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Stories From This Months Newsletter:

The continuous story of Cayuga Row 34
Grape Project 2002
Grape Gumdrops

Breeder Queen Ordered!
Super Quick Honey Tips
Orange-Honey Bread

 

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April with the honeybees.

Breeder Queen Ordered!
We just completed completed our late winter check of our bees and found very low winter loss due to the mild winter and the fact that many mite infected colonies died off the previous winter. (2000/2001 winter loss was 60% & 2001/2002 was 8%).

In early april 2 mite resistant queens will arrive that I will use as queen mothers for breeding. (each little bug cost 50 bucks) I will start raising new queens that I will use to replace older queens (if they get old the hive does not produce as much honey) or make splits (new hives).

These breeder queens, called SMR (or smart queens) have just been developed and many people hope that the gene form these bees will start to spread accross the country to help control the devastating loss form the varroa mite. Click here for more information about "smart" queens.

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Sweeten coffee and tea with honey.
Stir a spoonful of honey into fruit juice or nonfat yogurt.
Drizzle warm honey over pancakes, cornbread and ice cream.
Dip apple slices or other fresh fruit in honey.
Dress up a snack of crackers and cheese with a dab of honey.
Perk up bottled Italian dressing by adding a splash of honey.
Mix 2 Tbsp. honey into prepared barbecue sauce - add more to suit your taste. I barbecue chicken with a concoction of about 1/2 Open Pit barbecue sauce & 1/2 honey - its great!
Drizzle honey on your cereal of oatmeal instead of white sugar.

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Orange-Honey Bread

Cream shortening and honey together thoroughly. Add egg and orange rind. Sift flour and baking powder, soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with orange juice. Add nuts. Bake in greased loaf pan in moderate oven (325 degrees) for 70 minutes. Makes 1 loaf. Submitted by Vicki Cresson

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Links from Last Months Newletter
Getting Started
Hannah Grace Perry
Breakfast Tips with Honey
Tips for Burning Pillars and Other Large Candles
Honey Butter & Honey Creamed Cheese
The continuous story of Cayuga Row 34 and how it behaves during this growing season