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The Amazing Health Benefits of Local Honey

Posted on August 2, 2017
The medicinal benefits of honey & pollen & beeswax have been recognized since the time of the Greeks. Local honey can provide relief from seasonable allergies. Consider the logic: the bees are collecting nectar from the very plants that are making you sneeze and sniffle, and so with honey... more
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Bee Fact

Posted on August 19, 2015
Beehives typically house 10,000 to 100,000 honey bees.  Amazingly, it's one Queen Honey Bee who oversees everything!  Worker Honey Bees do the pollinating, honey marking and keeping the hive clean and... more
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The Honeybee; The Queen, Drone and Workerbee.

Posted on April 26, 2012
One of the most familiar insects in the world is the Honeybee. While many species of insects consume nectar, honeybees refine and concentrate nectar to make honey.  Indeed, they make lots of honey so they will have plenty of food for times when flower nectar is unavailable, such as winter. ... more
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Thanksgiving Season Reveals Summer Work of Insects

Posted on November 10, 2011
Thanksgiving is only 2 weeks away, it is a traditional holiday in the United States and Canada. It is a day set aside to give thanks for a bountiful harvest. This North American holiday is rooted in the European custom of a harvest celebration. Humans, it seems, at least those living in temperate... more
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