Bees Knees

While we were at the Farmers' Market on Saturday, we saw a honey vendor who'd brought part of the hive along. Mary needed a refill, so she bought a small jar, while I studied the bees.

There are a number of folks doing honey products in the Luray area, I know of at least three operations. One is about 2 miles from us, and I met the guy last year. When we talked about his enterprise, he told me, "My bees probably get into your neighborhood gathering pollen, but that is at the far end of their range."

It's a little known fact, but bees fly 50,000 miles to produce a pound of honey.

These farmers have their operation a few miles north of Luray, near Pass Run. That means they may actually visit the fields of Valley Star Farm, which I wrote about last week.

At the Page County Heritage Festival, coming up next month in Luray, there will likely be several of these bee hive displays...there will be other things, like apple butter making demonstrations and so on, some things to look forward to...

The queen is in the second shot of this hive - she has a little red dot on her back. But the phone cam quality is not great, but if you click on the photo she is near the center of the shot.