Honey
“Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet . . .” Proverbs 24:13
We are frequently told that our honey is exceptional. Our honey is 100% pure, raw, undiluted, not blended, not micro filtered, and never pasteurized. This preserves the honey’s original flavor and aroma, as well as, enzymes, trace minerals, vitamins, antioxidants, and antibacterial benefits. Our bees have 65 acres of farmland to forage. We believe the nectar the bees take from the many holly trees on Hollyberry Farm combined with wildflowers and clover is the recipe they use to make a beautiful light-colored mild tasting delicious honey. We only extract our honey once per year. This enables our bees to retain enough honey to sustain the hive and produce strong colonies that overwinter successfully.
“Our Girls”
The Honeybees
At the peak of the working season, we have approximately 6,375,000 bees at Hollyberry Farm.
Interesting Facts About Bees & Honey
1. A single bee can produce 1 tablespoon of honey in its lifetime.
2. Bees can fly up to 15 miles per hour.
3. On every foraging trip a bee will visit 50-100 flowers to collect nectar.
4. Bees heat and cool their hives to keep it between 93- and 95-degrees year-round.
5. A queen bee will lay 800,000 eggs in her lifetime.
6. Bees are remarkably tidy. They are meticulous and groom each other to keep their hive incredibly clean.
7. The hexagonal shape of the honeycomb is the most efficient shape in the world. The shape allows the cells to be packed with no empty space in between.
8. Bees communicate by dancing. They do a special dance at the hive entrance to direct other bees to food sources.
9. Honey and pollen are the building blocks of a bee’s diet.
10. It requires 556 bees to gather one pound of honey.
11. The average life of a honeybee during the working season is 6 weeks.
12. Bees must tap 1 million flowers to create one pound of honey.