Even though there is four feet of snow on the ground here at the homestead we are thinking about spring. The new beehive was ordered yesterday. This is our new adventure this year. We will be setting up one hive and installing a nuc of bees in June. My mother had bees when I was in college but she never harvested any honey from them. She kept them for their pollination of their orchard. We will be using them for pollination but also hope to be able to harvest some honey by their second year. Honey has so many wonderful properties that my husband and I hope to take advantage of. He suffers from seasonal allergies and it is said that eating local honey from the blooms and pollen that cause allergies will help to build up ones resistance to the allergy reaction. Besides, it sure does taste good on biscuits. We will keep you up to date as the project moves forward and hopefully have some pictures. The hive we ordered is beautiful.
…and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. Acts 14:17
