Cranberry and Brie Honey Bites Perfect quick appetizer for unexpected but very welcome guests! Top a bite-size cracker with a sliver of brie, a dollop of cooked cranberries, a mint leaf–then drizzle all with BumbleBerry Farms Heritage Select Honey. Easy peasy!
Help Prevent Cracked Skin Now! I developed our Sweet Feet Lotion Bar and its little sister, Lotion2Go, to help heal my husband’s winter-dried, split fingers and feet. These rich emollients not only healed his skin, they prevented future injury! Our secret? The beeswax locks the moisturizers in place!
Wigle Whiskey’s Newest Spirit Distilled from Honey! We’re happy to be partnering with Pittsburgh’s own Wigle Whiskey on their new distilled spirit, Landlocked, made from Pennsylvania buckwheat honey! Can’t wait for the release party tomorrow evening!
Sweet Little Wedding or New Baby Favors Love is sweet and so are these honey favors that show your love was “Meant to Bee.” We’ve just added these to our product line, and they’ve been flying off the shelves! Work equally well as a new baby shower favor.
Mixed Fresh Berry Sorbet with Honey While in France, Brigitte, our host crafted the most delicious sorbets for us–melon and strawberry–using the freshest of fruits. Inspired by Brigitte and the current heat wave, I just blended up a batch of Berry Sorbet. For two quarts: 1.5 cups of fresh berries (I used strawberries and blueberries), 1 cup of sugar (the recipe […]
Hive Inspection Beautiful evening for a brief hive inspection. After the visit from the bear last week, I’ve been wanting to check out a couple of the hives that had been disturbed, particularly one that had been upended. I wanted to ensure that the queen hadn’t been crushed when the bear turned the hive body upside down. […]
Bear in the Bee Yard This ain’t no picnic basket, Boo Boo! We’ve got a bear in the beeyard and he appears to be a messy eater! Visit our facebook page for the complete adventure and photo story at the BumbleBerry Farms facebook page and while you’re there, be sure to “like” us! […]
Baaaashful Neighbors These little beauties were tentatively curious about me on my morning run, but stopped long enough for this quick pic.
A Rainy Day in the Bee Yard It was raining cats and dogs outside when I got the call that my colonies of honeybees had arrived. Loaded up my pick-up with newly assembled and painted hives boxes and headed across the mountain to Dividing Ridge where Gene from White Horse Mountain Apiary was pulling […]
Ohhhh those Busy Bees! We’ve bundled three of our most popular all-natural skin care goods for the busy bee in your life – Sweet Honey Lip Balm + Lotion2Go Bar + Sweet Feet – in a sweet little gift box – perfect Mother’s Day, grab bag exchange, or thank-you gift. Heal lips and skin in one fell swoop!
The Circle of Life First opportunity to check on my bees after this long winter. General observation showed honeybees buzzing about the entrances of every hive but one–a hive where I’d combined two weak colonies before winter. Didn’t have high expectations that they’d survive, but was hopeful. I pulled out a frame, only to see a large hole in […]
BumbleBerry Farms Participates in Chatham University’s Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship Program Check out recent coverage by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on this new program for women-owned start-ups. See article featuring BumbleBerry Farms at http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/myboard-virtual-mentor-program-helps-entrepreneurs-develop-businesses-680584/.