Honeybees are small. Really small. Each one is barely the size of a fingernail. Yet, somehow, all the bees in the U.S. make 125,000,000 pounds of honey every year. That’s more than the Titanic weighed! That means every year, U.S. bees make a literal boatload of honey. But how much does just one b...

Have you ever picked up a bottle of pure honey and begun to wonder about all the great mysteries in life? You know, stuff like, “How much honey does one beehive make?”. Us too. And it turns out, the answer to this seemingly simple question is a fascinating journey into the world of bees and their...

Well, does it? No, not really. Particularly if you store it in a sealed bottle in a cool, dry place like your pantry — not your fridge. (Surely, somebody out there is refrigerating their honey. If that’s you: you can stop. Totally not necessary.) Honey may have an expiration date on the bottle, b...

We could talk all day about honey. Sometimes, it feels like that’s literally what we do. But lately, we’ve been hearing more and more buzz from wellness and nutrition circles about apple cider vinegar. Turns out there’s plenty to get excited about, and combining the two can make for a (surprising...

When you stop by the honey aisle, the first thing that hits you is, “Wow, there’s a lot of this stuff.” At any given supermarket, you’re likely to see a dozen or more brands, each with different descriptions: “raw”, “pure”, “organic”, “unfiltered”, and so on. Right alongside them, you’ll see plai...

Look, we know it as well as anybody: most people just use honey to sweeten their tea or coffee. But that’s not even close to the best way to use it. (Trust us, we’ve had honey on just about everything we can think of — even salmon.)  The actual best thing to eat with honey? Cheese. We know what y...

The easiest way to go from a plain-ol’ dessert to something totally unique and homemade? TBH, it’s giving it a cute name like “Grandma’s State Fair Apple Pie” so that everyone thinks you learned from the best.  The OTHER easiest way? Replacing the sugar with honey. You’ll instantly add flavor and...

Eating good really does make you feel good. And feeling good – by reducing aches, cravings, sleeplessness, and stress – can help your immune system stay strong, no matter what’s coming at it. If you’re looking for healthy ingredients to sprinkle in throughout the day and keep you feelin’ good, th...

Every year, the team at Local Hive makes sure to celebrate National Honey Month. But this year, we’ve got something bigger in mind. Not just one month, but 400 years of honey. That’s because bees and their honey have been a crucial part of this country since way back in 1622. It was in 1622 that ...

Raw & unfiltered honey will eventually turn solid – that’s a simple fact of life. But that doesn’t mean your bottle’s days are numbered. Crystallized honey is usually light yellow or white, with a consistency somewhere between that of peanut butter and granite, depending on how long it’s been...

Beeswax remains one of the most extraordinary aspects of nature’s architectural masterpieces created by bees. They collect nectar from flowers and combine it with special enzymes to reduce its moisture content. The bees go through the entire routine of nectar processing, protein storage, and cell...

Alright, we’re calling it: those last two years were a fluke. THIS is the year we finally start eating healthy and losing weight. Probably. Maybe. We’ll see. If you, like us, are ready to start eating healthier, raw & unfiltered honey can help. Yes, a food that’s mostly sugar can help you los...

You might expect this blog to boil down to just a big “yes”, because honey is a nutrient-dense food that people have been eating – and treating maladies with – for millennia. But we’re not ones to settle for a “good enough” explanation. Because raw & unfiltered honey can be a healthy part of ...

Raw & unfiltered honey is a superfood in every sense of the word: super unique, super useful and super good for you. In our decades of bottling rare and unique honeys from around the country, we’ve come across more than our fair share of ways to eat it, drink it and use it in recipes, cocktai...

It’s been a busy year, so we’re all still catching up on our gift giving. Fortunately, raw & unfiltered honey can be the perfect, thoughtful gift for most anyone on your list. Here are the 6 types of people that could definitely use some sweet honey this holiday season. The Athlete There’s bo...

To most, honey is just another sweetener, like sugar or stevia. But there’s more to honey than just sweetness. If you’ve only ever had plain old honey – probably in a bear bottle, not particularly light or dark, no memorable flavors – you’re missing out. Local honeys each have their own unique fl...

June 22–28, 2020 is a big week in the honey world: Pollinator Awareness Week. We at Local Hive understand that not everyone gets to spend their days working with bees. So, let’s find out what the buzz is all about: what’s a pollinator, and why do they matter? You’re a Pollinator A pollinator is a...

How many honeys are out there? Hundreds, thousands, even millions. It just depends on how specific you want to be. On the low end, there’s at least as many varieties of honey as there are varieties of flowering plants that bees pollinate. A beekeeper can set up their hive in a field with only one...

