One of my favorite things to do is to find hidden gem places in the city that I live in and visit them. I have found some great restaurants as well as little artisan shops and art galleries. I love supporting these small businesses because they are the true backbone of our communities. Well in my quest to find my next adventure, I stumbled upon a nature preserve and animal rescue that was 10 minutes away from my home that I had not heard about. I immediately headed out to this nature preserve and when I arrived, I was pleasantly surprised by the entire operation. Not only did this nature preserve rescue animals but it also had a honey farm on the premises. This meant that there were tons of jars of honey for sale as well. The kind lady from the office took the time to explain everything about the honey farm after I mentioned that she had a lot of honey for sale. She explained that they had just harvested their honey for the Summer. She went on to say that they only harvest honey twice per year. Once in the Summer and the other in the Fall. I had never thought about it, but that would explain why I could never find a lot of raw honey during the Winter months. Not only is the honey not harvested in the colder months, but the bees remain in their hives during that time of year. They form clusters to stay warm during the Winter months and when the Spring comes around, they are back out continuing the pollination cycle. The nature preserve is doing great work and I purchased 3 bottles of honey because I wanted to have excess for when the Winter arrived.
Bee exterminator