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Bike a Bee

Bike a Bee

Grano Managed
Back of the Yards · Honey
Last updated September 2026
Local since 2012

Bike a Bee tends roughly 100 urban hives across Chicago’s south side and bottles neighborhood-specific raw honey—sold at markets, online, and local stockists.

What we are: Food Maker
What we do: Sell Wholesale
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The Plant workspace
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  • The Plant workspace
    1400 W. 46th St, Chicago, IL 60609

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Neighborhood Honey

Raw, unfiltered honey bottled by the Chicago neighborhood/community greenspace it comes from — Bronzeville, Washington Park, Englewood, South Shore, Auburn-Gresham, Morgan Park, Back of the Yards, McKinley Park, Humboldt Park, Logan Square, and Archer Heights each taste distinct.

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The Plant's own tenant page: "Bike a Bee practices beekeeping in Chicago's community greenspaces and urban farms, by bike!"

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Their story

Founded by Jana Kinsman. After a 2011 Chicago Honey Co-op class and an Oregon apprenticeship, she launched Bike a Bee via Kickstarter in January 2012, placing ten hives at community gardens and urban farms in spring 2012. The project grew to about 100 hives, many in community gardens, schools, and urban farms. Honey…