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Exactly how much do we need bees?
Beekeeping
In the late 2000s, you couldn’t throw a honey dipper without hitting someone proclaiming, “Save the bees!” This was during the height of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), when beekeepers would lose as many as 60% of their hives every winter. Millions and millions of worker bees would inexplicably c...




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Easy Overnight Oats with Honey
Recipes
Overnight oats are a magical morning meal that fills you up with energy, tastes sweet, and, honestly, is just about as easy as making microwave oatmeal. Like the name implies, overnight oats need to be made the night before you eat them; letting them sit in the fridge overnight creates the creamy... -
Lunchbox-Ready Honey Recipes
Honey Do's
Raw & unfiltered honey can work its way into countless recipes, but our favorites are always the easy ones. These three fun, simple recipes make great replacements for sugar-loaded store-bought treats, getting their sugar from all-natural honey. You can give each one that special home-cooked ... -
It seems like we, as a society, might be getting tired of plain old coffee. Pumpkin spice, buttered coffee, salted coffee, fraps, mochas and countless others have been all the rage for years now. But there’s a simpler, sweeter way to mix up your brew that many people overlook: raw & unfiltere...
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How to Talk to Your Friends About Bees
Beekeeping
There are two parts of Pollinator Awareness Week: conservation and conversation. And while we would never stop someone from planting a pollinator garden, supporting local beekeepers, or even becoming a beekeeper, this week is when we all need to be talking the talk about how our tiny striped frie... -
How We’re Saving American Honey
Beekeeping
Yes, it sounds bold, but we have big ambitions for our Harvest Reserve honeys. They’re how we can literally save American honeys by preventing them from going to waste or being blended and filtered into typical mass-produced honeys. Not only are we protecting these unique flavors, we’re also brin... -
Charcuterie Boarding with Honey
Honey Do's
Charcuterie may sound complicated, but simply put, it’s the perfect way to pair and compare a variety of appetizers and hors d’oeuvres. If you’ve only had mustard on sandwiches or parmesan on pasta or honey in tea, these foods can take on a new life as part of a spread. What do you need for a per... -
Why You Need an Herb Garden
Honey Do's
If you’ve already considered a wildflower pollinator garden and are looking for something that’s tasty for you too, an herb garden could do just the trick. There are plenty of herbs that are easy to grow in your own backyard and favored by the bees. What herbs do bees like? Bees tend to look for ... -
Honey Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Recipes
Sweet potatoes are a magical food. They’re eminently cravable but still have plenty of nutritional benefit thanks to their high fiber and vitamin content. To make them even more tempting, try this simple honey-lemon coating featuring our full-bodied, strongly flavored raw & unfiltered Texas v... -
The Beauty of Beekeeping
Beekeeping
To keep the buzz going on our three-year partnership with Butterfly Pavilion, we’re co-sponsoring a series of events and giveaways throughout 2021, starting right now in April with The Beauty of Beekeeping. For those who don’t know, Butterfly Pavilion is the first AZA-accredited nonprofit inverte... -
These recipes come to us from Dr. Ron Fessenden’s book, Feed Your Brain First, available through the Local Hive online store. Not only does it include dozens of honey recipes, it also explains how honey is an excellent source of fuel for the mind and body. These recipes feature ingredients – lik...
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This recipe comes to us courtesy of the Bay Area-based recipe queen Tiffany Angela. Her recipes are always spectacular, so we just had to share another one with you all. If you haven’t seen her exquisite Honey & Feta Tartlets featuring Local Hive, you’re missing out. Let’s cut to the chase: ...
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Is Honey a Health Food?
Honey Facts
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 ... -
Honey and feta are definitely having a moment. The savory-sweet combination is just what we’re all craving right, and these warm, flaky feta and local honey tartlets are the perfect way to get our fix. For more recipes like this one, check out the lovely and talented @tiffanyangela. Yields: 16 ta...
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Bees & Booze: 4 Honey Cocktails
Recipes
Our raw & unfiltered honeys have flavors that stand out, but they still mix with other perfectly well. Since each honey has unique flavor notes, the right one can bring out the best in a craft cocktail. These four recipes are some of our favorite ways to feature honey and spice up our typical... -
Why You Need a Daily Dose of Honey
Honey Facts
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...