Monthly Archives: April 2014

Carson & Bees gives back

April 27, 2014In the communitycarsonandbees

We here at Carson & Bees believe in supporting the community that supports us. We also needed to find something to do with all of the sunflower seeds our bees pollinated last year, so we thought up a sunflower seed fundraiser to support local school and community gardens.

We sold these babies for $3 each at Parducci’s Party for the Planet on Saturday 4/19 and Noyo Food Forest’s Earth Day Festival on 4/26. They’re also available at the Ukiah Farmers Market information table every Saturday, and those dollars go toward the EBT Match program.

If you love sunflowers, let us know and we’ll be happy to hook you up with a seed packet or two.

Carson stamps — Carson stamping some seed packets

Carson sunflowers — Carson models a few of last year’s flowers

Carson & Bees in the Westside Renaissance Market

April 24, 2014From the hive, In the communitycarsonandbees

Carson & Bees is proud to announce that our honey is now being carried by our favorite local grocer, the Westside Renaissance Market on Clay St in Ukiah.

This year we’ve grown quite a bit, which means we have more honey to go around. If you can’t make it to the “RenMar” (as we affectionately call it), you can also buy Carson & Bees honey at the following locations:

Pizza Etc in Redwood Valley
Hopper’s Corner Store in Potter Valley
Jaxon Keys Winery in Hopland
Happy Herb Shop in Ukiah (you can get our bee pollen there, too!)
Direct from us (same price as in the store)

Stay tuned for more!

First honey extraction of the year

April 22, 2014Beekeeper at work, From the hivecarsonandbees

This year Carson & Bees was fortunate to have several hives in a gorgeous mustard field, and Carson was able to harvest 15 gallons of spring honey as a result – a very early extraction, but the supers were too heavy to resist.

Carson honey frame