Trespassing is encouraged
on Bob and Trilby Stevens’
private property.
The couple wants you to
turn onto southwest Win-
ter Garden’s dead-end road
Pine Drive, park your car in
the gravel affront their gate,
and walk through the short,
paved pedestrian path and
then 100 feet down their dirt
road.
But stop there. You’ve arrived
at the Winter Garden Honey
Farm’s honey stand.
And in honor of National
Honey Month, we want to tell
you about it.
In April, the stand opened
24/7 on an honor system.
Anyone can come buy honey
at any time; just take your
honey and drop the proper
amount of cash or a check in
the slot.
“It’s very popular among bee-
keepers to do this,” Bob said.
“But mine’s pretty elaborate.”
Bob credits his history
working in grocery retail for
inspiring the set up. Photos
from his early beekeeping
days hang on an inside wall
near rows of honey bottles.
And free educational pam-
phlets describe how honey is
made, as well as the different
types of honey sold. There’s
even take recipes for grabs.
“My wife and I take a lot of
pride in it,” Bob said. “The
satisfaction comes in the
smiles, the thank-yous and
proving we can be success-
ful.”
Winter Garden resident Julio
Soares happened to stop by
the stand around noon one
weekday while we were there
to get his fix.
He walked up with his check-
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