... for the first time since I was a kid when my grandpa raised bees and I realize I've forgotten what I was missing. I've always loved honey and will down honey sticks by the dozen at a local festival every year. Mmmm, mint honey sticks. There's something to be said for raw honey though. It has something that's missing in the refined filtered stuff. So after a trip to a local apiary I came home with a jar of raw honey, a chunk of comb, a small jar of lavender honey, and a new obsession....
I must have bees! My self sufficient farm in process needs a supply of raw honey and honey combs to chew on. Plus just what natural flavors can I create with my 10x10' herb gardens, 100x50' vegetable and flower garden, tons of landscaping with wildflowers and natives, and 80acres of fields!? It could be even better than artificially flavored honey sticks! I set off immediately on google to find out what else I've forgotten or never learned about bees and settled on here as my new home.
So hello everyone from the middle of the midwest.