V & A Honey

At the Farmer's Market today, I found a honey booth. The proprietor of this booth is Dave Cole.



This sign sort of says it all doesn't it? I have some of the lip balm and like it very much. You have to apply it less frequently than Chap Stick.





These beeswax candles have many different scents and burn cleaner than most candles.



Beeswax and honey have become mainstream ingredients in the cosmetic industry.



These honey straws come in many different flavors. I particularly liked the licorice flavored honey straws. I will be buying more next Tuesday!!



Honey, in many different flavors. Honey is the only food products that doesn't spoil, they even found some that was still edible in the tomb of King Tut!! Now isn't that impressive??

I talked to Dave about his honey and honey products. He has 140 hives near Gardnerville, NV which is about 25 miles from Lake Tahoe. He figures there are about 50,000 bees per hive, now that is a lot of bees!! Dave said he harvests the honey about two times a year. I am impressed by the diversity of this product. This sounds like a really interesting industry!! Not to mention a sweet one!