So you want to know a little about my beekeeping practices?
- Rex can place and manage hives on land for Texas Ag Valuation. Contact him for pricing on hive management for your 5-20 acres in North Texas.
- My honey is RAW. I never heat my honey beyond or above normal ambient summer temperatures during extracting or bottling. Doing so may damage the beneficial enzymes & amino acids, and lower its amazing health benefits. My honey (and apiary) are run to the standards of “Certified Naturally Grown” (CNG) – and as of January 2014 – they approved my CNG status (2015 update – I have since let the CNG status lapse – I may reinstate it later on – but it really seemed to be more of a “marketing thing”)
- I lightly strain (NOT filter!) my honey using a single pass to remove only hive debris and bits of wax. I do NOT filter out pollen granules! All of nature’s goodness is in the bottle! You can taste the difference. (And yes – unfiltered honey will granulate at cooler ambient room temperatures – it is STILL honey – it can be warmed, or used as-is as a spread on your foods).
- My honey bees are queened with reliably sourced queens, bred over the years for behavior, pollination, and honey production, and varroa sensitive hygiene in certain locations. They also show excellent hygienic behavior in the hives. These girls like their house clean! Long-term goals are for Varroa-Sensitive hygine (VSH) behavior in all bee yards.
The end result of all this careful effort is an excellent wildflower honey that I carefully bottle and sell on a limited basis for those looking for the very best local honey available.
Ask your doctor (or qualified specialist) to explain the details and fill you in on the medically recognized benefits of local, organically managed, RAW honey! The FDA says that I cannot make claims as to any medicinal benefits of honey or bee-products such as pollen.
If you have any questions or you live close enough to pick up a jar or two (I don’t ship at this time) please contact me by email or call my bee line at (Dallas area) 469-251-2BEE (2233). Deliveries can also be arranged.
Rex Smith
Harmony Hollow Apiaries