Find the Honey Man
Still battling cancer, but still selling sweet stuff
Buckeye’s “Honey Man” is still battling cancer, but he is back, and the state is not complaining.
Antonio Recoba, who has been selling honey in Buckeye for a decade, has amassed quite the fanbase. His daughter Mariela Nevarez, who helps with his business, often shares information about her dad’s whereabouts on Facebook, and a recent update on her father got more than 1,000 reactions.
Recoba, who previously beat kidney cancer after having his kidney removed, was diagnosed again last summer, with the cancer having returned to the same spot where his kidney had been.
Even while undergoing treatment every three weeks, Recoba has been dedicated to waking up at 4 a.m. every morning to sell honey. His future schedule
might be slightly different and more uncertain. Nevarez shared that her father will undergo more intensive treatment.
He returned to selling a few days of the week at his previous location of Elliot and Tuthill roads.
While Recoba has had a license to sell, the State Land Department had asked him to move from the intersection after complaints. But Nevarez said Recoba has since obtained a new permit with a barcode, and he hasn’t run into any issues.
Lately, Recoba has mostly been selling at Elliot and Tuthill roads. It’s closer
to home and is more convenient in case he isn’t feeling well, Nevarez said.
“He likes that interaction, that distraction. Regardless of how he’s feeling, he likes to set up his little stand on the