Producers
Silver Lake Honey
honey producer · beekeeper · live-bee and nucleus-colony supplier · farm produce seller
Waterloo, Iowa, United States
Silver Lake Honey, the public-facing name of Silver Lake Farm and Honey, is a Waterloo, Iowa beekeeping and farm business. Its hobby-scale, stationary apiary includes roughly 100–150 hives. The business offers honey, bee products, queens, nucleus colonies, beekeeping supplies, and seasonal produce.
About the Producer
A little history
Silver Lake Honey has more than 30 years of beekeeping experience in the United States and Europe. No independently corroborated founding date was found in this focused pass.
How They Work
Beekeeping in practice
Silver Lake Honey operates approximately 100–150 stationary, non-migratory hives that overwinter in Iowa. It sells honey and hive goods, provides beekeeper consultations, offers locally overwintered nucleus colonies and queens, and sells seasonal produce at farmers markets in Cedar Falls and Waterloo.
Where They Work
Location and reach
Waterloo, Iowa, United States
Waterloo, Iowa, United States
Official contact page identifies the apiary as located in Waterloo, Iowa; the honey listing identifies the farm as located there.
Waterloo, Iowa, United States
The producer says its stationary, non-migratory hives overwinter in Iowa and that all of its honey is from its farm in Waterloo.
Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States
The producer says it sells fresh local vegetables and fruits at the Cedar Falls farmers market on Saturdays during its stated market season.
Waterloo, Iowa, United States
The producer says it sells fresh local vegetables and fruits at the Waterloo farmers market on Tuesdays during its stated market season.
Products & Specimens
What connects to this producer
Products listed by the Producer are kept separate from specimens held in the Collection.
Wildflower honey
Floral source: Wildflower
Documented origin: Farm located in Waterloo, Iowa, United States
Origin detail: Locality
The product listing calls it pure local Iowa raw honey and states that all of the producer's honey is from its Waterloo, Iowa farm. It is described as unfiltered and unheated.
Creamed “Spun” Honey
Documented origin: Waterloo, Iowa, United States (operation-wide honey-origin statement; not repeated on this specific listing)
Origin detail: Locality
The product is described as made from 100% pure raw honey. The producer's wildflower-honey listing separately states that all of its honey comes from its Waterloo, Iowa farm.
Infused Raw Honey
Documented origin: Waterloo, Iowa, United States (operation-wide honey-origin statement; not repeated on this specific listing)
Origin detail: Locality
The listing identifies this as raw honey infused with organic natural sweetener ingredients. The producer's wildflower-honey listing separately states that all of its honey comes from its Waterloo, Iowa farm.
Wildflower Honey Sticks
Floral source: Wildflower
Origin detail: Unknown
The listing identifies the ingredient as natural wildflower honey, but provides no product-specific harvest-location statement.
People
People connected to the work
- Eddie Miskich Publicly named business contact/signatory for the Iowa nucleus-colony offering
- Mary Miskich Publicly named business contact/signatory for the Iowa nucleus-colony offering
Practices
How they work
- The producer describes its hives as stationary, non-migratory, and overwintered in Iowa.
- Wildflower honey is described as raw, unfiltered, and unheated.
- The producer offers locally overwintered nucleus colonies and selects/grafts queens for traits including overwintering ability, honey production, and spring buildup.
- The producer says it sells fresh local vegetables and fruits through seasonal farmers markets.
Curator Note
Local tourism area.