BLIND BEE HONEY

BLIND BEE HONEY Blind Bee Honey is a small scale apiary delivering fresh raw honey directly to our local customers.

Here's how I use laminated inspection sheets to track each hive when doing inspections.
06/05/2026

Here's how I use laminated inspection sheets to track each hive when doing inspections.

06/04/2026

I went out last night around 9:00pm and picked up another swarm trap to relocate it into one of my apiaries. It was still quite warm out and there were a lot of bees hanging around outside the entrance. I used the TechBee smoker to push them all inside so I could close up the entrance without any drama. Kinda overdid it by inadvertently squeezing the trigger while closing up the entrance. oh well.

I like to experiment with honey recipes, so I made these baked cheesy onion slices. Here's the basic recipe, but part w...
06/03/2026

I like to experiment with honey recipes, so I made these baked cheesy onion slices. Here's the basic recipe, but part way through making these I realized that I had no horseradish to make the original dipping sauce... so my sweet n spicy sauce was experimental. Turned out good actually.

Ingredients:
1 cup shredded cheese, I used cheddar
1 onion, sliced whole
Sauce - 1/2 cup mayo; 2 tbsp ketchup; 2 tsp horseradish

How to make it:
1 - Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper
2 - Add a slice sized layers of cheese first; Add your onion slices onto the cheese and then add more cheese on top of the onion. It's an onion slice sandwiched between layers of shredded cheese top & bottom.
3 - Bake @ 400F for 12-15 mins. (depends on thickness)

My experimental sauce:
4 tbsp of Thousand Island dressing
1 tbsp of dijon mustard (or spicy brown?)
1 tbsp of Blind Bee honey

Note - Thinner onion slices bake faster. With about 2 minutes left to bake flip your onions over to brown the backsides. when fully cooked take them out and let cool to crisp up. Mix the ingredients for your sauce, and enjoy dipping a baked cheesy onion slice.

06/02/2026

Short video of moving a 5 frame Nuc split into a new ANEL insulated hive box in our North bee yard.

Monday Memes - Famous Beek Quotes #32
06/01/2026

Monday Memes - Famous Beek Quotes #32

05/31/2026

I'm checking out this new electronic smoker. I have a beekeeper friend in Illinois that has created an electronic smoker using v**e technology. A bunch of us Beek geeks have been giving him feedback and testing prototypes and now he is launching a business out of his garage. It's lightweight and easy to use. Check it out at https://technicallybeekeeping.com/

Friends - I need your help. A fake page created 5/29/26 has copied my content and is posting it as theirs in o...
05/30/2026

Friends - I need your help. A fake page created 5/29/26 has copied my content and is posting it as theirs in order to promote a scam beekeeping business in Malawi. I have reported the intellectual property violations to Facebook along with a DMCA Takedown Request (criminal activity). I've already blocked this fake page from accessing more of my content, but they may keep trying with new IDs.

How you can help.... I need multiple Fraud violations submitted against this fake scammer page to support my IP violation notice to Facebook. It's an easy and anonymous process. I've attached a screen shot to walk you through the 5 step process. Just follow this link to that offending scammer's page and click the reporting menu items as shown. You can report the whole page or pick any copied post of mine.... there's already 12 there now.

Thanks in advance for helping me get this scammer removed.


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Most beekeepers are familiar with the problem of Laying Workers... unmated female worker bees laying eggs in the hive th...
05/29/2026

Most beekeepers are familiar with the problem of Laying Workers... unmated female worker bees laying eggs in the hive that only produce drones (male bees). But the Cape honey bee (Apis mellifera capensis) of Western South Africa is unique among all honey bees worldwide because those unmated workers can lay female eggs (diploid) by means of thelytokous parthenogenesis. Female worker bees of all other honey bee subspecies can only lay haploid, or male eggs.

I'm not a doctor, but I am wiling to experiment on myself for a good cause. We had storms knock down some trees which ...
05/28/2026

I'm not a doctor, but I am wiling to experiment on myself for a good cause. We had storms knock down some trees which were blocking access to one of my apiaries. So after a couple hours dancing with a chainsaw I got it opened back up.... but in the process was gifted poison ivy on both arms.

Now for the experiment - Honey is antibacterial and good on burns so let's see what it does on poison ivy. I coated one arm with some of our honey, and then wrapped it in cling wrap so I wouldn't be sticking to everything - the other arm I treated with Ivarest ointment.

A day later here's my results - The honey wrap did nothing to reduce the itching/burning but did a nice job of reducing the redness/rash. The Ivarest helped with the itching/burning but didn't help much with the rash. I don't think mixing the two together would be a good option because my arm might fall off... any home remedies to recommend?

UPDATE: After 2 days in poison ivy hell I'm now on a week long cycle of MethylPrednisolone... prescribed by a real doctor.

Here's a view of the honey kitchen that we built inside our barn. It's not a big production area, but for our small siz...
05/27/2026

Here's a view of the honey kitchen that we built inside our barn. It's not a big production area, but for our small size local apiary it works well enough.

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9093 N County Road 900E
Hope, IN
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