The annual California Honey Festival promotes honey, honey bees, and their products. The Festival takes place in downtown Woodland on Saturday, May 3rd 2025, 10 am-7 pm. Festival Activities include: Honey Lab, Kid Zone, Beer Mead Garden, Cooking Demos and Entertainment. The Speaker list includes the 2024 American Honey Queen and Princess as well as […]
Green Mead with Wildflower or Green Honey for St. Patrick’s Day
Many people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on March 17 with green mead. One recipe for Green Mead is made with Wildflower Honey. This is another recipe that uses Green Honey. Some expensive honey from Borneo is green due to chlorophyll in the exotic flowers found on the island of Banggi. The National Institute of Health (NIH) published […]
Honey at Le Cordon Bleu and The Auguste Escoffier
Le Cordon Bleu Paris built three roof-top beehives in 2016 to pioneer integrating teaching beekeeping and honey making in its curriculum. The beehives produce about 50 kg of honey a year and are managed by beekeeper Charlotte Dumas who teaches Culinary Arts. Le Cordon Bleu Cafe sells their own honey as well as honey from […]