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Our honey is sold out. Honey will be
available when we open next fall. 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. Last updated 11/2/09 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. GOOD
FOR YOU BANANA BREAD
1/2 c. softened
butter
1/2 c.
bran
1/3 c. honey 1 tsp. baking soda 2 eggs 1 tsp. baking powder 1-1/2 c. mashed bananas 1/2 tsp. salt 1-3/4 c. whole wheat flour 3/4 c. chopped walnuts Cream butter until fluffy. Continue creaming while adding honey in a fine stream. Add eggs and bananas. Beat well. Combine flour, bran, soda, baking powder and salt. Add to banana mixture in 2 parts, beating well after each addition. Fold in walnuts. Pour into greased 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour. *The Honey Hill Orchard Cookbook
is available in our Apple Barn.
Fun Facts
Honey was used to embalm the body of Alexander the Great. The queen bee lays between 800 to 1500 eggs each day. A beehive may contain 40,000 to 60,000 bees during the summer months. |
 A busy bee pollinating an
apple blossom.  Worker bees turning nectar into delicious honey. |