PURE VIRGINIA HONEY

We love quality products from local merchants, and we hope you do too! In fact, we are so sure you will be happy with our stuff, that we offer a satisfaction guarantee.

All of our family and friends have graciously tested our products, and have since become our customers too.  We use as few ingredients as possible and only the highest quality; plus, you will be able to pronounce all of them!

ABOUT SWEET SOPHIA

We started with a simple desire to have quality products with quality ingredients that we could actually pronounce.  Little by little with help and encouragement from friends, family, and a growing customer base, we refined our recipes and developed new ones.  Each of our products is hand made by us!  We are very happy to have such enthusiastic supporters who love our simple creations.

We love quality products from local merchants, and we hope you do too! In fact, we are so sure you will be happy with our products, that we offer a satisfaction guarantee.  We aim to please!

HONEY BEE FACTS

Awesome Things to Know About Bees & Honey

Bees Fly Miles

A hive of bees will fly 90,000 miles, the equivalent of three orbits around the earth to collect 1 kg of honey. 

Bees Are Smart

Honey Bees tell the hive distance and direction to food sources by dancing! Who knew bees were so smart?

Honey Never Spoils

A pot of honey found in an ancient Egyptian tomb was proved to be as wholesome as fresh honey.

HONEY BEE FACTS

Awesome Things to Know About Bees & Honey

Bees Fly Miles

A hive of bees will fly 90,000 miles, the equivalent of three orbits around the earth to collect 1 kg of honey. 

Bees Fly Miles

Honey Bees tell the hive distance and direction to food sources by dancing! Who knew bees were so smart?

Honey Never Spoil

A pot of honey found in an ancient Egyptian tomb was proved to be as wholesome as fresh honey.

Our customers love us!

A wonderful place to shop! A wide variety of items make in the area and the staff are knowledgeable and helpful.
Sarah L. Kidd Sr.
I have awesome natural face armor and needed a "Beard Balm" worthy of ensuring that it stays supple in this wild world. So many choices. Talented Mr Crowley and Sno Bros Special are now being enjoyed. My favorite is Talented, Sweet Sophia you hit the "Sense of the Great Northwest" perfectly!!! Thank you!
Patrick McGowan
I ordered from there website and it went smoothly. Love the honey and soaps! I am trying the Echinacea and Elderberry Cold Syrup now. Thank you for your quick service!
Meghan Brayton
The soaps are great with a great smell. My wife also loves how soft my beard gets with the beard balm!
Agamemnon Moore
We received our first order of your wildflower honey and it is great! The lip balm sample was a nice jesture as was the hand written "thank you" note. I'll be ordering more in the near future. If you buy honey or honey products from Sweet Sophia LLC., you will not be disappointed.
Dan Mumaw
great shop. everything is local and made locally. Nice owner!
Ann Daniels

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Is local honey good for allergies?

Yes! The scientists are undecided, but our customers are convinced that it is good for allergies. The problem lies in the specialties of the scientists. Many of them believe that bees only get pollen from pretty flowers, while allergies come from weeds and trees. However, beekeepers know that bees gather pollen from all three.

How much honey should I take for allergies?

1 Tablespoon per day should do it. The honey can be mixed in tea, spread on toast, or topping your favorite cereal. It doesn’t really matter.

What's the difference in Wildflower honey and other honey?

Wildflower honey means that the pollen and nectar comes from many flower sources. Since we are not pollinators (we don’t move our bees to pollinate other crops) our bees just do their thing around Northern Virginia. Wildflower is usually a dark amber with a very full and rich flavor.

 

What is Raw Honey?

Raw honey has not been pasteurized (pasteurization is a process that destroys microorganisms with heat) or super-filtered to remove pollen. Often mass-produced honey goes through these processes to ensure each bottle is identical in clarity (super filtering) and will not crystallize or spoil (pasteurization). Together, these processes turn your honey into honey-flavored syrup.

 

I bought raw honey before and it was cloudy, why isn't yours cloudy?

There is no set standard for calling honey “raw.” Many will partially crystallize their honey to make it look more rustic, thus appear more raw. Honey comes in all different colors and textures depending on the bees’ forage sources.

 
 

Why does my honey crystallize?

Crystallization is a sign of pure and natural honey. Honey is basically a sugar that bees use honey for their carbohydrates. When bees bring nectar into the hive, they fan it to dehydrate the nectar to under 18% water. That means that there is just not enough water to keep the sugars in a liquid state and crystals form. Refrigerating honey speeds up the crystallization process.

 
 

Our #1 goal is to make all of our customers repeat customers, because without you, we would not have our business!

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