Balancing Corporate & Homesteading Lifestyles
Why Does Honey Taste Different in Each Season? 🍯🌸🍂
If you’ve ever tasted honey from different times of the year, you may have noticed variations in flavor, color, and texture. This is because honey is a direct reflection of the flowers in bloom at the time it was produced. As nectar sources shift…
Honey: Raw vs Processed
Honey is one of nature’s most incredible superfoods, known for its immune-boosting, antibacterial, and antioxidant-rich properties. But did you know that most store-bought honey is heavily processed, stripping away many of its natural benefits? Let’s break down the key differences between raw and processed…
Understanding Bee Swarming: Why & How
Swarming is a natural part of the developmental cycle of a honey bee colony, involving a large group of bees leaving the original hive to form a new colony. This behavior is both fascinating and crucial for the survival and propagation of bee species….
Spring Garden Plans In Process
It’s that time again and spring will be here before you know it. Time to start thinking about our garden! We are starting plans for our summer garden keeping the bees and our needs in mind. If you have an interest in beekeeping then…
Beekeeping 101: In New England
Last year, my bees were highly productive … a bit angry and aggressive, but they produced some awesome honey! This was my 2nd year of beekeeping … my 1st year, my bees absconded … they ALL left the hive. It was VERY disappointing but…
The Queen Is Free!
This is my 2nd year keeping bees. Last year, midway through the year, my bees absconded (they all simply left) and I was left with a bare hive. It was VERY disappointing but lessons learned and on a positive note they created a good…
Sharing Reiki With My Bees
Saturday my bees arrived. One day they were living in warm GA and the next thing they know, they are on a truck with thousands of other bees headed to chilly MA. I installed the bees in the hive (on my own!) and they…
Bees!
Spring is here and with that comes the flowers and the bees! Our honey bees will be here April 17th! In the meantime, the bees are starting to buzz around the yard. This afternoon I went out into the yard and there were little…
