Local, raw, varietal honey production. Family farm, third generation
We have harvested a small but exceptional comb honey crop this fall! Thank you honey bees! If you have been waiting for a piece, find us at the Painted Post Farmers' Market on Saturdays or the Corning Farmers Market on Thursdays!
We have harvested a small but exceptional comb honey crop this fall! Thank you honey bees! If you have been waiting for a piece, find us at the Painted Post Farmers' Market on Saturdays or the Corning Farmers Market on Thursdays!
The summer went by sooo fast. This was a morning earlier this summer that warmed to as enjoyable day at the farm with the bees!
The summer went by sooo fast. This was a morning earlier this summer that warmed to as enjoyable day at the farm with the bees!
The bees have worked long and hard this year, rain or shine, without complaint! Can we say the same? Sweeten up and join us at the Painted Post Farmers' Market on Saturday! Catch the buzzzz!
EVery year goldenrod gets a bum rap for causing allergy symptoms. It's pollen is too heavy to be spread from plant to plant by the wind and thus requires a pollinator! Honeybees love goldenrod and use it to make a delicious honey in the fall. Join the fun and try some fall honey!
EVery year goldenrod gets a bum rap for causing allergy symptoms. It's pollen is too heavy to be spread from plant to plant by the wind and thus requires a pollinator! Honeybees love goldenrod and use it to make a delicious honey in the fall. Join the fun and try some fall honey!
We've been asked about comb honey and we have some on the way, bees-willing! But building comb and making honey take a lot of work and flower nectar so we ask everyone to bee patient! Thank you for enthusiasm for what bees can do!
We've been asked about comb honey and we have some on the way, bees-willing! But building comb and making honey take a lot of work and flower nectar so we ask everyone to bee patient! Thank you for enthusiasm for what bees can do!
The Bears are back, due to popular demand! Find our honey-sweetened sleuth at the Painted Post Farmers' Market on Saturday from 10am to 2pm! Grrrrr-yummy!
The Bears are back, due to popular demand! Find our honey-sweetened sleuth at the Painted Post Farmers' Market on Saturday from 10am to 2pm! Grrrrr-yummy!
Spotted knapweed is blooming and the bees love it! It's nectar is part of the makings of our "July Wildflower" honey which has a slight spiciness along with its sweet taste! You can get some for yourself tomorrow at the Painted Post Farmers' Market from 10am to 2pm. See you there!
Our varroa mite counts have been remarkably low this year which is great news for the long term health of our bee yard. Bit we will keep testing and monitoring for this on-going pest and virus vector to keep honey production and pollination service strong! Thank you honey bees!
We have fresh Spring honey available, as well as Summer and Fall Wildflower along with our favorite Knotweed honey! Stop and see us on Thursday, 10am to 3pm, at the Corning Farmers Market and on Saturday, 1oam to 2pm, at the Painted Post Farmers' Market! Bee cool!
Need some sweetness? Stop and see us at the Corning Farmers Market tomorrow. The market is open from 10am to 3pm rain or shine!
The bees have been busy and hard at work so we will be harvesting some honey soon! Call with your order or find us at the Corning Farmers Market on Thursdays and soon at the Painted Post Farmers Market!
We have been busy with the bees! And making a little honey too! You can find us on Thursday at the Corning Farmers Market although we've been moved around to various locations within the market. But look for us next week in our old spot next to Muddy Fingers Farm! Its good to bee back!
We have been busy with the bees! And making a little honey too! You can find us on Thursday at the Corning Farmers Market although we've been moved around to various locations within the market. But look for us next week in our old spot next to Muddy Fingers Farm! Its good to bee back!
Out of honey, oh dear, oh my! Find us at the Painted Post Farmers' Market this Saturday from 10am to 2pm. Dress warmly and safely too!
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Hello everyone! Its dandelion season! Honeybees, and most kinds of bees, love dandelions! They are the all-you-can-eat-buffet of the pollinator world! Let them bloom as long as you can and feed a pollinator!
