Our Story
With over 44 years of experience, ourΒ story started from humble beginnings and a love of honey bees.Β
Decades of Dedication
At just 14 years old, Savannah Bee Company Founder Ted Dennard was introduced to beekeeping by an old family friend, Roy Hightower, sparking a lifelong connection to bees. After years working with the hives for no pay alongside Roy, he went on to serve in the Peace Corps, teaching and working with beekeepers from around the world. When Ted returned to Georgia he decided, while canoeing beneath a tupelo tree buzzing with bees, to set some hives and pursue the elusive tupelo honey. After bottling that first perfect batch of honey, he knew it was too good not to share. In that moment Savannah Bee Company was born, all built from a beekeeperβs passion to share the worldβs finest honey and give a voice to bees.
Our Roots
Ted went from hand-pouring local honey into empty wine bottles, to opening his first retail location in Savannah in just a few years, opening up opportunities to join his mission in teaching and sharing the gospel of the honeybee. βThere was a conscious effort to elevate the honey world. Bringing honey out of the plastic bears and into beautiful bottles, and into a place where honey and bees were truly appreciated. That was in 1999, and since then weβve worked hard to make the dream of Savannah Bee Company into reality.β -Ted Dennard
Buzzing with Passion.
Now, over 20 years later, we are a company of hundreds of passionate bee people, doing what we can to educate and share our message (and our honey) with as many of you as possible. Being part of the Savannah Bee team means working for the bees, for the planet, and for the people who are working to protect them both.
From the corners of the earth to your table
Our goal is to provide premium honey that not only tastes delicious, but comes from healthy, stable ecosystems, maintained by healthy honeybees and beekeepers who take pride in what they do. We maintain the highest standards in sourcing at every step, from the flower, to the hive, to the bottle, guaranteeing our honey retains its purity.
Not Just for Tea and Toast
As the now #1 most used sweetener in the US, as declared in a recent Hartman Group Study, honeyβs use extends beyond the spoonful in your teaβ¦ Our award-winning culinary teamβs recipe collection guides you through the innumerable ways you can cook, bake, blend, baste, or get boozy with honey.
About Our Logo
Savannah Bee Company's now-iconic three bee logo is a mark rich with personal symbolism. For Ted, the number three represented a kind of trinity: the sunβs energy, the flowering plant world that captures it, and the bees that transform it into honey. The three bees also became a reflection of community, something bees embody naturally and something Savannah Bee Company has always believed in deeply. Today, while the three bee logo remains an important part of the brandβs heritage and identity, the return to a single queen bee symbolizes unity, a renewed focus on our roots, and the future we continue to build. Through every evolution, the bee itself has remained at the heart of everything we do. A constant reminder of where we began and the mission that still guides us forward.
