Charlotte's sweet beekeeping adventures at Bluebird Gardens
Americans consume 1.5 pounds of honey per person annually. They don't guestimate how much bees eat a year.
There are more than 300 types of honey in the United States alone although I wonder how they count it because my bees have never made the same tasting-honey twice.
We all know a drop of honey in tea is good for a sore throat, but you can also add honey to most drinks for an extra energy boost.
How do you like to eat honey?
Charlotte
Honey is made by bees in one of the world’s most efficient facilities, the beehive. The 60,000 or so bees in a beehive may collectively travel as much as 55,000 miles and visit more than two million flowers to gather enough nectar to make just a pound of honey!
The color and flavor of honey differs depending on the bees’ nectar source, the blossoms. In fact, there are more than 300 unique kinds of honey in the United States, originating from such diverse floral sources as Clover, Eucalyptus and Orange Blossoms.
In general, lighter colored honeys are mild in flavor, while darker honeys are usually more robust in flavor.
Charlotte
When I started keeping honeybees in 2010, I had no intention of falling in love. Bees, I thought, would be fun to add to the garden to help plant pollination.
I now teach and lecture on beginning beekkeeping and started a bee club to help beekeepers share and learn from each other.
I’m also developing my own lines of honey and bee-related products, not to mention being hooked on my own homemade whipped honey.
Have you tried it yet?
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