Hehman Honey

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Tasting tonight at Jim’s Fine Wine Spirits. 5-7pm
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Love the beer.! Thank you for the shout-out.

Spending my Sunday morning removing wax caps to get to the honey, this box was next to our apple trees. Plenty of clover that we planted, blueberries bushes and the pear trees. The first picture has the wax caps ,this is what it looks like after I pull the caps off, I put the frames in the spinner, hum the Winnie the Pooh that Susan Hehman Hart and I would sing, and out comes the pure honey.

Did you know? Camporosso used 40 gallons of honey last year.
Thank you all.. Hehman Hot Honey special blend.

Some days are fun while bee keeping, other days you spend in the ER with 10 stings to the face

Now that I have 4 apiary and over 30 hives to take care of, I miss my other beekeepers, but I bought a new friend to help me feed the bees, this works great, a small pump on a bucket of sugar water, easier to carry to the hives, travels in the truck, the biggest thing is I am the only one who takes the stings, lucky me.🤣

Happy Mother's Day to our sweet moms..those who are with us and those who live forever in our hearts. Hope you have a special day filled with love and honey!!!

Nice to catch theses girls before they went missing,

Spring is in the air and our bees are hard at work!

and....

FUN FACT FRIDAY is BACK!

Today we buzz into how to Save the Bees!

Keep a Bee Garden
You've always wanted a private garden oasis, and now you have the perfect excuse to plant one. The bees need you!

Plant an array of herbs and flowers that attract bees (like mint, lavender, and poppies, to name a few). Ideally, pick flowers that are native to your area and will bloom at different times of the year. Put a shallow container of water in your garden so that the bees have a place to re-hydrate and add some twigs and pebbles to give them a place to land. Make some refreshing beverages with your freshly-planted herbs and scatter patio furniture at random...for the bees.

Honeybees are fascinating!

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160621-do-bees-dream #:~:text=Busy%20bees%20have%20to%20sleep%2C%20too.,excursions%20for%20pollen%20and%20nectar

Bees learn while they sleep, and that means they might dream A new study suggests that bees can store information in long-term memory while they sleep, just like humans do when we dream

Proud of our new collaboration with Camporosso.
We blended a special Italian Pepper for them and after several attempts we perfected it.. This infused hot honey is exclusively available for you at Camporosso!

FUN FACT FRIDAY! How Do Honey Bees Survive Winter?

In the winter honey bees must stay warm and must have food to survive. Staying warm requires food and energy in the form of honey, and if the colony exhausts its supply of honey, it may freeze to death before spring. This is one of the reasons why honey bees work so hard during the warmer months to collect nectar, process it and then store large amounts of honey.

To insulate the colony as outside temperatures drop, the honey bee workers form a cluster around the queen and the brood (immature bees, from eggs to larvae) to keep them warm. The bees in the cluster keep their heads pointed inward, and the bees on the inside of the cluster feed on the honey that’s been stored in the hive for the winter. Those on the outside of the cluster insulate their companions inside the sphere of honey bees.

When the temperature reaches about 57 degrees Fahrenheit, the cluster tightens and the bees remain relatively motionless. The combined body heat that’s generated (more details below) by the bees lined up side-by-side in the outer ring of the cluster is sufficient to keep the colony warm.

As temperatures continue to drop, the worker bees start actively generating heat within the hive. They begin to flex the flight muscles located within the thorax of their bodies. But their wings don’t move. Instead, this vibration raises each bee's body temperature. With thousands of bees vibrating in this manner, the temperature at the center of the cluster warms to a cozy 93 degrees Fahrenheit.

We add sugar boards to the top of each hive so the bees do not have to exit the hive during the cooler months.

Wishing Pete Hehman a very HAPPY BEE-day! As he celebrates another year of surviving and thriving during these crazy times. We know that caring for the bees is not a chore, but has become a true passion. Pete loves to share his knowledge with others.

Please join us in sending him wishes for another year of prosperity, joy and abundant blessings!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

The Bees were out and active today. What a beautiful day in Grant County Kentucky.

Honey Chipotle Porter is on Tap At Wooden Cask..
Secret ingredient is Spicy-Hot Hehman Honey.

Please stop by and support your local farmers and your local brewery.
WHO DEY..!!!!!

Pumpkin Spice Honey is featured at Kremer’s Market this weekend.

Mother Nature at work, it’s not common that in October your hive is to small. The bee’s in this hive are to crowded and some bees decided that it’s time to leave and start a new hive. The numbers in this swarm are very strong. Katie and talked about catching it but we decided to let nature take its course. Trying to start a new hive, with no honey for food for the winter, no brood for new bees to hatch, if we let it be, maybe some bees will return to the hive. When you’re kids leave home only to return because they find food,family and all there needs are met there. We are going to just welcome the little bees back and love them like they never left.

Fun Fact Friday!

We love sharing our growing knowledge and interest in bees and beekeeping with you. We hear from so many that they are fascinated with what we do. We love educating and learning about these truly amazing and vitally important creatures. We are constantly getting fun and interesting bee related posts shared with us. Thank you for joining us on our crazy adventure.

This week, our fun facts come courtesy of Dave Schrand. His favorite Hehman Honey product is the Infused Hot Pepper Honey.

Fun Fact Friday: Bee Reproduction:

Queen Honey Bees Store a Lifetime Supply of S***m
The queen bee can live three to five years but her biological clock ticks a lot faster than you might think. Just a week after emerging from her queen cell, the new queen flies from the hive to mate. If she doesn't do so within 20 days, she loses her ability and it's too late. If she's successful, however, the queen never needs to mate again. She retains the s***m in her s***matheca (a small internal cavity) and uses it to fertilize eggs throughout her lifetime.

A Queen Honey Bee Can Lay More Than 2,000 Eggs a Day
Just 48 hours after mating, the queen begins her lifelong task of laying eggs and is such a prolific egg layer, she ​can produce her own body weight in eggs in a single day. An average day's output is about 1,500 eggs and over the course of her lifetime, a queen might lay up to 1 million eggs. As you might guess, she has no time for any other chores, so attendant workers take care of all her grooming and feeding needs.

Drones Die Immediately After Mating
Male honey bees (a.k.a. drones) serve only one purpose: to provide s***m for the queen. About a week after emerging from their cells, drones are ready to mate. After they've mated with the queen, they die.

It's Fun Fact Friday!

Our honey bees depend on the fall nectar flow to survive the winter. GOLDENRODS are among the most important late-season pollinator plants. Honey bees frequently collect large amounts of goldenrod nectar prior to winter; other bees use the pollen to provision late-season nests. Many beekeepers in the Northeast depend on goldenrod as their colonies’ primary winter food source and often report honey gains of 50 to 80 pounds per colony. Goldenrod honey is typically dark, thick, somewhat pungent in aroma, and quick to granulate. It also leaves the hives smelling like stinky feet!

Although most people only see it as a w**d, the bees rely on goldenrod as a vital source of food. If you see it growing please don't cut it down or pull it until after the fall blooms start to naturally die off.

A great steak from Summit Meats, a ribeye, hot honey glazed Brussel Sprouts, farm grown potatoes, and a nice bottle of Jarvis. Thanks to Summit for selling Hehman Honey

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