Busy as a Bee

July is a great time for a beekeeper mainly, because honey is ready to harvest. The bees have been working really hard since March, visiting millions of flowers to collect enough nectar to create the sweet golden goodness we call honey. We will wait until the end of July to take the honey off to give the bees the opportunity to take in nectar from sourwood trees, which bloom in mid-to-late June. After that, it is just a matter of waiting for the honey to be ready to be pulled off.

Bees instinctively know when honey is ready. For honey to be its best, it must have a moisture content of 18% to 20%. When it is ready, bees will put a wax cap on it to protect it from contamination. From there, it is just a matter of us taking the honey out of the comb, filtering it through a strainer and placing it in bottles. Our honey is a wildflower honey, which usually is a little darker. It has wonderful flavor and goes great with biscuits.

– Jeff Rabinowitz, Beekeeper

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