The Last Harvest

The season has come to an end for 2020 with our last honey harvest. This honey is beautiful, full of flavor and is a dark amber color. Our honey is ethically harvested, and the girls have plenty for winter time. Now is the time the queen will slow down production of laying eggs and the bees are raising the winter bees. Winter bees will live for about 6 months throughout the winter, keeping the hive warm. They vibrate their little bodies to produce heat so it is very important that they have honey because that is their food for the winter. Without food, they will starve and it is the saddest thing to see come a nice day the beekeeper opens up the hive and finds bees with their butts in the air and faces in the cell of the comb.. they are dead. This is why it is so important to only harvest excess honey. We aren’t doing anybody good if we harvest all the honey the bees worked so hard to get and leave nothing for them. That is why you should know your beekeeper or where your honey is coming from!