A small, naturally-grown diversified farm east of Harrisburg listing apples among a long roster of crops and its own honey, but whether apples specifically are u-pick or sold at a small stand was never confirmed.
Bee Healthy Produce sits east of Harrisburg, South Dakota, in the Big Sioux River Valley, and the record describes it as a small, naturally-grown diversified farm rather than a dedicated apple orchard. Apples are one crop among a genuinely long list: cherries, cucumbers, wine grapes, melons, raspberries, rhubarb, squash, strawberries, tomatoes, and watermelons all appear alongside apples in the record. The farm also keeps its own honey from on-site beehives, adding another product line beyond produce. Phone is 605-213-0259.
Directions to the farm are given landmark-style — “1/2 mile East of Highway 11… at the Truax mailbox” — rather than relying on a street address alone, a detail that fits a very small, likely family-run operation without a formal storefront. Payment is cash or check only, per localharvest.org.
This is the central thing to understand about Bee Healthy Produce before planning a visit specifically for apples: nothing in the record suggests this is an apple-focused business. With ten other named crops plus honey, it reads as a general small-scale produce farm where apples are simply part of a broader seasonal offering rather than the reason customers typically visit. That doesn’t make the apples any less real, but it does mean the experience is likely closer to visiting a small farm stand selling whatever is currently in season than to visiting a destination orchard built around fall apple picking.
Neither of the two sources used for this record — localharvest.org and upickfarmlocator.com — specified whether apples at Bee Healthy Produce are available for customers to pick themselves or are sold pre-picked at a stand. Given the farm’s small, diversified nature and the landmark-style directions, either model is plausible: a small operation like this might let visitors pick directly to save on labor costs, or might prefer to control harvest timing and sell fruit already picked. Rather than guess, the record leaves this unconfirmed, and a phone call to 605-213-0259 is the only way to find out before making the drive.
Unlike Country Apple Orchard nearby, which the record describes as South Dakota’s largest apple operation with 6,000 trees on 78 acres, Bee Healthy Produce reads as the opposite kind of business — small-scale and deliberately diversified across many crops rather than concentrated on one. For a visitor who enjoys the experience of a genuinely small family farm stand, with honey and a wide seasonal produce mix alongside apples, this may be a more appealing stop than a larger commercial operation, even though the record can’t confirm apple-specific details like variety or picking format.
No apple varieties are named. No hours or season dates exist anywhere in the record. No pricing is given for apples or any other crop. Whether apples are u-pick or pre-picked-only remains unconfirmed. Given how many basic details are missing, calling ahead is especially important here — more so than for orchards where at least the picking format and hours are established.
Bee Healthy Produce is a genuine small, diversified farm near Harrisburg growing apples alongside a long list of other produce and its own honey, but this record can’t tell you whether you’d be picking apples yourself or buying them pre-picked, what varieties are available, or when the farm is open. It’s worth a call to 605-213-0259 if a small, honest, cash-and-check farm stand experience appeals to you, but don’t plan a dedicated apple-picking trip around it without confirming the basics first.
Not stated in the record. No hours, season dates, or apple-specific harvest timing were found.
you need confirmed u-pick apple access — nothing confirms apples specifically are pick-your-own versus sold at a small stand.
Country Apple Orchard sits in the same Harrisburg area and offers a much larger, more established apple-specific experience for anyone wanting a bigger operation alongside a Bee Healthy Produce stop.
Not confirmed. Nothing in the record confirms whether apples specifically are u-pick or sold at a small stand — u_pick is left unspecified rather than guessed.
Not stated in the record. No source specified apple varieties.
A long list, per the record: cherries, cucumbers, wine grapes, melons, raspberries, rhubarb, squash, strawberries, tomatoes, and watermelons — plus its own honey from on-site hives.
Driving directions are given landmark-style — '1/2 mile East of Highway 11... at the Truax mailbox' — rather than by street address alone, per the record, typical of a very small operation.
Cash or check only, per localharvest.org.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. Check with the orchard before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
No — this orchard sells pre-picked apples from its own trees rather than u-pick.
47842 271st St, Harrisburg, SD 57032, in Lincoln County. It is one of 4 orchards we track in Big Sioux River Valley.
We track 4 orchards in Big Sioux River Valley, 3 of which let you pick your own apples. The orchard has not published a starting price, so it cannot be compared on cost — call before you budget.
One caveat worth repeating: this orchard had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 4 orchards we track in Big Sioux River Valley had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the orchard confirms it.
There is 1 other orchard we track in Lincoln County. All Big Sioux River Valley orchards →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
facebook.com · localharvest.org · upickfarmlocator.com
Checked September 2026.