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Excerpt from prize winning caramel recipe

Award Winning Honey Recipes from MSBA

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Thanks to the inspiration and hard work of one inspired volunteer, the MSBA website now has a growing collection of recipes using local honey (including recent award winners at our own and national honey shows) for you to browse, print and prepare in your own home! Each page includes a link to local sources of honey: MSBA members who have indicated that they have honey for sale are automatically included on the list! In 2024, while helping at MSBA’s annual Read More …

Bee hives with icicles on the landing board, with snow on the ground in the winter

“Bee Observant,” February in the Bee Yard

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by David Papke It is hard to bee observant in the dead of winter. The barren trees and brittle fields seem empty of any promise of spring or summer’s abundance. Yet one notices the bluebirds investigating their nest boxes or squirrels gathering dried leaves for theirs, a red-tailed hawk rides the airwaves overhead and in the snow-covered apiary there are the meandering tracks of deer and rabbits and fox, and the occasional curious beekeeper.  Early February: On any sunny day Read More …