Tipsy Bee Farms

Tipsy Bee Farms presents

Every jar starts
with a flight.

Scroll — she knows the way

I · The Hive

The honey is not an ingredient. It is the thesis.

Our own hives, our own comb — liquid gold we could sell by the spoonful, and we pour it into every jar of pickles anyway. Zero refined sugar on this farm. The bees set the standard; we just keep up.

II · The Orchard

Four generations of Rogue Valley stubbornness.

Twenty-six acres of sun-soaked, stubborn, forgiving ground, the kind that remembers every hand that ever worked it. The pears came first — by the mountain-load.

c. 1931 — he grew every pear in the photograph.

III · The Hangar · 27 Aug 1994

This family pedaled a helicopter off a Boeing hangar floor.

Built by hand, named the Tipsy Bee, flown by leg. The rival's mark stood at 19.46 seconds; the skids left the concrete and the family never quite landed. You can pedal it yourself in the Arcade.

IV · The Jar

“Why aren’t your pickles $4.99?”

cucumbers $3.00 jar, lid & band $2.21 kitchen & labor $1.70 labels $0.52 Joey’s hot sauce $0.50 estate honey $0.31 cipollini $0.26 vinegar $0.24 dill $0.19 garlic $0.14 salt $0.06 = $9.13, to the penny · $18 on the table

V · The Shelf

Five things we make slowly, on purpose.

Original Spears $18 · Kraken $20 · Estate Ashwagandha $22 · Relish (sold out) · Estate Honey (sold out)

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VI · Landing

The farm has five more rooms.

HiveOrchardLineage CellarArcade

Tipsy Bee Farms presents

Every jar starts with a flight.

The moving version of this page follows a single bee from the hive to the shelf. Your settings asked for stillness, so here is the same flight, told plainly — it loses none of its facts on the ground.

I · The Hive

The honey is not an ingredient; it is the thesis. Our own hives, our own comb — liquid gold we could sell by the spoonful, and we pour it into every jar of pickles anyway. Zero refined sugar on this farm.

II · The Orchard

Twenty-six acres of sun-soaked, stubborn, forgiving Rogue Valley ground, the kind that remembers every hand that ever worked it. The pears came first — by the mountain-load.

Sepia photograph, about 1931: the great-grandfather sits half-buried in an enormous mountain of harvested pears.
c. 1931 — he grew every pear in the photograph.

III · The Hangar · 27 Aug 1994

This family pedaled a helicopter it built itself off a Boeing hangar floor. It was named the Tipsy Bee. The rival's mark stood at 19.46 seconds; the skids left the concrete and the family never quite landed. You can pedal it yourself in the Arcade.

The Tipsy Bee human-powered helicopter being pedaled on the Boeing hangar floor, photo date-stamped 94-8-27.
The Tipsy Bee, 27 August 1994.

IV · The Jar

“Why aren’t your pickles $4.99?” The honest arithmetic of one Original quart:

Cucumbers, one full pound$3.00
Jar, lid & band$2.21
Rented kitchen & labor$1.70
Labels, side & lid$0.52
Joey's hot sauce$0.50
Estate honey$0.31
Cipollini onion$0.26
Vinegar$0.24
Fresh dill$0.19
Garlic$0.14
Salt$0.06
All-in, to the penny$9.13

$18 on the table. The difference is how we farm — and that we tell you.

V · The Shelf

Original Pirate Shack Spears $18 · Kraken Super Spicy Spears $20 · Pirate Shack Estate Ashwagandha Root $22 / 4 oz · Relish (sold out) · Estate Honey (sold out). Visit the estate or write us.

VI · Landing

The farm has five more rooms: the Hive, the Orchard, the Lineage, the Cellar, and the Arcade.

Tipsy Bee Farms · Medford, Oregon · back to the estate