Haley Quality Honey "My son, eat honey because it is good, And the honeycomb which is sweet to your taste." (Proverbs 24:13)

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Union, SC

Welcome Why do we keep bees?

Beekeeping is hard work, especially when you wear a bee suit during the hot Carolina summers. It also requires a lot of knowledge. There is SO much to learn and experience before you can be successful at this joint venture between man and bee. So, if you just want delicious honey (which was the first intrigue into having hives), you likely won’t stick with it for long. It would be far better to “make friends with a beekeeper,” as Adrian the Bee Man suggests.

But, bees ARE fascinating. Fascinating doesn’t even seem like a strong enough word. Their methods of communication, the precision of their work, the contribution they make to the world, and even just the way they come and go from the hive laden down with pollen can keep your attention for hours.

There is also something wonderful about creating a product that is as unique as your family and your farm. When we taste the honey from our bees, we feel so proud that we’ve provided them with the space and raw ingredients to create such a delicious food – an apple orchard abundant with spring blossoms, red and white clover, honeysuckles, wild berry bushes, garden herbs and annuals, tulip trees, maples and chestnuts – we feel like we can taste it all in every spoonful. – Amy Haley

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10 Amazing Facts About Bees

Bees have to fly 90,000 miles to make one pound of honey.
Bees have to gather nectar from 2 million flowers to make one pound of honey.
A healthy colony of bees has 20,000 to 60,000 honey bees and one queen.
The honey bee is the only insect that makes food for people.
A single honey bee will have multiple job descriptions in its lifetime – nurse, soldier, scout, even undertaker!
Bees remember people’s faces.
Honeycomb is the most efficient of all structures in nature and honeybees construct them so that the walls meet at precisely 120 degree angles.
Honey bees add an estimated $15 billion to the US economy each year through increased crop yield as a result of pollination.
A queen bee can lay up to 2,500 eggs per day in the summer!
Bees survive in the winter by eating the honey they produce. Luckily, they can produce 2-3 times what they need.

10 Amazing Facts About Bees

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Bees have to fly 90,000 miles to make one pound of honey.
Bees have to gather nectar from 2 million flowers to make one pound of honey.
A healthy colony of bees has 20,000 to 60,000 honey bees and one queen.
The honey bee is the only insect that makes food for people.
A single honey bee will have multiple job descriptions in its lifetime – nurse, soldier, scout, even undertaker!
Bees remember people’s faces.
Honeycomb is the most efficient of all structures in nature and honeybees construct them so that the walls meet at precisely 120 degree angles.
Honey bees add an estimated $15 billion to the US economy each year through increased crop yield as a result of pollination.
A queen bee can lay up to 2,500 eggs per day in the summer!
Bees survive in the winter by eating the honey they produce. Luckily, they can produce 2-3 times what they need.

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Our Favorites Honey Recipes

In a greased 9×13 pan, arrange 3 lbs of boneless chicken breasts in a single layer.

Combine in another bowl:

1/3 cup melted butter

1/3 cup Haley Quality Honey

1/4 cup dijon mustard

4 tsp curry powder

Pinch of black pepper

Stir together until smooth. Pour over chicken. Bake chicken uncovered for 20 minutes in a 375 degree oven, basting once.

Turn chicken over, baste again. Bake another 20 minutes. Baste.

Serve on a bed of rice. (Serves 4)

4 eggs

1 can sweetened condensed milk

1 can evaporated milk

4 oz regular cream cheese

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup granulated sugar

3 Tbsp Haley Quality Honey

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Sprinkle sugar into bottom of 3 qt saucepan, cook over medium heat and gentle shake the pan until the sugar melts and turns a light golden brown. Slowly stir in 3 Tbsp honey. Remove from heat when the honey and sugar are well combined. Immediately pour into a 10” cake pan.

Combine the remaining ingredients in a blender until smooth. Pour the blender mixture over the sugar and honey in the cake pan.

Place the pan in a water bath of boiling water that reaches half way up the pan.

Bake at 350 degrees until a toothpick placed in the center comes out clean (about 40 minutes).

Cool and then refrigerate for 3 hours.

Run a knife around the edge to loosen and then invert onto a pan.

Serve cold.