With the summer and fall harvest in, the Boston Honey Company store at 45 Chestnut Street in Holliston is fully stocked with artisanal honeys, beeswax candles and honey-based skin care products. Shown among their wares are the company’s founders, Addie and Andy Reseska, with their son, Evan, operations director.

The Reseska Family has been as busy as the thousands of bees that live in their hives and produce the honey-based products sold at their Boston Honey Company store, located at 45 Chestnut Street in Holliston.

“We have a lot of things going on at the farm store,” said Evan Reseska, operations director for the company founded 20 years ago by his parents, Andy and Addie. Boston Honey Company has more than 3,500 colonies of bees gathering nectar across Eastern Massachusetts and New York, allowing the company to produce artisanal honeys, beeswax candles and honey-based skin care products, all sold at the farm store and online.

A unique aspect of Boston Honey is its connection with local customers and the community.  Evan noted the store, which was established in 2020 during the COVID pandemic, always has had outdoor areas where people can gather to enjoy ice cream, play cornhole and observe life at the apiary.

“We are adding new gathering places outdoors and an event space that people can rent for small gatherings like birthday parties,” said Evan. “People who rent out the space can tour our facilities. They can see what goes on behind the scenes and what it takes to produce a jar of honey.”

He added that in the near future, those renting the space, along with all customers, will be able to enjoy beer and wine, since Boston Honey is applying for a liquor license.

Visitors to the store can now enjoy Crescent Ridge ice cream from May to November. The locally produced treat “brings back memories for many customers,” said Evan, as “some even had their milk delivered by the dairy.” Boston Honey offers a variety of flavors including the popular Coffee Oreo and Graham Central Station while switching out seasonal selections. The fall flavor is pumpkin, which according to Evan, “tastes like a creamy slice of pumpkin pie.”

With the summer and fall honey harvested, the store is filling up for the holidays.

“We have an assortment of local holiday-themed gift boxes perfect for giving to loved ones,” said Evan. “We also offer custom gift wrapping.”

Always popular are the clean-burning beeswax candles, which, Evan notes, “Mom makes mostly by hand,” using filtered wax from the hives. The naturally honey-scented candles are crafted into tapers, columns and shapes like tulips and pine cones.

Addie also helps make the beeswax-based soaps, creams and lip balms.

“With our new equipment, we can make larger batches and more varieties,” said Evan.

Newer lines include plain and peppermint lip balm, and plain and lavender skin cream.

Additionally, the store is fully stocked with mono-floral, blended, raw and comb honeys in jars or gift packs.

“People are often surprised at how different the mono-florals look and taste,” said Evan, who enjoys Japanese knotweed honey as part of a charcuterie board.

Those interested in seeing all the Boston Honey Company products can visit the Holliston store Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., or online at BostonHoneyCompany.com.

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