Locals Frequent Brewster Roadside Stand For Quality Honey, Wax Products

BREWSTER, N.Y. -- For the hundreds of motorists who drive past the Highlands shopping area on Route 312 in Brewster each day, there is one constant: the white truck parked in a small clearing that serves as a roadside honey/bee product stand.

Mike Bruen inside his truck in Brewster, where he offers honey and other bee products.
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A few of the many blue ribbons Bruen has won with his products.
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Some of the wax products on sale.
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Some of Bruen's home made soap products.
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Some of the honey jars available at Bruen's roadside stand.
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Light, dark and even blueberry honeys are all available at the roadside stand.
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Skip Pearlman

06/24/2015 4:00 p.m.

Mike Bruen has been manning the honey truck for the last eight years at the same location, selling bee-keeping and farm-related items such as bee pollen, royal jelly, bee's wax, candles, and lots of honey, in various styles.

"I get a lot of return customers," Bruen told Daily Voice. "In order to sell here I have to be a veteran, so we get a lot of people who appreciate that fact. We also get a lot of people coming back because the products are great for allergies, energy, and the honey is a more natural sugar."

Beekeeping is in Bruen's family, as his father and grandfather both kept bees. He also has a working farm on Brewster Hill Road, Rivertop Farm.

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