Dances With Bees

Dances with Bees in Cornelia, GA is a small chemical-free beekeeping operation owned by Patti Parsons and Jay Parsons, a certified Master Beekeeper with apiaries in Habersham, White, Banks, and Stephens counties. They specialize in gourmet varietal honey products, pure beeswax candles, as well as natural bath and body products handcrafted with quality ingredients while incorporating honey and beeswax from the hives. Check out the “one of a kind” encaustic artwork created with the highly valued beeswax. They are passionate about the honeybee and also work within the community to inform and educate the public about the importance of the honeybee in the food chain. Dances With Bees apiaries are Certified Naturally Grown! To obtain this certification, we must adhere to strict management practices that ensure our honey is as "organic" as possible. Also, our honey house is inspected and licensed by the Georgia Department of Agriculture We produce our handcrafted soaps and body care products using high-quality vegetable oils and pure plant essential oils for scents that are natural and fresh. I have always grown and used herbs, so when Jay started beekeeping in 2007, it seemed natural to combine the products from the hive with the products from the garden into a unique body care line. My mission is to use natural and naturally sourced innovative ingredients to offer quality bath and body products that are as natural as possible and safe. I search for the best quality ingredients, oils, and essential oils, and do not use synthetic fragrance oils in our leave-on products. These products are free from parabens, phthalates, formaldehyde releasers, and SLS. Our products flow from our ethics and the environmentally responsible lifestyle that we've had before we were Dances With Bees and before being green was cool! Jay has been a beekeeper since 2007, using methods that coincide with the Certified Naturally Grown criteria. He’s a Georgia Master Beekeeper, Senior Welsh Honey Judge, a member of several North Georgia bee clubs, and manages 60+ bee colonies with an emphasis on varietal honeys. No heat or industrial filtering techniques are used in our packaging of honey. Honey will be sold at two Farmers Markets, the Hall County Farmers Market in Gainesville, GA on Saturdays starting in June 2026 9am -12 and The Braselton, GA Farmers Market starting Fridays 4-7pm in May 2026. Encaustic Art can also be purchased in Clarkesville, GA at the Hemlock Gallery Wednesday-Saturday 11-5