Why Does Honey Crystallize?
A Sweet Phenomenon Have you ever opened your cupboard to get raw honey and found that it looked different than the last time? If it's been awhile since you used…
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Why Does Honey Crystallize?
When Bees Swarm
How would you react if you found a swarm of 10,000 bees? Would it be like a scene from a disaster movie with you running away, clutching your face and…
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When Bees Swarm
Checking Nucs
I wake up early. It is still dark. I realize I won’t be able to fall back to sleep again because today, just five days after my first day handling…
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Checking Nucs
I Discover Queens
Have you ever actually met royalty? I have always thought they seemed so distant and elusive. But today I am going to get up close and personal with thirty Queens.…
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I Discover Queens
The Journey of an Apprentice Beekeeper
How would you feel if you were surrounded by more than 60,000 bees? Scared? Nervous? Fighting off the urge to run away? Or, maybe, you’d already be running! A few…
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The Journey of an Apprentice Beekeeper
Local Honey for Island Locals
The value of Raw-Unfiltered Honey has long been known for its health benefits. For years, we have offered our Raw Hawaiian Honey to Big Island Residents at more than 60%…
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Local Honey for Island Locals