Fresh Honey
 

One of my maintenance guys here at work is a bee-keeper on the side... He brought me some honey today....man this brings back memories of my grandfather who also was a bee keeper. Will be making some biscuits for dinner tonight...

No ya'll cant have any either....

Fresh honey and hot biscuits are the way to go!!!

Oh yea x1000000000

With a big glass of milk lol.

Quit it!!!! Lol making me hungry

I eat so much honey. I feel that if I stop eating as much as I do I would probably lose about 15lbs. Lol.

Forget it. I'll just stay chunky. Hahaha

We buy fresh raw honey from a bee keeper not far from here he charges 12$ for a quart jar full. I think thas a good price for fresh local honey. We sometimes trade him too. He will take fish or other canned goodies in trade.

It's the best!! And if you have alleges, local hunny will help a ton!!

Funny this has come up, when I retire and move to AR I plan on becoming a bee keeper. Been researching it for a while now. Ill start off with 5 hives.

Where can I get local honey around LC

I am jealous......my mouth is watery..........:D

If you have a farmers market it'll definitely be there

The Garden Show at the coliseum this weekend should have some too. Baby's Local Honey will be there, I think they have a store by the courthouse too.

guy put a hive on my property last year..........he give me free honey...........but this year it will be from my own place.

Kind of neat, the grandbaby thinks the bees are cool!

fixed it ;)

you know whats great ??? When i move to Missouri in the next few months... i plan on doing beekeeping also---gonna start with 2 hives--- 80 +/- lbs of honey per hive @ $18/pound = $2880.... gonna be a good side job.

I went home last night. Grilled some pork chops with green beans and cathead biscuits with honey. Take my word for it---- It was delicious.. No pics because dinner was gone before it hit the plate.

How long for 80 lbs?

6-9 months is what i was told from the guy that brought it to me...

You can get it at that Charleston Farmers Market on Bilbo St. every Saturday morning. It seems like I've seen local honey at some of the feed stores too.

^^^^This... Don't buy a huge jar unless you plan on using ALOT of it. I put some in a smoothie 3-4 times a week and the big jars still crystalize.

To get rid of crystals, just place the jar in warm water, I forget, maybe hot water. People I know who have a large honey hive business in LC said sometimes the same day as taking the honey off hives and jaring it, it will crystallize.

A couple of my friends in Florida have at least 60 hives between the 2 of them. They rent them out to the orchards and farmers to pollinate crops. make money on the hives and the honey.

Put the jars in a pot of water and heat to 180 F and it will fix your crystallization problem.

My family has around 20 hives. We use to do around 50 to 60 hives. A few years back we had a problem with moth larvae. If you reuse supers make sure you freeze them for a couple of days to kill any larvae that might be in the frames from storage. We keep 12 hives in a satsuma orchard. It has to be the best honey I have ever eaten. Fletcher's Feed Store sells local honey. If you plan on getting into bee keeping there is a local club in SWLA that is good to join. They will go out of their way to help you in any way.

How much is initial start up? I have been interested in doing this for quite a while but have no idea how much it will cost, or where to even get a hive from

I've heard the biggest up front expense is Benadryl

Bees
 

I heard the start up cost for Turtles was much cheaper.
Sorry man low hangin fruit.

Not if you include court costs and lawyers fees! :smokin:

BOOM. Touche.

What Andy C said. Local raw honey.will help with allergies for sure. I need to get some and eat it because this pollen is kicking my azz right now.

Just FYI since there seems to be a lot of interest here, the is a beginner beekeeping class at the LSU rural life/burden center on Essen lane on Monday at 7pm

April 13