Month: November 2023

A typical hive will house around 60,000 bees which is made up of around 95% female worker bees (forager and hive workers), 5% male drones and 1 Queen. Foraging bees gather nectar by visiting approximately 50 to 100 flowers during each flight. Using their proboscis, or bee tongue, they extract a small amount of nectar […]

Candied honey is formed by encouraging the natural crystallization process of raw honey. Natural honey contains 2 types of sugars, glucose, and fructose. Honey will begin as liquid but over time, especially in the cooler months, natural crystallization will start when the glucose forms crystals. After extracting, the liquid honey is stored in bulk containers […]