Business History

The Draper family has always been self-sufficient. The year was 1974 when Bernie Draper, the father, (now in heaven) had a dream of establishing a honey handling and bee supplies business in Pennsylvania. It all began with one hive and now Bernie's son, Bill and grandson Royal have increased bee-hive colony numbers to around 1,000-producing annually from 60,000 to 110,000 pounds of honey. They are also purchasers and sellers of U.S. producers' bee products.

They ship anywhere in the U.S.A. and have shipped as far as Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Sweden. Draper's honey products are delivered by their own vans from Portland, ME to Clearwater, FL to Indianapolis, IN.

ABC's "Good Morning America" featured Draper's as well as both local TV stations. They sponsor drug awareness on the radio and are active in the promotion of tourism in Tioga County, Pa. Personal contact with the Draper family is to be remembered. If you want to stop by and talk, then by all means do so. The customer is first at Draper's.

We welcome you to tour our facility. We have had tourist
groups from Russia, Egypt, and many other countries. We
can accommodate any size group but we prefer a call in
advance for larger groups.
Our hours are Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday 8:00 am to 1:00 pm and closed Sundays.

Shop and browse at your leisure. We accept cash,
American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Discover Card, and checks.

As designated by the map, we are located close to the New York State
border on Route 328. Seven miles from the junction of Route 15 you
will see blue and white state road signs directing you to our place.

For all of you GPS users out there we located on Hudson Hill Road even though our
physical address is 32 Avonlea Lane it won't show up on your system yet as it is a
new 911 address. Once you are on Hudson Hill Road you can't miss us!

If you are just passing through,
stop by and visit
- but a word of caution -
you may catch the bee fever yourself!