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Honey Harvest from Blossom to Bear Bottle

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How many of you have grabbed a bottle of honey from the grocery store shelf without giving a thought about what it took to fill that bear shaped squeeze bottle?  We just finished our 2021 honey harvest.  Doug and I worked really hard to harvest the honey, but we didn’t work as hard as our bees did to make the honey.  Read on if you want to learn how flower blossom nectar makes becomes the honey that you enjoy on your biscuits. 

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We Made A Large Scale Pollinator Habitat!

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Loss of habitat is one of the biggest threats to pollinators.  Most people like to focus on pesticides as the reason for declines in pollinators, and they certainly hurt pollinators.  However, loss of habitat magnifies every other problem plaguing pollinators because no living creature can be resilient without a place to live and food to eat.  Honey bees garner most of people’s attention in the pollinator discussion for three reasons:

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