Blog
Yes, the bees have been making some amazing wildflower honey this spring. Ever wonder how the honey gets from the hive to bottle? Here's a walk through the method we follow to harvest the honey that is best for our bees, the environment, and the consumers of our honey.
Continue reading
The weather over the past year was challenging for our part of North Carolina and our apiary too. The amount of rainfall was record-breaking and bee-breaking too. The weather this spring has been outstanding so far though, and we're expecting to see some amazing honey this summer.
Continue reading
Our apiary tours start up again in May and run through September. During a visit to our mountain top apiary, you can learn about the life cycle of a bee, see inside an active hive, participate in a honey tasting and pour your own bottle of honey. Read on for more details of all the activities during one of our summer tours.
Continue reading
Standout presentations at the recent 2019 NCSBA Spring Bee Conference by Dr. Katie Lee and Dr. Allison McAfee challenged some common beekeeping practices and demonstrate the exciting research that is being done now that will help us all better manage our beehives.
Continue reading
The February 2019 increase in shipping rates from USPS as well as rate increases from FedEx and UPS, has caused us to review and unfortunately increase our shipping costs this year.
Continue reading