We still have LOTS of honey from the 2019 harvest! Remember that our honey is “just like the bees make it” — in other words — pure and natural raw honey with all the good stuff in it that might-just-possibly* benefit your overall health, immune system, allergies issues and so on. *Sorry no guarantees:-)
This mild winter (so far…) has perhaps been easier on the bees than usual. Warm days allow bees to briefly exit their winter confines and get a bit of fresh air and ‘cleanse their internal systems’. However, too many warm days can also confuse the bees into thinking it’s time to load up on fuel (honey) and fly around looking for fresh pollen and nectar. This can cause a hive to consume its precious storage of honey too quickly and run out before Spring! Biologists have theorized that the ideal Winter temperature for honeybees is about 35-degrees which is cold enough to keep their activity level low but not so cold that they need to be extra-active to create internal hive heat and again use too much honey. Super cold temps can of course be very unkind to all but the strongest of colonies so I’m glad we haven’t had any polar-vortexes this year (knock on wood!).
It’ll still be winter for a while so let us know if you need a honey refill or perhaps some beeswax hand cream or lip-balm. We also have super long-burning 100% beeswax candles available to light up these long dark nights. Hang in there y’all and we hope to see you soon!