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Buying tupelo honey roadside

Tupelo Honey

Driving along US 98 in Wakulla County? Don’t forget to stop and get some Florida fresh honey from the tupelo honey man.

Buying tupelo honey roadside
Buying tupelo honey roadside in Wakulla
If you’ve ever driven US 98 between Perry and Newport en route to Tallahassee and points west, chances are you’ve seen the tupelo honey man set up at the Bloxham Cutoff.  It never fails – every trip, I see him there.  So I did stop and buy a honeybear full of the golden stuff.

The tupelo trees are in full bloom now, so beekeepers along the Apalachicola River valley are busy with production. If you’re ready for a taste of this mild but distinctive honey, you don’t have to go to the source (although it’s fun) in Wewahitchka, a small town between Blountstown and Port St. Joe where the bulk of the apiaries are.

Instead, you can pop into a produce stand, or meet the tupelo honey man – a personable fellow who’s happy to tell you why you should be having a little tupelo honey every day.

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