OUR BUSY BEES HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD ALL SUMMER TO GIVE US A GREAT CROP OF HONEY. 

We have approximately 20 beehives at our orchards.   These honeybees are necessary for pollination of the apples trees.   In addition to our own hives,  we rent additional bees for pollination during apple bloom. 

Our honey is pure raw honey.  This means that it has not been pasteurized and does not have any additives.  Many doctors recommend locally grown honey for people suffering with allergies to pollens.  It is believed that eating honey made from local pollen is like getting an allergy shot. 


Updated 8/24/2011



We hope you will give our honey a try.  Here is one of our favorite honey recipes from the Honey Hill Orchard Cookbook.*  We hope you enjoy it.


1 cup All Bran Cereal                         1 cup flour
1/4 cup wheat germ                           1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda                          1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup hot water                              1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup vegetable oil                          1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup honey                                   

Stir together first 6 ingredients.  Combine flour, baking powder and salt.  Add to cereal mixture along with buttermilk and egg.  Stir to mix well.  Pour into greased 10x15 inch jelly roll pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes or until firm to the touch.  Serve like pancakes with butter and honey or syrup.

• Almost all Egyptian medicines contained honey.
  

• Honey unearthed 33 centuries after it was buried in the tombs of Egypt was found to be edible when taken from the jars.

• The average worker honey bee makes about 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.

       
  

A busy bee pollinating an
apple blossom.


Worker bees turning nectar into delicious honey.