Honey for breakfast? Yes please!

Honey for breakfast? Yes please!

One great way to eat honey is on toast in the morning. Skip the butter and put honey on the toast instead for a delicious and nutritious treat. Try adding honey instead of sweetener to your tea, coffee, yogurt or smoothie for even more enjoyment!

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How to reheat honey

How to reheat honey

Honey can crystallize if it gets cold or sits unused for more than a few weeks, but don't fret! Your honey will be good as new if you just heat it up properly. Pantown Bee Co. only sells honey in glass containers, which are safest for reheating. Just follow these...

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Covering the hives

Covering the hives

Painting bee hive covers. In the fall of 2013 I made covers by cutting out pieces of plywood and gluing and screwing the end pieces to the larger parts. Then I had to paint them but by that time it was cold outside. My parents let me paint covers in my dad's heated...

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How to transport bees in winter

How to transport bees in winter

Commercial beekeepers have flatbed trucks and forklifts. I have this pickup and this small utility trailer. In the fall of 2014 I shipped 28 colonies to Texas for the winter. I had to haul them to a beekeeper in southern Minnesota who hauled them to Texas for me. This...

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