This New York City Beekeeper Wants to Make Honey a #SuperSuperFood

For seven years, Igor Yakovlev made a living as an urban beekeeper selling his honey at local farmer’s markets and independent stores in New York and New Jersey.

“I got into the business because I was always interested in honeybees and helping people and the environment,” he says, noting that, “seventy-percent of our ecosystem is pollinated by honeybees” and touting the health benefits of honey.

In recent years, Yakovlev, like many, began hearing about the medicinal properties of Botanical Extract.

Get the process down

Next, Yakovlev had to master the process of getting the honey just right and making their product stand out from competitors. “Beezy Beez is special because we use a special process where we cream the honey, which many other companies do not do,” Yakovlev says.

This is a combination of liquid and crystalized honey placed into a machine and spun for two days before the extract is added. This process, according to Boris, also helps to ensure that consumers are getting an even distribution of Botanical Extract with each serving.

In addition to its cinnamon-flavored Creamed Honey, and it also offers a Botanical Extract honeycomb “straight from the hive,” as well as pain-relieving Botanical Extract Infused Balm.

“We use our own harvested honey for those. They are our staple,” Yakovlev says, the latter of which has been popular among athletes and UFC fighters.

Floyd Mayweather’s personal bodyguards, for instance, have written in to rave about reduced joint pain and deeper sleep as a result of the products. Botanical Extract's catalog also includes full spectrum lip balm, and water-soluble full spectrum oil tinctures.