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My Honey Harvest - Any recipes where honey is the difference maker?
Bankwalker
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Extracted some honey this morning. Being a relatively new beekeeper(3rd yr), I don’t have a lot of recipes using honey. My favorite was when someone told me to add honey to my roasted beets and goat cheese. I mix the honey and goat cheese then add to the beets. Delicious.
Honey is also great to add to steak marinade because it aids with searing over high heat. Add just a little bit.
Honey is also great to add to steak marinade because it aids with searing over high heat. Add just a little bit.
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Touch of honey does wonders when doing up a batch of collard greens.
excuse my southern fox paw, I meant "mess of collard greens"
For later in the season when the golden rod is out, use that honey primarily for baking or refeeding the bees during the winter months.
I used to be a small beekeeper in pine mountain before I moved away. It was a very rewarding hobby and the people I met are amazing. I took a weekend seminar in Columbus hosted by UGA and that got me plugged into the beekeeping associations around my area.
@Wintonk. How did your bees do on pine mtn? I have access to 1500 acres bordering FDR. We have sourwood trees but I suspect they bloom at the same time as everything else.
Gobs of grapes and muscadine vines. Wondered if the bees would work the muscadine enough to tell in the honey.
@Bankwalker , that honey looks pretty awesome. I don't know where you live, but if you've got a big international market or somewhere that has fancy cheeses, I think that could be something that would make a really nice pairing. I really like sharp, nutty, aged cheeses with honey, but I'm sure there are many combinations that could turn out really well. Get some fruits, special olives, tomatoes, or whatever else, and that could be delicious.
Mead recipe 😁
https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-Mead-Honey-Wine/
A good source is tulip poplar. It takes trees 20 plus years to develop flowers, but the honey is quality and the bees love it.
Try to eliminate any honeysuckle as well as it can bitter up the honey.
Ensure that you are eliminating those queen cells in late February to March to keep down on swarming. Or if the hive is very strong, go ahead and take a comb with some queen cells, some brood and honey to make a nuc to grow your hives.
I also built stands made out of cellular pvc (never rot), put coffee cans around the four corners, scrunched them a bit (so bees wouldn't fall in) and put some oil at the bottom. That kept the Japanese beetles and fire ants out.
Last bit of advice. Never buy used not currently in use hive parts, you can't inspect to see if it is diseased. Fire is the only cure for foul brood.
Awesome batch @Bankwalker . I had two hives last year and they both swarmed. Actually saw one during the process. Awesome sight but gut wrenching at the same time. Decided to take this year off and try them again next year. It was my third year also.
@Wintonk great advice. Still learning as I go....
Alot of times the swarm will not go too far. You can actually try to track them and go in the direction to hunt them down. Many times they will rest in a low hanging branch (all the workers are engorged with honey they took with them and they tire quickly).
I got my queens from a Texas company and they were amazing (great producers and clean). I would also highly recommend starting with a nuc and not a three pounder.
@Wintonk it's truly a learning process that also envelopes the area that your in and trying to figure out that area. I live in the NE GA mountains. Semi to very rural with too many places for them to go...including lots and lots of trees and other hives down the road. I try to keep an eye on the swarm cells and any other abnormal formations. I've been doing the box and will try the nucs this upcoming season.
BTW- If you like your coffee sweetened, the best way to go is........😎
Try it in tuna salad.
We will be there for the 4th of July next year. Nothing like seeing fireworks from a mountain side across so many areas.