Planet Bee Honey Farm
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Vernon, British Columbia · Shopify shop · planetbee.com
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Ed Nowek's family keeps hives at the Bella Vista Road farm and on farmland down the road and hand-bottles more than twenty raw honeys in the Vernon storefront, including Okanagan Wildflower, Okanagan Gold, Fireweed Blossom, Clover Blossom, Buckwheat Blossom and Comb Honey, alongside bee pollen, propolis, royal jelly, pure beeswax and beeswax candles.
Planet Bee's raw honey is natural honey under HTS 0409.00.00 and its beeswax candles fall under HTS 3406.00.00, both on the CBP Section 338 list at an added 50% duty since August 22, 2026. The farm ships internationally and its own order page already warns American buyers about border charges: "a 15% duty is charged on all orders shipping to the US", a surcharge the new 50% line lands on top of.Source: content.govdelivery.com, Aug 22, 2026
Made in Canada
The farm says it works from its own hives outward: "We produce a selection of local honeys from our very own hives and compliment these with honeys sourced from other passionate beekeepers - curating Western Canada's largest selection of raw, pure honey bottled & labelled by hand, in-house at our Vernon B.C storefront", and of the wax, "All of our beeswax is 100% Canadian sourced, unscented, and minimally processed."
On the tariff list
- HTS 0409.00.00 · Natural honey · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
The shop sells raw, unpasteurized varietal honey it bottles itself - "Okanagan Wildflower", "Fireweed Blossom", "Clover Blossom" and "Comb Honey" - and says "We produce a selection of local honeys from our very own hives". That is natural honey under HTS 0409.00.00.
- HTS 3406.00.00 · Candles, tapers and the like · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
The Beeswax & Candles collection lists "Natural Beeswax Candles" and "Scented Beeswax Candles - 8 oz. Jars" under a Canadian origin filter, and the ingredients page says "All of our beeswax is 100% Canadian sourced". Candles are HTS 3406.00.00.
Rates are the additional US duty under Section 338. About the tariffs
Sources
- planetbee.com · accessed 2026-09-09
5011 Bella Vista RdVernon, BC
- planetbee.com · accessed 2026-09-09
We produce a selection of local honeys from our very own hives and compliment these with honeys sourced from other passionate beekeepers
- planetbee.com · accessed 2026-09-09
curating Western Canada's largest selection of raw, pure honey bottled & labelled by hand, in-house at our Vernon B.C storefront
- planetbee.com · accessed 2026-09-09
Okanagan Wildflower
- planetbee.com · accessed 2026-09-09
Fireweed Blossom
- planetbee.com · accessed 2026-09-09
Natural Beeswax Candles
- planetbee.com · accessed 2026-09-09
All of our beeswax is 100% Canadian sourced, unscented, and minimally processed.
- planetbee.com · accessed 2026-09-09
Yes. All of our products will ship internationally*, excluding Mead (alcohol) and Fresh Frozen Royal Jelly.
- planetbee.com · accessed 2026-09-09
Notice to U.S.A Customers: a 15% duty is charged on all orders shipping to the US, this covers border fees & duties imposed on Canadian shipments.
- planetbee.com · accessed 2026-09-09
Family owned & operated since 1997.
- planetbee.com · accessed 2026-09-09
Ed moves the business to the larger tourist center of Vernon in early 2003, taking over a fruit stand on Bella Vista Road.
- content.govdelivery.com · accessed 2026-09-09
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