About Us

John Stieglitz, owner and founder of Fiddler’s Honey began his beekeeping journey with only two hives in 2009. He started with two hives for the purpose of pollination. Friends and neighbors who saw his increase in garden production started asking him to loan them his hives for their own pollination and soon the number of hives began to grow.

Fiddler’s Honey, manages about 100 honey producing bee colonies around the Lowcountry of South Carolina. These hives are mostly located in and around the swamps, due to the abundance of nectar producing trees and plants. As the number of hives increased, so did the abundance of honey.

10 years ago, John started honey production on a larger scale. He sells the honey under the name “Fiddler’s Lowcountry Honey” in bulk sizes to locations like restaurants and bakeries, as it’s a significant component and elderberry syrup and bakery products. Fiddler’s Honey prefers selling to family run businesses, specialty stores and farmers markets. The honey can be found in these locations in numerous container sizes from Honey-bear bottles to pint- and quart-size jars.

Fiddler’s Honey products are certified and regulated through the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, which also certifies our honey processing facility on an annual basis.