From the childhood dream of a small boy wanting to be a beekeeper to a full-time entrepreneur’s buzzing business.Martin along with his siblings Karla, Mike, Kelli and the guidance of amazing parents and friends, Slide Ridge has grown from a hobby into a profitable small business.
Slide Ridge has grown by leaps of faith and hard work.The honey bee industry has had its definite struggles.But with struggles and hard work often come rewards.From the struggles of a high percentage of bee loss, and the need to find a healthier more natural way to keep bees, Martin and his sister Karla created a nutrition plan for honey bees that can be used by the backyard hobbyist as well the commercial beekeeper. The “Fat Bee” nutrition products provide proteins, vitamins, antioxidants, trace minerals and pro-biotics that help keep the honey bees’ healthy, happy, and aids in skinny bee prevention.Slide Ridge has teamed up with IFA (Intermountain Farmers Association) in Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Arizona, Colorado, and Idaho to provide beekeepers with the Fat Bee products, packages of honey bees, EZ Honey Frames and Hive Boxes.A fun new way to harvest the sweet honey from your bee hive, without the expensive extracting equipment and labor and a great way to get kids involved. Martin is a great teacher and loves sharing his passion and knowledge of beekeeping.
Our natural beekeeping produces a delicious clean honey from the mountains of Northern Utah, which is distributed in Utah.Our honey is also fermented into a handcrafted Honey Wine.The delicate fermentation from honey into wine takes 18-24 months, and is well worth the wait.The wine is not only sold to private label wineries, but we also ferment it one more time to change the wine into our sweet and tangy, party in your mouth, Honey Wine Vinegars.The flavors include Natures Honey, Harvest Apple, Green Chile, Jalapeno, and Dark Malt.The vinegars are in the kitchens of award-winning chefs, used in bakeries, deli’s, and sold in retail stores.We have also started private labeling the vinegars.My favorite part of selling our vinegars is watching the expression on someone face when they taste Honey Wine Vinegar for the first time, their eyes light up with the explosion of flavor happening on their taste buds.We love what we do, and enjoy sharing our passion for honey bees with everyone.
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From the childhood dream of a small boy wanting to be a beekeeper to a full-time entrepreneur’s buzzing business. Martin along with his siblings Karla, Mike, Kelli and the guidance of amazing parents and friends, Slide Ridge has grown from a hobby into a profitable small business.
Slide Ridge has grown by leaps of faith and hard work. The honey bee industry has had its definite struggles. But with struggles and hard work often come rewards. From the struggles of a high percentage of bee loss, and the need to find a healthier more natural way to keep bees, Martin and his sister Karla created a nutrition plan for honey bees that can be used by the backyard hobbyist as well the commercial beekeeper. The “Fat Bee” nutrition products provide proteins, vitamins, antioxidants, trace minerals and pro-biotics that help keep the honey bees’ healthy, happy, and aids in skinny bee prevention. Slide Ridge has teamed up with IFA (Intermountain Farmers Association) in Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Arizona, Colorado, and Idaho to provide beekeepers with the Fat Bee products, packages of honey bees, EZ Honey Frames and Hive Boxes. A fun new way to harvest the sweet honey from your bee hive, without the expensive extracting equipment and labor and a great way to get kids involved. Martin is a great teacher and loves sharing his passion and knowledge of beekeeping.
Our natural beekeeping produces a delicious clean honey from the mountains of Northern Utah, which is distributed in Utah. Our honey is also fermented into a handcrafted Honey Wine. The delicate fermentation from honey into wine takes 18-24 months, and is well worth the wait. The wine is not only sold to private label wineries, but we also ferment it one more time to change the wine into our sweet and tangy, party in your mouth, Honey Wine Vinegars. The flavors include Natures Honey, Harvest Apple, Green Chile, Jalapeno, and Dark Malt. The vinegars are in the kitchens of award-winning chefs, used in bakeries, deli’s, and sold in retail stores. We have also started private labeling the vinegars. My favorite part of selling our vinegars is watching the expression on someone face when they taste Honey Wine Vinegar for the first time, their eyes light up with the explosion of flavor happening on their taste buds. We love what we do, and enjoy sharing our passion for honey bees with everyone.