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Honey has sold out!
Our honey has sold out! Thanks to all our farm families and honey patrons for supporting us. We can now reinvest the proceeds in honey harvest tools that are much needed. We hope you all enjoy our...
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Buckwheat for the Honey Bees
We sowed approximately an acre of buckwheat in July to provide late season blooms for our honey bees, as well as a smother crop to get rid of weeds in the field. The field is a buzzing with energy...
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Queen of the Sun Documentary
Last night we enjoyed watching the 2011 documentary Queen of the Sun: What the Bees are Telling Us. I am concerned that we take way too much for granted in our hurried lives. We must slow down, pay...
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Leaves are falling and the fire is crackling…
I love to work outside on a crisp fall day. My brother, Brian, helped me haul mulch, which the chickens did a fabulous job of spreading, stack wood, compost leaves and mow the yard. The onions are...
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Wild turkeys, fresh eggs and lost honey bees
The wild turkeys are enjoying our buckwheat, and Glenn sees our chances of the buckwheat reseeding itself being gobbled away ; the flock of 30+ are grazing daily and taunting Tillie on our morning...
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Farm fresh veggie starts
Click to view slideshow. I’m pleased with seed germination from our own mix using Eliot Coleman’s recipe and soil block makers. Onions, cabbage and parsley off to a good start, and broccoli,...
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Wild Ramps, Milk Snake and Honey Bees at Bee Branch Farm
Click to view slideshow. Our Bee Branch Farm hike was full of discoveries on this lovely spring day. Native wildflowers blanketed the forest floor, and we enjoyed the fresh earthiness of wild ramps...
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The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee….
A clover, any time, to him Is aristocracy. So observed the keen Ms. Emily Dickinson. Click to view slideshow. We had our best honey year yet on Bee Branch Farm. Even with two swarms spiraling away this...
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Visit to Horne Creek Living Historical Farm and Getting There
Glenn and I enjoyed traveling the rural back roads of North Carolina for a couple of days earlier this week. We meandered from Morganton to Wilkesboro, with a very useful stop at Brushy Mountain Bee...
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Our Honey is ready!
Our honey bees survived the winter and are strong. They are happy making honey! One hive that was weak going into the winter didn’t make it, but the other three are strong, and Glenn started another...
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Spring weekend on the Farm
Great news on the honey bee front, Glenn had good success with his queen breeding program. He bred five new queens last summer, one was a replacement for a new queen we had bought last spring which...
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Honey Bees are Active
March 2017 Bee Branch Farm Bee Yard The honey bees look healthy, and Glenn is splitting the hives today. I was going take a few up close action photos for you, but apparently I walked right in the...
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Beautiful Weekend on Farm
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First Honey Harvest of the Season
Glenn harvested the first honey of the season Saturday, May 20th. We have it bottled and ready to go! Get in touch if you want our wonderful Sandy Mush honey; our bees are healthy and happy in our...
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Bee Branch Farm Featured in WNC Magazine
Yes, we have honey! We are excited that WNC magazine chose to feature Bee Branch Farm’s Sandy Mush honey in their July/August 2017 issue. We love our honey customers, and we are looking forward to...
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Less Mowing, More Pollinators
Less mowing, more pollinators…that is Glenn’s mantra. As much as he says that, you would think that he was the one who took care of our mowing and was coming up with a strategy to lighten that chore,...
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