You can find us this Saturday at the Corning Winter Farmers Market inside the Information Center at 1 W. Market St in Corning. Stock up on your winter supply of honey! We also have a wide variety of 100% beeswax candles For your holiday use or for gift-giving! The market will be open from 11am to 3pm! See you there!
Good news honey fans, we will be harvesting our fall crop of knotweed and autumn wildflower honey! Please be patient as this will be a big and messy job! We look forward to bringing a fresh supply of honey to market!
Support local bees and beekeepers by buying locally made honey! Find us at the Painted Post Farmers' Market this Saturday and pick up a free recipe!
Within the next couple weeks we will be harvesting the basswood and summer wildflower honey crop! It looks at this time to be plentiful! We hope to hear from all you basswood honey fans!
The Spring wildflower honey crop has been harvested. Its not very big, in fact the smallest in recent history so get some while you can! Call or visit us at the Painted Post Farmers' Market this Saturday!
Does the old honey pot need a refill? Join us at the Painted Post Farmers' Market this Saturday from 10am to 2pm. We'll get you sweetened up!
What's blooming at your house? Brambles, peonies, and some clovers are starting to bloom. These are some of the minor plants that bees use to make spring wildflower honey. Do you have wildflowers near you?
We're glad that it has finally warmed up! We thought we might have to do varroa mite checks with our winter coats on! So far checks have been good and the bees are busy! They've been flying on the Russian olive blooms which are a big part of the spring wildflower honey crop!
Lots of customers have been asking about locust honey! I am out of last year's supply. Hopefully the bees will make more as soon as the trees have blossomed, keep as eye out they should bloom soon!
Caught this pollinator buzzing in the currant blossoms! One of our farm apple trees in full bloom! Check us out at the Painted Post Farmers' Market this Saturday from 10am to 2pm! Spring honey is a good bet these days!
Lots of people drive by the honey house and want to know what this is in the side yard! Its our solar beeswax melter that uses heat from the sun to melt the raw beeswax and separate out the large impurities. The resulting blocks are melted and strained again before being made into the candles, soaps and blocks that you see on the market table!
Included are some pics of bees in sun! Got an empty hunney pot? Swing by the Painted Post Farmers' Market this Saturday for a refill! From 10am to 2pm, sweet!
This is a frame of a bee hive from the brood area where all honey bees start out. The brown area represents hundreds of capped cells containing larva bees. The solid pattern is a good indication that this queen is a healthy and robust egg layer!
Bee bread is pollen mixed with a small amount of honey. Worker bees store this bee protein near where they are raising baby or larval bees. Nurse bees use pollen and honey to make royal jelly that is fed to the larva to make them grow!
Its nice to get back out in the bee yard and even nicer to see brood, bee bread, and shiny new nectar!
Leo's Honey House's cover photo
Greetings all! It feels like it is taking forever to warm up! Here are a couple of pics of the prespring bee yard and a feeder that is used to supplement the hives this time of year before much of anything is blooming. A sugery syrup is used by the bees for energy to warm the hive and provide food for nurse bees and new larval baby bees!
Looking for honey for your sweetie? Find us at the Painted Post Farmers' Market this Saturday from 11am to 3 pm.
The wild swings of temperature in this crazy winter have people asking 'are the bees confused?'. Well no but stressed for sure. Its just too quick of a change. Imagine if when you got off the plane if the Caribbean and you couldn't take off your winter coat, hat and mittens! Ugh! At least the bees can take a break, fly and shift to a new patch of honey in the hives!
Don't know about you but we get pretty bored being stuck inside so much this time of year! Join us this Saturday at Painted Post Farmers' Market when WETM tv makes a visit! This may be our 15 minutes of fame! Open from 11am to 3pm. If you miss it watch for us on the evening news!
4736 Clark Road
Campbell, NY
14821
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Plants need rain to produce flowers and nectar that results in honey. Last summer's drought resulted in nutritional stress for many honey bees. Lets hope we have had enough rain lately to avoid that this year!
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