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Happy Fourth of July from all of us at the Pittsburgh Honey Cooperative.

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Remember the fallen who fought for our freedoms while celebrating this Memorial Day.

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Do your gardening duty.

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Did you know, those little bees you see in the evening sat on flowers are old bees.

Old & sick bees don't return to the hive at the end of their day.

They spend the night on flowers, and if they have the chance to see another sunrise, they resume their activity by bringing pollen or nectar to the colony.

They do this sensing that the end is near.

No bee waits to die in the hive so as not to burden the others.

So, next time you see an old little bee sat upon a flower as the night closes in...
..thank the little bee for their life long service.

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Happy Easter to you and yours from the Pittsburgh Honey Cooperative!

Happy Valentine's Day from all of us at the Pittsburgh Honey Cooperative!

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Merry Christmas from all of us at the Pittsburgh Honey Cooperative!

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Happy Hanukkah from all of us at the Pittsburgh Honey Cooperative.

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Happy Thanksgiving from the Pittsburgh Honey Cooperative and our Members.

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Happy Labor Day from the Pittsburgh Honey Cooperative and our Members.

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Good luck from the Pittsburgh Honey Cooperative and its Members to our own Alyssa Isso Fine in this year’s Pittsburgh City Paper Best Of PGH 2023 Readers Poll!

Sunday, July 30th is the last day to get your votes in and support her hard work and dedication to serving the community.

Whether it’s pure, local honey, specialty foods, or going to get Penn State Berkey Creamery ice cream, Alyssa has always been there for you, so let’s be there for her!

Best Women Owned Business

Check out Pittsburgh Honey.

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Best Ice Cream

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Best Neighborhood Market

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And this is why we do what we do.

Pure And Local Pittsburgh Honey. From your yards to ours.

Don’t forget to vote for us inn this year’s Pittsburgh City Paper Best Of PGH Readers Poll:

Best Women Owned Business

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A successful morning recruiting additional workers to make your Pure And Local Pittsburgh Honey.

The Pittsburgh Honey Cooperative and its Members congratulate our very own Alyssa Fine and her Pittsburgh Honey for becoming a finalist in this year’s Pittsburgh City Paper’s Best Of PGH 2023 for Best Woman-Owned Business.

Voting starts July 11. Please support Pittsburgh Honey by casting yours for Alyssa!

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The Pittsburgh Honey Cooperative and it’s Members wish you and yours a Happy Independence Day!

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Light and local. Spring Dandelion from Pittsburgh Honey.

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Our Pittsburgh Honey Spring Dandelion is back.

Come in for yours and taste the difference Pure And Local makes.

How much honey? This much honey…

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How much honey does a hive have?🍯Count the honey supers!

During the honeyflow, beekeepers may add shallow boxes called “supers” to the tops of their beehives! These boxes of empty frames/comb give the bees room to expand their honey collection.

In really good seasons, a beehive may be stacked with honey supers over 6ft tall! In poor conditions, the bees may struggle to fill up more than one or two.

Every beekeeper hopes to add a lot of supers to their hives, but it doesn’t always work out. Weather conditions, availability of forage, pesticide use, the health of the bees, etc. all impact the honey crop.

Seen any tall beehives this season? They’re likely being filled up with honey!

Bomb sniffers: Years to train a dog; mere hours to train a bee…

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r/Beekeeping on Reddit: Training Bees To Detect Explosives Posted by u/passonep - 97 votes and 19 comments

This is what we do.

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🍓The reasons Triple B has berries‼️

1. We start in the fall with feeding and consistent irrigation, which all help the plants set fruit for spring.
2. We monitor carefully all winter, and early Spring. This Spring, we were managing frost protection for many nights, to avoid losing too many buds.
3. Weeks ago, the fruit was being set, and we focused on active irrigation, long before the dry spell was upon us.

We have used half the water in 3 of our irrigation ponds, and we fully expect to purchase water from the water authority to fill the ponds to continue irrigating all summer. When Mother Nature comes up short, we have to subsidize her efforts.

Triple B is dedicated to producing the best produce for you this summer. Bear with us for timing, ripening, and all the other details… agriculture and growing healthy safe food for all of you, is what we do. Generation after generation.. this is our life’s work. Thank you for supporting us!

Keep those bird baths clean and full for our pollinators!

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Did you know?🧐 Honey bees need water too!💦

In the summer heat, having access to water is important for bees! They use it to regulate the temperature in the hive through evaporation and in feeding larvae.

Some research suggests bees may even get nutrients from water containing salt and other minerals.

You can create a honey bee watering station by providing a shallow pool or fountain with sticks, rocks, or sponges for the bees to stand on while they collect water!

The Pittsburgh Honey Cooperative and it’s Members wish you a Happy Memorial Day.

The urban beekeeper.

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Did you know?

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Honey Bee Origins and Why It Matters - American Bee Journal It can be inconvenient when new information comes along and changes things. A few years ago this happened to me in a small way (ok, a very small way), and it forced me to revise the exams I give students and Master Beekeeper candidates. The original question and answer went like this: (True or False...

Thanks to unseasonably warm temperatures, Pure And Local Pittsburgh Honey spring varietals are here!

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Spring has sprung at Pittsburgh Honey!

Stop into our Lower Murray Avenue store for our first Pure And Local seasonal varietals of the season, the light, buttery amber of Tulip Poplar, and the smooth, full-bodied Glenshaw Select with just a hint of spice.

We have limited quantities, so come in and get yours today!

We’ve been told we’re the Rolls Royce of Honeys, but here’s the Bentley of bees!

https://www.motor1.com/news/668218/bentley-honey-production-expands-new-hives/

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Bentley Honey Production Expands With 7 New Hives After Record Year Bentley will expand its honey production operations by installing new hives that will grow the colony to over 1 million bees.

The more you know…

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One of these is not like the other!🐝

Yellow jackets are a type of wasp that, based on appearance, could be confused with a honey bee.

Yellow jackets are predatory insects. They hunt, eat, and scavenge other bugs. They are incredibly aggressive and will often sting unprovoked.

And they don’t just sting, they bite and then sting repeatedly. In short, they’re real mean.

Honey bees can become aggressive if provoked, but will generally go about their business without bothering you. They do not bite and can only sting once.

Honey bees aren’t as brightly colored as yellow jackets and have fuzzy bodies. Yellow jackets build nests in the ground or enclosed spaces. You’ll likely see a honey bee foraging among flowers, but you won’t see yellow jackets stopping to smell the roses.

Hopefully, you encounter more friends than foes!

Bad bees, bad bees,
watcha gonna do—
Watcha gonna do when the Bridgeville Police come for you??

Great work, Officer James! Congrats on your first swarm and your honorary membership in the Pittsburgh Honey Cooperative!

We—and the bees—appreciate your service!

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Our second school swarm this week!

Duquesne University had some new students attempting to audit some classes at the Bayer Learning Center.

Luckily for us, they decided to enroll at our very own Pittsburgh Honey and apprentice as honey makers instead!

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Please welcome your 2023 Royal Court!

A frame of queens ready to rule new colonies and make more Pure And Local Pittsburgh Honey for you!

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Sav-a-Lot?

Save a lot of honeybees!

Apparently they were doing a little shopping in North Versailles this afternoon!

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