Producers
Beck’s Bees
beekeeper · honey producer · honey and beeswax-products retailer
Breckenridge, Gratiot County, Michigan, United States
About the Producer
A little history
Chris Beck is a fifth-generation beekeeper and, as of a 2020 honey-contest profile, had been actively keeping bees for 20 years. Public evidence does not establish a business founding date or registered legal entity name.
How They Work
Beekeeping in practice
A small-scale beekeeper-producer selling honey and beeswax-related products through farmers’ markets, festivals and craft shows, trade events, and a public web shop. The accessible shop currently emphasizes books and a lip-balm listing rather than honey, so it should not be treated as a complete current honey catalogue.
Where They Work
Location and reach
Breckenridge, Gratiot County, Michigan, United States
Breckenridge, Michigan, United States
Public market and news sources associate Beck’s Bees and Chris Beck with Breckenridge.
Michigan, United States
Chris Beck’s Black Jar Honey Contest profile states that the honey is made in Michigan and describes Michigan floral sources. No apiary locality or site is publicly substantiated in the consulted sources.
Midland Area Farmers Market, Midland, Michigan, United States
A 2021 local report photographed Chris Beck selling at the Midland Area Farmers Market and states that he would attend throughout that season.
Mt. Pleasant Farmers' Market, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, United States
A market profile lists the Mt. Pleasant Farmers' Market as a Beck’s Bees market; local reporting also says the business sold at the Mount Pleasant Farmers Market during 2020.
Products & Specimens
What connects to this producer
Products listed by the Producer are kept separate from specimens held in the Collection.
Beck’s Bees honey (general producer offering; no individual specimen/product name supplied)
Floral source: Michigan wildflowers are described generally; basswood (Linden) is named by Chris Beck as a favorite floral source, not as a verified floral designation for a particular jar.
Documented origin: Michigan
Origin detail: Region
In the 2020 Black Jar Honey Contest profile, the Breckenridge beekeeper states that the honey is made in Michigan and describes diverse Michigan wildflowers and basswood/Linden. This supports Michigan only as a general producer-level honey geography, not a particular harvest location or every product sold.
People
People connected to the work
- Chris Beck Beekeeper and publicly identified operator of Beck’s Bees
- Karee Beck Co-operator (publicly described)
Practices
How they work
- Sells raw honey.
- Produces or sells varietal honey associated with bees pollinating one type of plant.
- Sells pure beeswax and beeswax candles.