the warming water bath. Too much heat will diminish the good enzymes in honey so be careful to not exceed 120 degrees Fahrenheit while warming. Check on it periodically and remove it once the honey is back to its liquid form! This may take some time, but it will do the trick!

Health benefits of honey include: 
-Helps to sooth coughs and sore throat
-Reduces inflammation
-Rebuilds cells and provides cell protection from unstable molecules within the body (Antioxidant)
-Natures Band-Aid! Honey is a natural antibacterial, therefor it can assist with wound care and skin healing. It can even help heal and sooth minor burns by killing and preventing bacteria growth.
-Quick energy boost during or after exercise (Recovery)
-Contains Vitamins, Minerals, Amino acids, Enzymes and is a natural substitute to refined sugar (nutritional in moderation) 
-Allergy relief

Honey that comes from where you currently live will be the most effective for allergy relief purposes. The bees in your area have been pollinating the very plants, trees, bushes, and flowers that are triggering your allergies and making you sick. By consuming honey from your local area, you are slowly acclimating your body to those allergens so that by allergy season your body has built up a tolerance and knows how to respond. This works with honey, and even more efficiently with bee pollen granules.

While we are in several retail locations, David still does his best to deliver to his original, long-time customers and catch up. We are also lucky enough to have a weekly presence at the historic Pearl Farmers Market in downtown San Antonio where we get to meet so many new people face to face. Without our loyal customers, our loving family, and our ambitious team, we wouldn’t be where we are today. We are so grateful for the bonds we share with each of our customers and strive for excellence in our customer service. 

Thank you for being a part of Holdman Honey!

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. – Proverbs 16:24