Raw and unfiltered honey has plenty of benefits for people: antioxidants, reduced sugar crashes – it even helps with coughs. But when feeding your furry friends, honey’s role is a little more complicated. Domesticated dogs have gradually evolved into the (usually) obedient pets we know today. The...

The short answer: no. The long answer: still no, but that doesn’t mean honey is bad for you or can’t be part of a healthy diet. Honey just happens to be high in carbs––which are healthy and valid sources of fuel for your body in moderation––while the keto diet requires consuming almost no carbs a...

Like The Force, honey is a magical substance with a light side and a dark side that’s mysteriously made by tiny living things. We have nearly a dozen Star Wars movies to explain The Force to us, but what is it that makes honey light or dark? Read on, you must. Honey gets its color from the pollen...

Possibly our most nuanced and flavorful varietal, our Northwest local honey combines five unique pollens from around the Pacific Northwest to create a strong and long-lasting flavor. Its dark color and rich character are typical of the region’s honeys, including our Washington varietal.If you’ve ...

Right now, millions of bees are hard at work on farms around the world, pollinating many of our favorite foods. Some say it’s as much as 7 out of 10 crops. Others say it’s one-third of all the food we eat. But the fact is, bees love all the same vegetables people do; they just happen to get to th...

So you’ve been stung by a bee. What do you do now? Treat it if you want to beat it: leaving a bee sting as-is is a surefire way to make it worse. Start by removing the stinger as soon as possible. Scrape it off with your fingernail, credit card or other flat object. But whatever you do, don’t pul...

The second-best time for you to start brewing mead is now. The best time is six weeks ago. For those who didn’t grow up during the Middle Ages in a kingdom filled with knights and nobles, mead is a once-popular – and extremely slow-brewed – alcoholic beverage created from fermented honey. This “h...

Barbecues, bonfires and biking are just a few of our favorite summer activities. Although we’d love to pretend those long summer days are always perfect, the reality is, accidents are bound to happen. Grillers get burned, campers call for help and bikers lose their balance. Before you reach for t...

Humans have been buds with bees for quite some time now—about 9,000 years, to be exact. The honey we know and love played an extraordinary role in the ancient world. For the Egyptians, it was a treat of all trades, used for sweetening foods, healing wounds, paying taxes and even embalming dead bo...

It’s hard to talk about Florida and honey without immediately thinking of the undisputed king of honey movies, Ulee’s Gold, and, of course, the undisputed king of honey songs, Van Morrison’s “Tupelo Honey.” Now that those two are out of the way, we can get to something even sweeter about Florida ...

Southern California is home to some of the most hospitable and inhospitable places in the world – the balmy weather of L.A. and the blistering heat of nearby Death Valley. But covering acres and acres of this prime real estate are farms and wildflowers that are just begging for bees to pay them a...

A bee’s brain weighs in at just 0.0002% of a human’s, so why is it worth our time to study it? Because bees are much, much smarter, both individually and as a hive, than their little brains let on. The bee brain only contains about a million neurons, while humans have about 100 billion. Somehow, ...

With April Fool’s Day just on the other side of this weekend, we’re going to share some bee facts you would have to be a total FOOL to believe. As in, they’re totally foolish and not at all factually accurate. We know a thing or two about raw & unfiltered honey because we’ve been making honey...

After decades of producing raw and unfiltered honey, we’ve learned a thing or two about bees. In fact, keeping authentic honey pure, and the flowers that help make that honey properly pollinated, requires intimate knowledge of bees: what flowers bees like, what weather bees love, and even how bee...

As native Coloradoans, we’re a little extra proud of our Colorado honey. Just like each of our 17 varietals, it’s raw, unfiltered and made by bees and keepers on their own home turf. In this case, it just so happens to be right in our backyard, with pollens all throughout the state of Colorado. O...

With the new year upon us, it’s open season for all sorts wellness mumbo-jumbo and fad-diet fanaticism. You may have heard about cutting sugar by replacing it with any number of substitutes, but there’s only one that we can wholeheartedly recommend: raw and unfiltered honey. In the spirit of soun...

At Local Hive, when we say our honey has “nothing added, nothing removed,” that means something. And, thanks to our beekeeper partners from all over the country, all of our honey is raw & unfiltered and made by local bees. So why is this so important to us? Because we believe in the benefits ...

Honey, with its sweet flavor and long shelf-life, is the perfect pantry staple to keep on hand for stirring up a tasty treat. What most people don’t know, however, is that the sticky sweetener is just as handy outside the kitchen. To help you get the most buzz out of every bottle, the team of exp...