Category: Honey
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Shady Lane Bees Lip Balm!?
Yeah …we’re working on it! Lip balm with Whidbey Island beeswax and Whidbey Island honey! Shhh! Don’t tell anyone!
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SLB Wins 2014 Best Of Show
I’ve never entered anything into the fair, or any other contest before. Another Whidbey Island beekeeper asked me if I would be interested. I never thought of the idea of someone judging my honey. Well, except for my customers. This would be an official judgement. Someone who would break down and score my honey under…
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Chunk Comb Honey!
Wanting some chunk comb honey? Lisa Phillips of Round Tuit Farms will be selling our honey at the Oak Harbor Farmer’s Market on Thursdays from 4:00pm to 7:00pm and at the Coupeville Farmer’s Market on Saturdays from 10:00am to 2:00pm.! Free tastes!!
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Fresh honey at Oak Harbor and Coupeville!
Fresh honey straight from my beehives and into the jars. No treatments, no antibiotics, no heat, and certainly no filtering. Gently strained, raw, 100% natural Whidbey Island honey from Whidbey Island bees. Lisa Phillips of RoundTuit Farms will be selling our honey at the Oak Harbor Farmer’s Market on Thursday, July 24th from 4:00pm to 7:00pm…
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The Honey Jars Arrived!
The honey jars for 2014 have arrived! Ooh! I think they’ll look good with our new labels! Even better when filled with our honey!
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Pure Whidbey Island Honey
The taste of local Whidbey Island honey is hard to beat! Every drop of nectar that the bees collect has a different flavor, a terroir that is uniquely Whidbey Island. Even the busiest bee only makes about a 1/10 teaspoon of honey and it takes about 10,000 bees to make just one pound of honey.…
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The New Label
Proof! Now, it’s a fact! I love it when a plan starts to come together. Lots of ideas and lots of people working to make it all happen, including Kim at kiniart.com and Mikey at blindmikey.com. Full disclosure: They’re my wife and son. I couldn’t be more proud and thankful. I couldn’t have done it…
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Taking Pictures of Honey
All my pictures on shadylanebees.com are taken by me. Luckily I love photography just as much as I love honey bees. I don’t have lots of fancy equipment, so sometimes I have to get creative – and I needed a nice picture of our honey. A couple jars of some wildflower honey, a camera, two…
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Honey Peanut Brittle
Those cooler, darker days are here and it’s time for some comfort foods. Honey Peanut Brittle is a great winter evening treat! Honey Peanut Brittle Ingredients 1/3 cup butter 1/4 cup honey 1 cup shelled peanuts Directions Spray an 8-inch baking pan with cooking spray. In a large, heavy skillet, melt butter. Stir in…
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Capping The Honey
A comb of capped honey is a beautiful thing! The various colors – and flavors of honey made from various Whidbey grown nectar sources produces a wonderful rainbow of honey colored hues. From perfectly clear to almost black. Around here, honey from blackberry nectar is the most predominant. Other times the honey is a mixture…