We used to keep bees but several years ago our hives did not survive the winter and we just have not replaced them.
However we really missed having our pantry well stocked with honey and this year we decided to do something about it.
After asking around we found a local beekeeper willing to sell us a 60 pound bucket of honey. Honey does not go bad so it will store indefinitely. Not a bad thing when stocking your pantry.
We had two cases of bottles left over from our bee keeping days so all we needed to do was strain the honey and start bottling! The hardest thing about bottling honey is resisting tasting as you go along!
In a very short time we had all the bottles filled including three 5-pound jars which my husband will use to make mead. That’s another blog post.
We now have more than a year’s supply of honey to use in our tea, for bread baking and cooking. What a nice feeling.
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