You can't beat local honey..I have a few hives, have had bees going on five yrs.
I don't sell honey,but give to family members that like it.I like stashing it away for a rainy day...lol It last forever, when it crytilizes, just put it in very warm water to return.The nice thing about local honey is its raw, it has all the good stuff in it.I don't even filter mine, so it has the pollen, propolis and some wax cappings.
A woman i know who had a surgery wound that won't heal,had success with healing using small amounts of my honey as a wound dressing.The doctors gave her everything under the sun, the wound would not heal completely.
All natural, raw honey is amazing stuff.
I'm starting over again this early April, with 4 packages of new honeybees, mine all just died last month.I started with honeybees because they all disappeared from my yard/garden, and i wanted them back.I never really got large amounts of honey from my bees, but it was more than enough.I'll be up and running again this spring, gotta have my honeybees around...!