HONEY BEES

Believe it or not, you have a bee to thank for every one in three bites of food you eat.

Honey bees, wild and domestic, perform about 80 percent of all pollination worldwide. A single bee colony can pollinate 300 million flowers each day. Grains are primarily pollinated by the wind, but fruits, nuts and vegetables are pollinated by bees. Seventy out of the top 100 human food crops — which supply about 90 percent of the world’s nutrition — are pollinated by bees.

The disappearance of honey bees could actually impact our health and nutrition. Losing these pollinators could lead to lower availability of crops, which are an integral part of our food intake.

Look out for our wildflower and sunflower meadow this Spring 2021 through Fall 2021. We look forward to farming our own honey which will be available to the public in near future.