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How to Eat Local in 2020: Part I
Honey Do's
In 2019, we kicked off the new year with a blog about how to swap out sugar for raw and unfiltered honey. In 2020, our resolution hits even closer to home: we’re going to eat local every chance we get, whether that means honey, veggies or beef.
The reasons to be more conscious of where your food ...
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Dealing with Bees
Beekeeping
If you happen upon a beehive––which, by the way, is technically called a nest––in your home or yard, don’t panic. There’s plenty you can do. Don’t: Spray chemicals or pesticides into the hive. This won’t kill the bees immediately, but it will aggravate them––probably not what you were going for. ... -
Your Honey-fied Beauty Routine
Honey Do's
Ah, honey: a thing of beauty. The same stuff that works wonders on your taste buds can also be wonderful for your face and skin. Honey’s so versatile, it’s practically got your whole beauty routine covered on its own. To prove it, here’s a step-by-step guide for working raw and unfiltered honey i... -
Get Better Sleep with Raw Honey
Honey Do's
While most folks keep honey in the pantry, you may want to grab a bottle for your nightstand, too. Raw and unfiltered honey can hydrate your skin, soothe your throat, help heal wounds and sweeten everything it touches, but it can also help you get a sweet night’s sleep. Raw honey, eaten just befo... -
Local Hive Highlight: Northwest
Honey Facts
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 ... -
The holidays just aren’t complete without a little cranberry sauce. Okay, a lot of cranberry sauce. These tart little bundles add just the right contrast to the mounds of mashed, stuffed and fried starches found at every dinner, potluck and party from Halloween to New Year’s.The standard image of...
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Taking a Shine to Beeswax
Honey Do's
Honey has a long, storied history around the house. Beyond its most common and delicious use, it’s also a powerful cut-healing agent, cough preventer, sleep aid and more. But honey’s not the only useful thing to come out of the hive. Enter beeswax: the sturdy, gummy stuff that worker bees use to ... -
The Local Hive Gift Guide
Honey Do's
Prepare your taste buds for the sweetest gift guide you’ll see all season. We’ve compiled our favorite honey-related gifts and ideas so you can easily check off every sweet tooth on your list. For a honey aficionado such as yourself, try a cute, glass honey dispenser. Since honey never expires, i... -
Mind Your Beeswax Candles
Honey Do's
For centuries, the best candles around were made of tallow, a form of animal fat. Thankfully, candlemaking has progressed quite a bit since then, creating a number of long-burning options, including one produced by our favorite arthropod: bees. The most common candle wax material, paraffin, is a ... -
Homemade Honey Popcorn Pinecones
Recipes
Around this time of year, it’s hard for anyone to ignore their sweet tooth. Between Halloween and football season, pumpkin spice and week after week of holiday dinners, we all end up craving treats that hit the sweet spot. With its delicate, nuanced flavors, it’s no surprise that raw & unfilt... -
Where would we be without bees?
Honey Facts
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... -
Guide to Celebrity Beekeepers
Beekeeping
It turns out there are a few beekeepers out there with plenty of buzz of their own. Even between a demanding schedule of acting, playing in a rock band, or even serving as First Lady, many famous folks have found time to support bees in their backyard.Though more and more people are taking up bee... -
Get Wild in Your Backyard
Beekeeping
Planting a wildflower garden is probably the single best way you can support local pollinators in your neck of the woods. There’s no reason to leave pollination up to local bees and their keepers – you can easily help your local ecosystem without leaving your backyard. Don’t worry: you can put do... -
How Bees Find the Best Pollen
Beekeeping
Worker bees in our local hives are always looking for new local pollen sources, because it’s the one ingredient they need to make honey. So, when they find a tasty new flower, it’s big news for the whole hive. No single bee can make enough honey for the whole hive – in fact, one bee will only pro... -
Beekeeping’s Peak Season
Beekeeping
Monday marks the first day of fall, which means that while the weather might be cooling down, beekeeping season is heating up at our hives around the country. At this very moment, our beekeepers are busy harvesting plenty of honey, and then – critically – doing nothing to it, keeping it raw &... -
National Honey Month is kind of a big deal for honeyheads like us. It’s an entire month dedicated to the stuff we geek out about 24/7, when even Uncle Sam – or, more specifically, the USDA – helps spread the word about the hundreds of varietals of honey made right here in the USA. All through Sep...