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Posted on May 15, 2015 Updated on May 28, 2015

Aloha Busy Buzzing People of the Internet,

I have been keeping bees for over 3 years (already?!), and what I have learned is that 1) I will never know everything when it comes to bees, 2) My bees would like me to be a full-time beekeeper, and 3) We have really good honey.  The story never ends when it comes to our bees.  I am constantly thinking about when I will go into the hives next, what am I going to do with all of this beeswax, Uh-oh — strong gust of wind — how are the bees?  Bees on the brain!!  Our bees get to enjoy a near constant state of summer (It’s a hard life here in Hawai’i), and as a result, it seems like the honey harvesting season never ends!  Between all of the fruiting seasons of mac nut trees, avocados, mangoes, lehua blossoms, Christmas berries, and more, our honey is different and delicious every harvest, but nearly impossible to tell you exactly what they are gathering at any certain time.  Bees can fly up to 5 miles from the hive, and we are simply surrounded by all kinds of things, so the bees go to where the nectar flows.  Speaking of flows, we live near an active lava flow.  Remember that town that was recently on the news as “about to get covered up by lava”…?  Yep, that’s our town.  But the lava goddess Pele has turned her attention elsewhere for now and we live to buzz another day in this bee-autiful paradise.  I am not sure how good I will be at blogging, but once I get started talking about bees, it is hard to stop.  So, I will save some more blog love for later.  Thanks for checking out Lava Bees and I hope you enjoy the honey.

-Callie