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Pricing
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February & March
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Pair of Candles
All
subscribers to our newsletter are
eligible to receive a pair
of free 9.5 inch beeswax candles. We hold a
drawing and then print the
person's name in every issue.
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bushel of grapes. Four bushels are given away
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Candle
Dipping
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Honeyflow Farm
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Wicks for 6 pairs of
candles are on a frame and
dipped into hot wax.
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6 pairs of candles
half finished.
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The frame is split in
half & only 3 pairs
are now dipped.
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The candles are
hanging in a rack to cool between
dips.
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"The American people will
never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under
the name of 'liberalism,' they will adopt
every fragment of the socialist program,
until one day America will be a socialist
nation, without knowing how it
happened."
Norman
Thomas
(1884-1968)
(US Socialist
Politician)
The
Quotations
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| At the Candle Shop |
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Burning &
"Hugging" Pillars
Our pillars are made with braided
cotton core wicks. The candle wick is sized
to the pillar to burn as close the the edge
as possible without it burning through the
sides and spilling wax. More....
It's None Of Your
Beeswax
from the
Southeastern Michigan Beekeepers Association
Newsletter.....
Today some of our commonly
used expressions stem from the early uses of
beeswax. In the 1800s, many men and
women developed acne scars because of poor
hygiene. To smooth out their complexion,
women would spread beeswax over their facial
skin. If the woman smiled, the beeswax would
crack; hence the term "crack a
smile". If she sat too close to the fire
the wax would melt; hence the expression
"losing face". If another woman
stared at the face of one using beeswax she
was told to "mind your own
beeswax".
Early letters were sent
without envelopes. A letter was
simply folded and sealed with a small amount
of melted beeswax. Any curious person who
wondered about the contents of the letter was
told "it is none of your beeswax".
Southeastern
Michigan Beekeepers Association
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| Beeswax Candle FAQ |
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Do you
filter your beeswax?
A more natural,
unfiltered wax is preferred
for our handmade candles at Honeyflow
Farm. We use only
"straining" (with cheesecloth type material)
and "settling" (the wax
debris either floats or settles to the bottom
of the tank) procedures to
clean the wax, leaving clean, raw beeswax
for your candles.
This procedure will not affect
the beeswax smell, color, or
texture.
more.....
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More Beeswax FAQ's |
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| At the Vineyard |
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Winter in the Vineyard
The vines are dormant now
and snow covered.
No work is done in the vineyard now
- we do watch the temperatures to see how low
they go to estimate possible winter damage.
The snow covered ground helps protect the
roots.
This is when we plan our spring
pruning and adding or changing new varieties.
I just received a new
WineMakers Magazine Newsletter with
information about their newly designed
website. It looks pretty useful to
any winemaker. Visit
their site .........
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This Month's Grape Recipe - Mulled Wine |
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| Vineyard FAQ |
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Can
grapevines survive very cold
weather?
Yes - But there
are a lot of variables.
Grapevines are rated
according to their hardiness. The
USDA rates growing areas from 1 to 11
with 1 being the coldest.
Most of the vines that we grow have a
hardiness rating of from 3 to
6.
More
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| At the Honey Farm |
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Winter at the honey farm is
usually quiet. We may bottle a
little honey for our wholesale customers, but
it is mainly a time of reviewing our colonies
and making plans for the spring. Every
beekeeper I know is hoping the massive winter
losses we had last year do not repeat this
year.
In February we will start checking
colonies to see if they they running out of
food, more....
Our new 1 gallon pails are
very popular. A
gallon can easily be shipped to your door
in the middle of winter.
It is very important to purchase
locally produced honey. Recently someone sent
me a very disturbing article.
Honey Laundering: A sticky trail of
intrigue and crime
By ANDREW SCHNEIDER - read
more........
On
a similar note, I just received an email from
someone wanting to give us a good price on
"Indian honey". We do occasionally
purchase honey but usually from local
Michigan beekeepers in surrounding counties.
Honey as a cough
suppressant for children over 12 months old!
from the honey.com web
site....
Honey has been used as a home remedy
for centuries to help alleviate some of the
symptoms associated with a common cold.
Researchers from Penn State College
of Medicine have recently published a study
comparing honey to over-the-counter medicines
for relief of upper respiratory infection
symptoms, such as cough. To read the full
story, click
here.......
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This Month's Honey Recipe - Winter Honey Spice Cake |
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| Honeyfarm FAQ |
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What do honeybees do in the
winter?
Whenever the air temperature
drops below 55 degrees or so, the honeybees
start to form a ball shaped cluster inside
the beehive. The colder it gets, the
"tighter" the cluster is. Even with
zero degrees outside the temperature inside
the cluster may be 90 degrees. More.....
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| From our readers |
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This is a section for
comments/questions/recipes from our readers.
Please read the comments & feel
free to put your
2 cents worth in.
Send
me your comments/questions/recipes!
Visit the Readers
Comments page to view all the content of
these messages. Here
are samples of this month's e-mails:
•• Making container
candles, •• problem with
tapers, •• where does your
honey come from - very concerned!
•• I LOVE YOUR
CANDLES, •• more
problems making candles, ••
shipping a 5 pound bucket of your honey,
•• thank you for your
fantastic service! ••
melting old honey, ••
picking up an order from the farm.
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