... But I assure you that ain't what the customer thinks they are getting when they buy it. The customer thinks that label that has that SC address on it came from bees in SC not South Georgia
Very true! ... I went to the local farmers market (some years ago) to buy "pure, raw, wildflower, local" honey. I asked where the honey came from. Answer: "We don't know but we can find out and get back to you next week".
So I came back next week - and got this answer: "Monterey county - beek has 1000 hives". So I asked - does the beek treat the bees? If so, with what? ... and with 1000 hives, does the beek engage in Pollination? ... Same answer "next week" ...
So I came back next week and got this answer: "Yes to treatment, Yes to chemicals [don't remember which ones now], and yes to Pollination".
Monterey County is heavily agriculture with lots of chemicals used - this I already know - so, not the honey I was looking for. ... and definitely NOT LOCAL to my definition.
Another place I contacted sold "local" honey ... when I pushed, the answer was "It's from a local farm in Georgia". ... What? Really!?!? ... that's like, more than 2000 miles away! Local -shimocal my ---!
.... that's how I ended up getting my own bees - to get my own
Local Honey.