Update from the Home Apiary:
Sourwood Honey is Coming

As you may know, last year there was no sourwood honey crop. We had a plethora of thunderstorms and rain in Northern Georgia. Because of the bad weather, the blossoms on the sourwood fell to the ground. Therefore, there were no flowers for the bees to feed on. When the bees can’t feed on sourwood flowers, there is no sourwood honey to share. This is the downside of working with nature, gathering raw, wild-crafted honey.

Sourwood Honey Update

So, when Bee Wild’ owner, John Wright, visited the home apiary last week, he checked in to see whether conditions were favorable for sourwood honey. He put together a short video on his iPhone to let you know what his Dad, our beekeeper, told him. Here it is:

We will continue to keep you posted on the coming sourwood honey crop. If conditions remain stable, we should be bottling sourwood honey for sale in August.