Honey
Referral and yard notes only — jars are sold by Wild Bloom Honey.
Gramps Bees does not sell honey. This site is a yard journal. If you want a jar of Brazoria County honey, go to Douglas Holloway — Wild Bloom Honey.
Douglas Holloway — Wild Bloom Honey
Douglas Holloway bottles 100% raw local honey collected in Brazoria County, Texas, and bottled in Pearland. His motto is simple: best quality honey from Brazoria County.
Jars are listed around $25 per pound, while supplies last. He posts shows and current availability on Facebook.
How to buy
Website: wildbloomhoney.com
Products: current jars and pricing
Email: Douglasholloway@wildbloomhoney.com
Facebook: Wild Bloom Honey — latest shows and stock
Honey moisture (water content)
Ripe honey’s water content matters for shelf life. Beekeepers check it with a honey refractometer — sometimes casually called a “humidity” reading, though the number on a jar is honey moisture %, not outdoor relative humidity.
Ambient Brazoria County humidity is climate context for how nectar cures in the comb; the reading that decides whether honey is ready to bottle is still moisture in the honey itself. There is no live yard sensor feed on this page — just the usual industry bands so you know what those readings mean.
| Moisture band | What it usually means |
|---|---|
| Under ~17% | Typically very stable / low fermentation risk |
| About 17–18.6% | Common “ready to bottle” range (≤18.6% is the usual U.S. safe threshold cited for extracted honey) |
| Above ~18.6% | Higher fermentation / spoilage risk if not handled carefully |
Honey weight and liquid volume
Honey is denser than water (about 1.4×), so weight ounces are not the same as fluid ounces. A kitchen cup of honey weighs more than a cup of water. Values below are widely cited cooking approximations — they vary a little by floral source and temperature.
Reverse tip: a “1 lb jar” is sold by weight, not by fluid ounces of volume. Roughly, 1 lb of honey is about 1⅓ cups.
| Kitchen measure | Approx. honey weight | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 teaspoon (tsp) | ~0.25 oz | Small drizzle |
| 1 tablespoon (tbsp) | ~0.75 oz | 3 tsp |
| ¼ cup | ~3 oz | |
| ⅓ cup | ~4 oz | |
| ½ cup | ~6 oz | |
| 1 cup | ~12 oz (¾ lb) | Common baking swap |
| 1 pint (2 cups) | ~24 oz (1½ lb) | |
| 1 quart (4 cups) | ~48 oz (3 lb) | |
| 1 gallon (16 cups) | ~12 lb | Bulk / harvest shorthand |
For buying jars in Brazoria County, stick with Wild Bloom Honey — Gramps does not sell honey from this yard.
From this yard, not for sale
I still write about harvest timing and extraction — see Honey supers, extraction & the end of flow. That is how the work looks here. It is not a store.
Questions about bees, stands, or Standbot — contact Gramps. Questions about buying honey — Wild Bloom Honey.