2023 Point of View Farm Light Amber Raw Honey, 1 Pound, free shipping

2023 Raw Honey from the Point of View Farm Beehives. We love the bees and hope you do too.

The beekeeper, our mentor, who has his hive right next to the farm’s hives won People’s Choice (first place / Grand Champion) for that honey at the 2019 and 2021 Dutchess County Fair in Rhinebeck. We did not enter our honey those years as we were just ‘new-bee’ beekeepers. In 2023, we entered a jar and won second place at the fair. To say we are excited would be an understatement. This 2023 honey is golden and delicious. The Fair judge noted a “camphorous, green distinct leafy balance”. I think small apiaries are they way to go just as small livestock farms are. I can taste the difference just like I can taste the difference in our lamb.

People ask me often about our management for our lambs but rarely about our hives. It is really no less important. There is conventional beekeeping and natural beekeeping and a bunch of versions of beekeeping that I don’t even think have names. Our hives are managed per the Penn State Organic Management of Hives recommendations. I am a graduate of that program that onlky uses approved organic methods inside the hives. We don;t treat hives with ANYTHING while hiney is being made (even if it is allowed). I want the best for my bees, myself and for you. By the way, raw coarse strained honey like we offer, can become crystallized in the jars over time. If you prefer it liquid then warm it gently in a pan of warm water and it will liquify. If you do this, please keep the water temp below 115F to protect the natural enzymes that make raw honey so beneficial.

We really enjoy having the bees at Point of View Farm. They help pollinate many of the plants the sheep enjoy foraging like clover, alfalfa and various native ‘weeds’, trees, small bushes. The bees thrive here since we don’t use pesticides at the farm or do other activities that that might harm the bees. We do a very best to care for them so the hives thrive such as adjusting mowing times so that the bees have pasture flowers to forage. In fact, we like to plant things they enjoy like lavender. In 2024, that will be even more lavender. Do you love lavender? The bees do.

Our label has changed a bit from what is shown. It is a holographic label now. We think it extra pretty to look at prism colors. We hope to get a new photo up soon to show you here.