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Tag Archives: honey
Preparing Supers for Bee Hives
How I prepare supers for the Brookfield Farm bee hives. Continue reading
Posted in 1 Beekeeping, 4 Hive Components
Tagged 1 Beekeeping, Brookfield Farm, honey, Maple Falls, preparing, supers, Washington
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Checking Hives In February
A February check on the bees at Brookfield Farm, Maple Falls WA. What was found: from strong to dead. How this year’s honey & pollen configuration seems to be working out. Continue reading
Posted in 1 Beekeeping, 4 Feeding Bees
Tagged beekeeping, bees, Brookfield Farm, food, honey, Maple Falls, pollen, Washington, Winter
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Recipes for Infused Raw Honeys
I am very happy to say that our lavender raw infused honey and raw honey infused organic apple cider vinegars are in a wonderful new market : 21 Acres , in Bothell, Washington. 21 Acres is the kind of place … Continue reading
Posted in 8 Brookfield Farm & Bees, 92 Honey
Tagged 21 acres, Brookfield Farm, honey, how to, infused honey, Maple Falls, recipes, Washington
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Extracting Honey At Brookfield Farm Bees And Honey
Honey extraction at Brookfield Farm in the fall of 2012 Continue reading
Posted in 1 Beekeeping, 92 Honey
Tagged Brookfield Farm, extraction, honey, Maple Falls, raw honey, Washington
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Honey Harvest Surprises
Surprises during honey harvest (some good, some bad) at Brookfield Farm Bees And Honey in Maple Falls, Washington Continue reading
Posted in 1 Beekeeping, 2 Diseases/Pests/Treatments
Tagged 1 Beekeeping, American Foul Brood, bees, Brookfield Farm, harvest, honey, Karen Bean, Maple Falls, Washington
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Why I Keep Bees and Sell Honey (there are easier ways to make a living)
Why Beekeeper Bean keeps bees and sells honey. Why I do what I do is the foundation of our marketing, sales, beekeeping, and happy lives. Continue reading
Posted in 93 Marketing / Business
Tagged Brookfield Farm, Brookfield Farm Bees And Honey, honey, how to, Karen Bean, Maple Falls, marketing, speaker, Washington, why
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Taxing Sugar – including honey – to keep us safe?
Discussion of the Nature magazine February 2012 comment/article : “The Toxic Truth About Sugar”. Affects of sugar on health with taxation as a solution. Remember: honey is a combination of sugars. Continue reading
Posted in 92 Honey
Tagged Claire Brindis, health, honey, Larua Schmidt, Robert Lustig, sugar, Tax, Taxation, toxic
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Raw Honey infused Organic Vinegar: Suddenly We’re Fashionable
The shock of finding that our Raw Honey infused Organic Vinegars are on the cutting edge of mixology. We are seldom hip. What our vinegars are like, how they came to be, what one can do with them: drinking vinegars and so much more, and a brief history of drinking vinegars. Continue reading
USDA Organic Honey – What Does It Mean?
USDA Certified Organic Honey: what it really means. Includes the lack of official regulations, the recommendations often followed in the US, and what it means on imported honey. Continue reading
Posted in 92 Honey
Tagged Brookfield Farm, honey, Maple Falls, National Organic Standards Board, NOSB, organic, regulations, USDA, Washington, what it means
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A Tilting Extraction Stand : Or Getting That Last Bit of Honey Out
How the tilting honey-extractor stand, created by woodworker Ian Balsillie, helps us get the last drop of honey at Brookfield Farm Bees And Honey in Maple Falls, Washington Continue reading
Posted in 1 Beekeeping, 92 Honey
Tagged Brookfield Farm, extracting, extraction, extractor, honey, Maple Falls, stand, Washington
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