• We’re still buzzing from the incredible creativity and bee-utiful energy of the Royal Jelly competition.

    Thank you so much to everyone who came out to cheer on the finalists in our 2nd annual Royal Jelly Bee’s Knees Cocktail Competition. And please give a big congratulations to everyone who competed and, of course, to our amazing judges - Robert Simonson, Justin Sajda and Patty Burns!

    We’re proud to announce the winner is


    SHINTARO ELEAZAR
    from Bar Moga with his winning original version of a Bee’s Knees cocktail:


    Bee Bop - Brown butter washed Barr Hill Gin, honey, grapefruit, lemon, egg white, Himalayan sea salt, caramel tuile.

  • The other three finalists were Jack O’Brien, Lauren Simmons and Madison Drain, with Lauren Simmons taking second place and the People’s Choice Award and Madison Drain winning our third place prize!

    All four of our finalists have earned a pollinator habitat offset equivalent to the square footage of their bar and/or restaurant.

As we prepare for National Honey Month and Bee’s Knees Week, remember the Bee’s Knees Cocktail is simple and special: it features Barr Hill Gin, honey and lemon mixed together to make a remarkable drink. Plus, all three require honey bees to BEE available to us to enjoy.

Honey + Honey Bees = A Better World

Honey bees play a vital role in our global food supply, as they are responsible for producing the honey we enjoy and pollinating about 35% of the foods we eat.

Without honey bees, there’s no honey in your Bee’s Knees(!), avocado for your guacamole, watermelon at your picnic, nutmeg in your latte or apples to make a pie.

Honey truly is terroir, reflecting the land around which the honey bees have foraged and it’s considered “Nature’s Sweetener.”  It enhances every recipe including cocktails and mocktails and is readily available, from a local beekeeper, at almost every farmer’s market and grocery store across the country.

We are so grateful to our invaluable partner, the National Honey Board and their Honey Saves Hives program. Together, we celebrate and educate about the magic that is pure honey and all that healthy honey bees and thriving hives offer our communities and our recipes!