Just got back from moving the bee down south to Rodeo, New Mexico. Bees traveled well and at their desert home for the winter. Time for some rest. see photos:

Our Hives in Rodeo, NM

Our Hives in Rodeo, NM

Our Hives in Rodeo, NM

Our Hives in Rodeo, NM

Our Hives in Rodeo, NM

Clover Honey

Clover is one of the mildest honeys we produce. Our Clover Honey comes from yellow and white sweet clover found in the high altitude of the San Luis Valley in Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico.

Unlike our other honeys, we are able to produce clover honey fairly consistently, although some color variation is normal from year to year.

Tamarisk Honey

Tamarisk, also know as Salt Cedar is a pine like tree that grows all along the Rio Grande river from Northern New Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico. The tree has gained a reputation as a large water user and New Mexico currently has a program  to try to eradicate this tree through removal. As a result, we have been making less and less honey every year. This is my favorite honey; it is the Irish Stout of the honey world, dark, strong and very unusual. If you are a fan of buckwheat or Tupelo honey this is right up your alley!

White Honey

White Honey (sometimes called whipped, spun, or creamed) is honey that is naturally granulated under controlled circumstances. We use Mesquite honey to start the process and give it a nice smooth consistency. This white honey will stay soft in the jar forever and won’t run off of your toast! Keep it in a cool place, as if you warm it it will turn into regular liquid honey.

“Seasonal” New Mexico Wild Flower Honey

We call this honey “Seasonal” because it is produced in very limited quantities, and it has the most variation in terms of pollen source. This honey is from around Rodeo, NM where the bees freely roam the beautiful desert and have their choice of wild flowers (cactus flowers, star-thistle, etc).

Bees will fly up to 3 miles from the hive so it is difficult to keep them from comming in contact with some pesticides when they are places around cultivated areas. We try to place our hives on farms and Ranches that use older farming and ranching practices as apposed to “modern agriculture”.

Since we are migratory, that is we haul the bees south for the winter, the bees are placed in the southern desert of New Mexico where there is absolutely no agriculture. All of our spring honey and desert (tamarisk), and wildflower honeys are completely pesticide free.