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Types of honey

I was speaking at the senior center earlier this week and had folks ask about if honey from different flowers tastes different. I remembered this photo and thought I would share it with you. It shows three different harvests in one bottle. It all happened when I was trying to consolidate open bottles.

Most commercially produced honey is blended to a “flavor profile” so that every bottle tastes the same. I prefer to taste the different flavors every harvest and don’t blend. To me, that’s one of the special things about local honey.

May 2, 2018

Spring is finally here!

It’s taken a while for the weather to break, but it’s finally been warm enough and not raining so we can paint the supers.

It’s a good thing because in five days the bees we ordered will be coming in. A little close on the time table, but it works!

May 2, 2018

Spring Allergies?

Last week we had ONE nice day so I pulled a few supers from the hives that had extra honey left over from the winter. Ethan and I extracted it this weekend, so if you want to get a jump on the spring allergies with some honey, I can get you fixed up! $10 for a 1 pound bottle. Message me for a time to pick up.

April 16, 2018

Swarm Flyer

Several folks have asked about posting a flyer for collecting swarms, here is the link to download a pdf file for you to use as you see fit. As always, I reward swarm calls with a pound of honey, so keep your eyes open!

Swarm flyer Download PDF Here

April 4, 2018

Spring sweetness

It’s been a long winter and I decided it was time to warm up up a bit of honey and bottle it up. So if you are craving a taste of summer, let me know. $10 for a 1 pound bottle.

April 2, 2018

Feeding the bees

It hit 50 degrees today so Ethan and I popped open the hives and gave them some pollen for a protein boost today.

I was a bit surprised to see they had found some pollen themselves!

March 31, 2018

Swarms!

Swarms are a bees way of creating a new hive. A new queen is hatched and she takes off with about ten thousand of her closest friends and lands on a branch or wall. The bees hang out while a few scouts look for a suitable place to call home. They may hang out for a few hours or up to 2 days.

Here are a few examples of swarms I have run across

The bees are not flying around and thinking of swarming yet, but when they do in late May to early July, keep your eyes open and give me a call or tag me on Facebook. I will come out and collect the bees, much like this!

And you will not only have the satisfaction of knowing you are helping save the bees, but I will gladly reward you with a pound of honey that looks like this.