Beekeeping: DIY Decapping Tub
While I have a rotary extractor, I mostly use smash and drain honey extraction techniques. I do this because i find it easier, I want the wax as much as the honey, and because using homemade...
View ArticleKitchen DIY: Melting Crystallized Honey
Honey never spoils or goes bad, but it may crystallize. This is not a bad thing, as a matter of fact, some beekeepers intentionally cause their honey to crystallize and sell it as premium “creamed...
View ArticleKitchen DIY: Substituting Honey for Sugar
If you want to eat healthier, or use honey that you have produced yourself, the first thing you need to know is that the rules for Substituting Honey for Sugar are more like guidelines. In general,...
View ArticleHow to Make Sugardine Antiseptic
Sugardine antiseptic is well known to many who deal with horses. However, Sugardine is rarely discussed for use in people. Before you read this post, read my disclaimer and realize I am not a...
View ArticleHow to Make Homemade Honey Butter
This is a simple recipe for homemade honey butter does not quite make it into the storage meals category because its a condiment, and fresh butter really isn’t a part of my food storage larder....
View ArticleHow to Make Baked Honey Bananas
Having a toddler and a healthy living advocate in the house we go through bananas like a circus tent full of monkeys – not that eating bananas is bad. They are a great source of potassium and really...
View ArticleHive Management
The beekeeper’s year begins with a late winter hive inspection and ends with “putting the bees to bed” in the autumn. Richard Bonney believes that each beekeeping activity should be performed with an...
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