A jar of Blossoms cashew blossom honey on travertine in late sun

Product of Ghana · Est. 2024

Why honey?

Because a beehive can teach a young person that their work contributes to something greater than themselves. The honey is how we pay for the lesson.

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I · The honey

The elegance of restraint.

One flower. One grove. No heat. Everything about this jar is a decision to leave something out.

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    Cashew blossom

    The hives sit among the cashew trees of Tuobodom. The bees forage one blossom, so the honey tastes of one place and one season.

  2. II

    Raw, never heated

    Comb is strained by hand at the village. Pollen and enzymes stay in. The honey pours slow and dark.

  3. III

    Single origin

    Harvested in Tuobodom, Ghana. Poured, labelled and sealed in Durham, North Carolina. Every jar pays the beekeepers directly.

The jar surrounded by cashews and cashew blossoms
Fig. 01 — Cashew blossom & nut, Tuobodom
Honey drizzled from a spoon into a glass of tea beside the open jar
Fig. 02 — The pour

II · The people

A founder who left Duke for a hive. A master beekeeper who taught him.

Kwame Ɔteanankannuro AsareKwame Ɔteanankannuro Asare · Founder
“I was sitting in an Ivy League classroom, surrounded by brilliant minds, and somehow I still felt alone. So I left. Under the sun in Ghana, I found a different kind of classroom.”

Kwame started keeping bees at fourteen. He turned down a full scholarship to Duke to learn the craft hands-on in Ghana, and in 2025 completed twelve months of training in sustainable apiculture with Bees for Development Ghana. Blossoms Village is what he built from that year.

Also known as Mikal Ali · Durham, North Carolina

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Stephen Adu among the cashew trees

The partner

Stephen Adu

Tuobodom, Ghana

Master Beekeeper Trainer with Bees for Development Ghana. He manages 1500 hives with a dedicated crew of 3 native men from Tuobodom.

THE FARM

1500
Hives
10
Years apiculture management
100+
Farmer partnerships

Located in Ghana's Bono East Region, our bee farm has been growing for over 10 years. What began as a small beekeeping operation has steadily expanded through sustainable beekeeping, careful honey harvesting, and a deep connection to the land. Today, the farm serves as the foundation for producing unique Ghanaian honey while creating opportunities to grow beekeeping, education, and local livelihoods.

III · The journey

The Journey of the Harvest

Kwame with two friends on a red dirt road outside Tuobodom
01 — The road in
Seven beekeepers standing under cashew trees beside the hives
02 — The crew, under the cashew trees
Kwame lifting the lid of a top-bar hive set on a rock outcrop
03 — Baiting a hive on a rocky terrain
Kwame standing with three beekeepers in the field
04 — With the beekeepers of Tuobodom
A laughing group of beekeepers in the bush after a harvest
05 — After the harvest
Kwame holding his certificate of registration as a citizen of Ghana
06 — Registered as a citizen of Ghana

IV · The jar

One jar at a time, a village grows.

Every jar pays the beekeepers of Tuobodom directly and funds the next hive and the next student. Pickup in Durham, or shipped flat-rate anywhere in the US, free over $60.

Shop the harvest · $20
A jar of Blossoms honey nested in a kraft gift box with dried flowers