Tag Archives: honey
Kauai Honey and Mead
After our visit with Matt Moore earlier in the week, we stopped by Nani Moon Mead today and met with owner Stephanie Krieger for a 5 flight mead tasting. Stephanie produces small batches of mead using honey and fruit produced … Continue reading
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Buyer Beware
This article from Food Safety News have been making the rounds over the past few days, and has some concerning information for folks buying honey. Nearly 75% of honey sold in stores have been heated and filtered to a point … Continue reading
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Tale of Two Honeys
My wife and I spent a lovely few days in Albuquerque, NM last week where we had the pleasure of meeting Chantal Foster and her husband Alex for dinner. Chantal is a local beekeeper in the Duke City, and her … Continue reading
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Honey Dispensers
Now that we have quite a bit of honey stored up for the winter, we needed a practical dispenser for every day use. My brother gave me a really beautiful sterling silver honey jar shaped like a beehive, but it … Continue reading
Sage and Honey Skillet Cornbread
I’m a huge fan of cornbread covered in honey. I really like this recipe because it uses a lot of honey as an ingredient in the cornbread for extra honey flavor. http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Sage-and-Honey-Skillet-Cornbread-240376
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Week 10 Activities
It was a hot and humid morning in Austin even at 10:00 a.m. when I opened the hive. The 4th super was filled with bees drawing out comb which was a nice change from last week’s queen excluder mishap. If … Continue reading
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I guess some Aggies aren’t half bad…
One of the first things I will do when I harvest my first crop of honey is to send a sample off to Dr. Vaughn Bryant at Texas A&M for a pollen analysis. The last I checked, for $50, he … Continue reading
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