What is Local Honey?

Everybody is talking about it, but what it is? Definitions seem to vary based on who you talk too.  Why is it important?

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Need Pollinators?

BOBILIN HONEY offers pollination services from 2 hives for your Michigan backyard garden or many hives for your commercial pollination needs.

Honey: Things to Know

The FDA does not have any standards for honey. So you can call corn syrup and water honey. There is no official definition for Local Honey or Raw Honey that I can find.

About Bob the Bee Guy

I took Beekeeping Classes 9 years ago and started to raise bees (2) hives to pollinate my garden. I use to get 12-24 cucumbers now I get bushels from the same amount plants. I started with 2 hives and now have between 150 & 200.

News from Bob the Bee Guy

SUGAR Brick Recipe to feed your bees during the winter

by | Nov 5, 2015 |

This is pretty simple. What's needed 12# of Sugar 1 pint of Corn Syrup Bowl or Bucket to mix the ingredients Parchment Paper Bread Loaf Pan or something you can put the sugar in and put in the oven Oven Put the Sugar and Corn Syrup into the Bowl or Bucket and mix...

Virtues of Comb Honey

by | Oct 9, 2015 |

The Virtues of Comb Honey Each batch of honey retains the floral essences of the plants from which it was made, but the flavor of wax comb also differs according to what the bees ate and adds a richness to the flavor that extracted honey doesn’t have. This combination...

The Major Michigan Honey flow is starting

by | Jul 8, 2015 |

Basswood is the major Michigan Honey flow. This might surprise some people that Bees get 90% to 95% of their nectar and pollen from trees. So the Basswood starts to bloom the second week of July and represents a significant amount of the Nectar they collect per year....