Honey Beez

 Here is our beloved beekeeper, Amanda, back in 2007 when she first brought her hives to MorningStar.  And Julie helping.  I take pictures.  I get less sticky that way!

We affectionately and playfully misspell "bees".  Somehow, "Beez" is just more fun!

There have been plentiful years and lean years for honey, trouble with bee illness, weather, and animal predators. Now we have a fence.

This year, the weather was very warm very early, then not enough rain, then too much.  The wildflowers, especially the spotted knapweed, did not bloom on their regular schedule, and therefore, the bees didn't have what they needed to produce well. But the bees themselves seem healthy.

What they did have in abundance this year was goldenrod.  This gives the honey a dark color, but I like the taste just as well as the light colored honey from knapweed.

Even though there is no honey available for sale at MorningStar this year, I am still very grateful that the bees seem healthy.  And I'm thankful to Amanda, Julie, and especially the bees, for all their hard work.  We hope for a better harvest next year.  Love you, Beez!