Chesapeake Honey is a family-owned small business located in Salisbury on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The Pettis Family formed Chesapeake Honey in 2017 to allow our family to manage honey bees and bring pure raw local honey to the community. We started with 20 hives and now have expanded to around 100 hives spread out in nine apiaries in Wicomico and Somerset Counties, Maryland. We manage our bees organically, using only formic and oxalic acids to control Varroa mites. Our goal is to eventually breed a locally adapted bee that can thrive with little or no Varroa treatment. We manage the bees for both honey production and pollination of local crops including watermelons, peppers, pumpkins, and other vegetables. We harvest only the excess honey and extract it and bottle it without heat or filtration creating pure raw, local honey.