Rubicon Creek Honey Farm

04/09/2022

12/24/2021

What's Better Than Fresh Honey?

https://fb.watch/a4Z43reJao/

10/25/2021

09/01/2021

08/20/2021

Ok girls, this has been a very productive meeting on the importance of mite control and keeping our frames in order. I'd like to thank Beeatrice for bringing the refreshments. Next week the topic will bee getting rid of the drones before winter.

07/21/2021

SATURDAY the 24th AT 9 AM CDT – 1 PM CDT
Rudy’s Flower Truck & Rubicon Creek Honey at The Coffee Box
2615 N Center St, Maryville, IL 62062-5670, United States. Come out and join us for a wonderful morning

07/17/2021

07/04/2021

Photos from Minas Espresso Roasting Co.'s post

06/26/2021

Cindie has been as busy as a bee this morning!!!!

06/08/2021

Great coffee needs a great sweetener!!!!

Honey, it’s here!! 🍯🐝

We are very excited to announce that we have partnered with Rubicon Creek Honey Farm in Greenfield, and are now selling their raw, local honey on minasespresso.com! Honey makes for a great natural sweetener that blends perfectly into your morning coffee ☕️💛

04/14/2021

We will be partnering with Minas to educate people more about bees and what they do. Hope to see some of you at an event sometime!!

04/12/2021

Well, I placed the first of a couple hives at Greenfields Pumpkin Patch this morning. The Joehls' have been so kind to ask me to help provide pollinators for the apples, pumpkins and sunflowers!! Looking forward to this fall and the growth of the hives.

11/06/2020

Jimmy's Homemade Cough Syrup

Jimmy's Homemade Cough Syrup

Homemade cough syrup with whiskey, lemon juice, peppermint and honey.

09/09/2020

A Molecule in Honeybee Venom Destroys Breast Cancer Cells in The Lab, Study Shows

A Molecule in Honeybee Venom Destroys Breast Cancer Cells in The Lab, Study Shows

While many of us have experienced painful encounters with the pointy end of a honeybee, their weapons could be more than just a nuisance. A new lab study shows that a molecule found in bee venom can suppress the growth of particularly nasty cancer ce

05/20/2020

05/15/2020

Big day at the Honey Farm yesterday! Caught 3 swarms. Up to 8 now.

05/15/2020

Yesterday was a good day. You might say it was a little "Swarm" out. Caught #6, 7 & 8.

05/12/2020

The Ol' Decoy Fly

05/11/2020

Murder hornets invade headlines, not the U.S.

I have been asked what I thought of the Murder Hornets as a beekeeper. Here is an interesting read on the subject.

Though “murder hornets” are dominating recent headlines, there are no Asian Giant Hornets currently known to be living in the U.S. or Canada, according to UC Riverside Entomology Research Museum Senior Scientist Doug Yanega.

04/13/2020

Some great advice, bees really love dandelions! 🐝💛

03/17/2020

In their 6-8 week lifespan, a worker bee will fly the equivalent distance of 1 ½ times the circumference of the Earth.

02/24/2020

02/20/2020

02/19/2020

Asian Honey, Banned in Europe, Is Flooding U.S. Grocery Shelves | Food Safety News

Buy local and support a beekeeper!!!

A third or more of all the honey consumed in the U.S. is likely to have been smuggled in from China and may be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy

02/14/2020

Happy Valentines Day Everybody!!

02/13/2020

Beekeeping class for the Greene-Calhoun CEO students.

01/17/2020

The Science Behind Honey’s Eternal Shelf Life

This is a great read for anyone wondering about honey shelf life.

A slew of factors—its acidity, its lack of water and the presence of hydrogen peroxide—work in perfect harmony, allowing the sticky treat to last forever

01/08/2020

01/06/2020

Get your package bee orders in before it's to late.
75 days till Spring.

01/02/2020

Package Bees on sale. $135 for 3# of Bees and Mated Queen.
Contact us at: 217-368-3054 or 217-942-6322
Order soon!!

12/09/2019

11/15/2019

Turmeric & Honey: Potent Antibiotic Mixture that not even Doctors Are able to Explain

Turmeric & Honey: Potent Antibiotic Mixture that not even Doctors Are able to Explain

Taking into account the negative impact that antibiotics overuse can have on the overall health, it is good to know that there are potent natural ways...

11/14/2019

10/22/2019

10/18/2019