Beekeepers' Club
My parents have an apiary. They've been beekeeping for 17 years, so they have a wealth of experience. About five years ago, someone recommended planting phacelia as a honey plant. They gave it a try and now plant it more often. Phacelia looks like this: Over the years, they've identified several advantages of phacelia over other honey plants.
We used to have, and still do, many different pets: cats, dogs, a hamster, and now chickens, and a parrot in the house, and even an Achatina snail. But recently I realized what else is missing – bees! We regularly buy honey, sometimes at the market, sometimes from private sellers, and every time we wonder if it's real or sugar-diluted. Sometimes it happens...
Hello, dear readers! I'm not a beekeeper, but I love honey. We used to buy honey from beekeepers in three-liter jars in the summer: linden, buckwheat, and mixed herbs. We enjoyed it all year long, until the next honey season. But after three or four months, the honey would become cloudy and crystallize. And in the spring, we wanted crystal-clear caramel honey with our tea, but the only honey we had was... 