A plethora of hand-made soaps are also available for purchase, with scents ranging from Georgia Peach to Lavender Fields to Southern Forest to the customer favorite, Sunshine Day Dream. According to Johnson, he also recently started crafting candles made out of beeswax. So far, the candles are available in a multitude of various shapes, including a poison bottle and a Georgia bulldog, said Johnson. (Photo/Madeline Laguaite)
Bottles of Georgia Wildflower Honey are placed neatly in a row, next to bottles of lavender-infused honey. Bear Hug Honey is a specialty honey store and offers much raw and infused honey, including the Southern Sriracha Honey, which is infused with Sriracha, and the vanilla bean infused honey, said Johnson. (Photo/Madeline Laguaite)
Johnson reaches to place a bottle of Dynamite Hot Honey — infused with Southern-grown chilies and a little vinegar — on the shelf next to the Tupelo Honey and Ghost Pepper Honey. In the winter, bees don't produce honey for human consumption, so Johnson said beekeepers aim to keep a surplus that will last through the winter. (Photo/Madeline Laguaite)
A portion of Bear Hug's walls are painted with a honey comb pattern, illuminated by a lamp's light. Johnson said the store doesn't have any solid "rush" times — customers seem to come and go as they please — and on stormy days, the store remains empty of customers oftentimes. (Photo/Madeline Laguaite)
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