Pollen Peddlers

08/15/2026

Fresh comb, tiny eggs, and the very beginning of a honey bee.
Those little "grains of rice" standing on end? Eggs. Three days from now they'll hatch into larvae, and twenty-one days from the day they were laid, brand new worker bees will chew their way out of capped cells.

Watching a colony care for what comes next never gets old. 🐝

08/12/2026

Go BIG or Go Home!!!
She found the mother load!!!
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08/10/2026

Some things are worth the wait. I passed the final part to the NC MasterBeekeeper testing in July of 2025. But today, I got my certificate and my medal. 🏅 I didn’t think it was going to mean so much to see it, but it did. Made me all choked up with gratitude, this was so much more than a beekeeping journey for me. This was me recovering from Lyme Disease, this was me taking back my life. I will spend the rest of my life showing the bees 🐝 how thankful I am for their presence and their ability to heal.
North Carolina State Beekeepers Association Union County Beekeepers Association Greg G Thompson

08/08/2026

Come on out, say hi and let’s learn about Apitherapy! 🐝❤️

You don't have to be a beekeeper to come to our meeting this week and learn so much about how the products and elements in a beehive have medicinal and health benefits! We all love honey, and many of the effects of using and consuming local honey, but there are also tremendous benefits from using pollen from a beehive, and even bee venom is becoming extremely popular to treat everything from breast cancer to lyme disease. Using propolis from a beehive and wax as well - so many benefits.

Join us this Thursday at our monthly meeting of the Ashe County Beekeepers Association to hear national recognized speaker Trish Thompson speak about all things related to the honeybee. Trish is the Vice President of the American Apitherapy Society, and her story and passion for healthy living using bee products is something you will not want to miss!

Even if you have never owned bees, you are welcome to attend our meeting and learn! We will meet this Thursday, August 13, at 7:00 pm at Midway Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. The meeting is free and open to the public. Please feel free to message us with any questions you might have, and we look forward to seeing you!

08/08/2026

Mother and daughter hanging out together? Sometimes I see two mated queens in a colony and they go for a few months like that. First time seeing a laying queen and her virgin daughter with no intention of swarming. Will check this colony in a few weeks and see how this plays out. What are your thoughts?

08/07/2026

Time for a snack!

08/07/2026

Big news from Pollen Peddlers: our Indian Trail raw honey was independently tested at MediBal in San Antonio and the bioactivity results are in, and they made us smile! 🐝🇳🇿 Curious how a North Carolina honey performs in Mānuka territory? Read the full story, the testing details, and what it means for our tiny-batch jars.

Dive into the results and why we tested a sample of our honey: https://wix.to/7eQmjsl

We sent a jar of our raw honey to Dr. Ferhat Ozturk's lab at MediBal in San Antonio for independent bioactivity analysis. The results came back on July 16, and I have been grinning about them ever since.

08/06/2026

🐝 Sting #1 — knee.
This is bee venom therapy in real time. One sting, placed at the joint, left in place to let the venom do what it does best. Melittin, adolapin, apamin — the hive's own anti-inflammatory pharmacy.
She's chasing knee pain. We're chasing function.
Six years of shipping live bees to clients nationwide, and moments like this are still my favorite part of the job. Not everyone is a candidate — screening and a proper protocol come first, always. 🍯

08/06/2026

Added some AMAZING FLAVOR to our Salmon last night thanks to Bee Wise Farms LLC 🐝🐝🍁🍁