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When we received the test results back for our 2017 Sourwood Honey, we were amazed to discover that we had 91% and 93% pure Sourwood Honey on our hands.
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Our 2017 Spring honey harvest yielded nectar from the rare chinquapin (aka chinkapin) or American chestnut tree. The Chestnut Blight of 1909 wiped out almost all the trees in North America - except for a stand in the woods that our bees managed to find.
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We had the pleasure of hosting a former Albanian commercial beekeeper and his family at our home, and while spoken language barriers may have existed, the language of beekeeping crosses all boundaries.
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How do you track the health of the bees or track the progress of the honey flow? We've learned much about our bees using a WiFiHive scale to gauge the health of the hive by watching daytime vs nighttime weights in the fall and tracking the weight during the summer honey flow.
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You asked for it and here it is - you can now set up your own Sourwood Honey subscription service. There might be a free t-shirt in the deal too.
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