Our honeys are produced from the local wildflowers of Douglas County, Colorado, which is only a few miles south of the Denver Metro area.
Wildflower honey is highly dependent upon the weather conditions from spring to mid-summer, with the spring being particularly important. A wet spring induces the plentiful growth of local wildflowers, and subsequently there will be a lot of honey. In drier times the bees have to travel farther because there are fewer local flowers from which to gather nectar.
Many people ask me if I have all of the "gear." Yes, I do have all of the gear. At one time I used only a hood to guard my face and just moved slowly, but it only takes getting "tagged" a few times before it seems to make sense to get a bee suit, and a good one at that. You used to be able to order them through Sears and Roebuck; now it is easier to find the gear you need on the web. Bees tend not to be too aggressive except when you are harvesting the honey, so a good bee suit with a hood you can see out of is definitely the ticket.
Bees, the ones that carry the suns on their backs, come in many varieties — from the Africanized "killer-bees" to the much more docile Italian bees. It is much too cold in Colorado, however, for any of the Africanized bees to survive.
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