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Nature’s Nectar Honey



Nature’s Nectar Honey, originally uploaded by Aaron Landry.

This past weekend I picked up a bunch of Nature’s Nectar Honey north of Stillwater, MN. I had run out myself and I was picking up a six pound order of honey for Bill.

From when I was born until about grade 3 I lived next door to Jim and Wendy Kloek. I’ve kept in contact with them over the years and in the last 15 years they have been keeping bees. Now they’re gathering some very, very nice honey as well as distributing bees to other beekeepers. The honey I got was Clover and Basswood and it might be the best honey I’ve ever tasted: just sweet enough but not too sweet, just thick enough and the taste has a nice bite at the end that I’ve never experienced before with honey.

Jim maintains a blog that keeps other beekeepers and fans up to date with his bees.

I strongly recommend this honey, and honestly I don’t think my personal relationship with the beekeeper bias is getting in the way.

You can find it in a few places around the north-east metro such as River Market Community Co-op and Fresh and Natural Foods. If you have problems finding Nature’s Nectar honey, contact Jim on his blog or zoom in on the photo for their contact information.

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I grew up near Withrow, MN, a small old railroad town that’s shrunk so much it’s been unincorporated for decades. All that’s left is a bar, a ballroom and the elementary school I went to. It’s only about 10 miles from the Interstate 694/494 loop not far from Stillwater.

My old next door neighbor Jim decided to take on beekeeping a number of years ago and in the last year started blogging about it. These days the site’s getting more exciting: He set up a nice trail scouting camera to capture what lurks in near his bees. He got the photos you see above a few days ago. It foreshadowed what showed up this week!

I heard from one of his daughters last night that he might be setting up a Flickr account for the trail scouting camera. He also sells fantastic honey products. Maybe he should list on his site some places where you can buy some. Either way, check out the long-titled What Should I Do With My Bees This Month?.

If you can’t get enough bee blogging, also check out Birdchick who periodically blogs about bees. Her photos and videos of bees rolling in powdered sugar is a fun place to start.