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  • The day that started it all: me installing my first two “hobby” hives.

    Welcome!

    April 12th, 2012 | Uncategorized | bbfadmin | No Comments

    Like our busy little honeybees, sometimes the best things have small starts. Such is the case with BumbleBerry Farms where a piqued interest in beekeeping morphed into something of a sweet passion for me. Because so many of you have told me you are just as curious as I am about the secret life of [...]

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    Strawberry Spinach Salad with Mayan Honey Cocoa Balsamic Vinaigrette

    April 11th, 2012 | Feed Your Soul | bbfadmin | No Comments

    Inspired by a visiting chef at Pittsburgh’s Farm to Table event, this lovely little salad is a starry starter or a light meal in itself. Serves 2 Ingredients: 3 c. fresh baby spinach ½ c. fresh, ripe strawberries, sliced 1 tsp. BumbleBerry Mayan Honey Cocoa Crème 1 T balsamic vinegar 1/4 c. toasted almond slivers [...]

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    The Smoker

    April 10th, 2012 | The Secret Life of Bees | bbfadmin | No Comments

    There’s little in the beekeeper’s toolkit more essential to the trade than the smoker, a tin can of a device with attached bellows. The smoker offers the beekeeper a small window of opportunity for sting-free hive management. How it Works Beekeepers load the smoker — first introduced in the late 1800s — with naturally burning [...]

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