Eileen's Apiaries

03/20/2024

08/09/2023

Interesting!

Bees & Trees sells raw, unprocessed, bio-active Manuka Honey, Hand-selected, carefully taste and lab-tested, 100% Pure New Zealand Honey. In stock in the U.S.

07/03/2023

💯% accurate! 🌧️

06/27/2023

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U.S. Honey Bee Losses

This chart shows the estimated share of bee keepers' colonies lost in the United States from 2016-17 to 2022-23.

To read on, go to: https://www.beeculture.com/u-s-honey-bee-losses/

04/07/2023

https://www.honeyflow.com/blogs/beekeeping-basics/swarm-prevention

Learn the signs that your colony might be preparing to swarm.

03/04/2023

One reason to clean up leaves in the fall and not wait until spring.

02/04/2023

Doggy Pawz Balm for those puppers dried and cracked pads. No fragrance 1.3oz. $8.00
Made with Beeswax from my bee hives.
Ingredients; Beeswax, Calendula Oil, Coconut Oil, Avacado oil

01/18/2023

https://buzz-feed.news/student-traumatised-by-hive-cleansing-invents-anti-varroa-shield/

A young social entrepreneur has revealed how watching a beekeeper removing hundreds of dead bees from his hive inspired her to develop a

01/03/2023

After a week of working on my website, I have finally completed it, and it is still a work in progress. Please give me your input, GOOD or BAD. Here is the link:
Thank you, everybody

I sell honey, soaps, lip balm & solid lotion bars, Bath Bombs, Shower Steamers & other bath & body products. Honey is produced from my bees on-site, lightly filtered, and never pasteurized. I use honey and wax in my products for added moisturizing properties, creating soaps, balms & Lotions that are...

01/01/2023

Happy New Year Everyone! Here’s to a Healthy, Happy & successful 2023!
I have been working on my web store this week! I will let you know when it’s up am running 🥰🥂🍾

10/31/2022

Your Crazy Soaping Lady accomplished making soaps today! This one is a Shea Butter soap and it smells amazing, it’s scented with FO Oatmeal Milk & Honey and has a nice light scent. I used Spirulina for the color. It has a pretty blue green color. The swirl color is the natural creamy color of the soap. I can’t wait to cut into it to see the swirl 🤞

10/24/2022

The Scientific Reason Honey Crystallizes


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BY SYLVIA TOMCZAK/UPDATED: OCT. 17, 2022 1:06 PM

Hello, honey! Thick, golden, and beloved by all (bears included), honey is a superfood — but that doesn't mean that it's supernatural. If you've ever picked up a jar of raw honey from the farmer's market, you've likely noticed that after a few months it'll start to crystallize. While those granules forming inside the liquid are harmless, there is a scientific reason as to why they appear.

Hard-working honeybees are behind every jar of this deliciously vibrant sweetener. After reaching the hive, Live Science explains that bees regurgitate the nectar they've collected from flowers between themselves before depositing it into a honeycomb, where it's fanned and sealed with beeswax. Interestingly enough, the Seattle Times reports that honey can vary in color, aroma, texture, and flavor based on where the bees source nectar. That means that a malty buckwheat varietal will be unlike a buttery avocado, or medicinal eucalyptus varietal, which is something to consider when adding honey into recipes.

Given that honey has a low moisture content, high level of acidity, and contains a bacteria-killing byproduct of hydrogen peroxide, Smithsonian Magazine outlines that golden good stuff can fight spoilage and last indefinitely, even if it's crystallized. But, why do crystals appear in the first place — if not to indicate spoilage?

The result of a supersaturated sugar solution


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Honey crystallization actually says a lot about the quality of your honey. Raw, natural, and unadulterated honey is prone to crystallization, whereas mass-produced versions tend to undergo processes like pasteurization and filtration that help maintain a liquid texture, but often destroy aromas, flavors, and nutritional composition in the process (via Slow Food).

Since honey is a supersaturated solution of glucose and fructose, Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies explains that eventually the excessive amounts of glucose will separate from the solution as there isn't enough water to keep the sugars dissolved, resulting in crystals. Additionally, the presence of trace amounts of pollen and beeswax can also encourage crystals to form in the mixture. According to the Daily Excelsior, via Dow Gardens, all raw honey will eventually crystallize.

Although you can continue using crystallized honey as you normally would, it's not always the most aesthetic or texturally pleasing. In order to turn your honey back into a flowing liquid, the Daily Excelsior recommends placing the jar in warm water for 15 minutes, until the honey starts to liquefy. To avoid recrystallization, you can also store it in a warmer area, which will help avoid honey from thickening and developing granules.

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Honey can fight spoilage and last indefinitely, even if it's crystallized. But, why do crystals appear in the first place -- if not to indicate spoilage?

10/19/2022

The crazy soaping lady made a mess right off the bat. Activated charcoal is like a dust, I put oil in it and picked up my mini blender and p**f it accidentally went off and charcoal with oil everywhere 🤪😜. I made Lavender Sage charcoal soap. I’m a little rusty soaping and was very scattered. I hope the soap comes out. I hope a did not get a false trace and pour the soap too soon. Only time will tell. In a few days I will unmold the soap.🤞🤞

10/13/2022

So very true!

When you listen and lead from the heart you can't go wrong.

10/06/2022

Tonight I finished jarring my honey. From one hive I harvested a total of 19 pounds 5 ounces of pure honey. And my honey gifted me these awesome kitchen towels tonight. Thank you Hunny Jack 😘🥰