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Tag: Honey

  • Sunday, February 8, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm – Honey Medicine: Make Herb Infused Honeys and More

    Discover the healing synergy of honey and herbs in this hands-on workshop with herbalist Jade Alicandro. The workshop will take place on February 8 at 10:30 am at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, and is $40 for NEBG members, $63 for nonmembers. Register at www.nebg.org

    Learn the medicinal properties of honey, create a Winter Immune Honey, and explore traditional folk medicine-making techniques. Instructor Jade Alicandro weaves a love of bio-regionally abundant herbs and kitchen medicine into her work as a community and clinical herbalist. When she’s is not teaching bioregional herbalism to students and apprentices, you can find her roaming the hedges with her harvest basket in hand or at home in the kitchen brewing-up some potent food as medicine.

    From 2012-2019 she ran the Greenfield Community Herbal Clinic, a clinic dedicated to affordable herbal care, and currently maintains a long-distance clinical practice. She offers in-person, seasonally based, bioregional herbalism classes, teaches monthly online classes through her Patreon community, and offers a 6-week kitchen as medicine online course each winter.

  • Thursday, October 24, 6:00 pm – Vanishing Bees: Science, Politics, and Honeybee Health


    Vanishing Bees takes readers inside the debates over widespread honeybee deaths, introducing the various groups with a stake in solving the mystery of colony collapse disorder (CCD), including beekeepers, entomologists, growers, agrichemical companies, and government regulators. Drawing from extensive interviews and first-hand observations, Sainath Suryanarayanan and Daniel Lee Kleinman examine how members of each group have acquired, disseminated, and evaluated knowledge about CCD and exploring the often-contentious interactions among different groups, detailing how they assert authority, gain trust, and build alliances. At this Boston University Pepin Lecture Series free event at 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 117, on October 24 at 6 pm, Kleinman—author and associate provost for graduate affairs as well as College of Arts & Sciences professor of sociology—will lead a discussion about his book, and Janine Sciarappa, a core chef instructor in pastry for the Certificate Program in Culinary Arts at BU, will provide a honey-based treat to sample. To sign up, visit www.bu.edu/foodandwine

  • Thursday, September 13, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Beekeeping & Honey Talk

    Dave Strickler of the Boston Area Beekeepers Association will give a talk on Thursday, September 13 from 6 – 7 on honeybees in urban environments, what it’s like to raise honeybees in your backyard, and the small things you can do to help honeybees flourish. The free talk will take place at the Parker Hill branch of the Boston Public Library, 1497 Tremont Street in Roxbury. For more information visit 617-427-3820.

    Dave will bring a sampling of honeys from all over the world for a tasting that will delight your taste buds and change the way you think about honey.

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  • Saturday, September 30 – Sunday, October 1, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Sweet Harvest

    Satisfy your sweet tooth at this Tower Hill Botanic Garden celebration of apples, pies, honey, and preserves. Enjoy food trucks – Home Grown on Saturday, September 30 and Say Cheese on Sunday, October 1. Kids of all ages are encouraged to wear farmer costumes.

    Schedule:
    10am–4pm / Pies, preserves, and baked goods competition. View entry rules here.
    10am–4pm / Vendors
    10am–4pm / Apple and Honey tastings
    10am–4pm / Face painting
    10am–4pm / Crafts (Apple Prints)
    11am–noon / Storytime
    12noon–4pm / Mead tastings
    2pm / Orchard Tour with Joann Vieira, Director of Horticulture, Tower Hill

    Events on Saturday, September 30 only:
    11am–noon / Free Family Walk
    1pm and 3pm / Live music with Slum Raisins

    Events on Sunday, October 1 only:
    11am and 2pm / Orchard Tours
    10am–4pm / Botanical Art: Autumn Leaves in Colored Pencil
    1pm and 3pm / Live music with Lester Rawson Band

    Apple rose tart below from Cooking with Manuela. For more information visit http://www.towerhillbg.org/fall-fest/

  • Saturday, August 26 & Sunday, August 27, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Bee Weekend

    On August 26 and 27, enjoy exhibits, demonstrations, honey tastings, hands-on activities, games and much more as visitors to Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston, learn about the fascinating world of bees and why they are important for our gardens. Free with admission. Interactive Displays feature:

    Pollinate New England, NE Wildflower Society: Learn to plant diverse, systemic pesticide-free native plants that support a wide variety of pollinators throughout their life cycles.
    Master Gardeners from the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association: Get answers to your gardening questions and tips for bee and pollinator friendly gardening.
    Blossoms by Bees: Learn about their mission to revitalize and protect the native flora population for pollinators through educational events and habitat conservation.
    Worcester County Beekeepers: The Worcester County Beekeepers Association has been a leader in beekeeping education for over one hundred years. They are the oldest county beekeeping organization in the United States, with members from all over New England. Through their beekeeping school, quarterly newsletters, monthly meetings and outreach activities, the club provides ongoing education for our members. Get more information at their Educational table.
    Brilliant Botany: Geared toward kids and families. Brilliant Botany is a resource for anyone interested in plants, and a means for building community. Brilliant Botany’s web content has been used by teachers, professors, and the general public to build knowledge about the amazing natural world that surrounds us. https://www.brilliantbotany.com/about/
    Crafts/Games: Enjoy bee-themed crafts and games about pollination in the garden.
    Scavenger Hunt: Children and visitors of all ages can enjoy exploring our grounds with a pollination-themed scavenger hunt.
    Collaborative Art Project: Each visitor will be able to add to our growing beehive! Decorate your own honeycomb cell to see what we can create together.
    Photo Booth
    Honey Tasting

    There will be lectures on pollinator-friendly gardening along with workshops on late summer containers and seed saving, plus extraction demos and a Bee Parade. Photo by jsmcelvery. For complete information visit www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Tuesday, July 11, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm – The First Honey Harvest

    Spring’s flowers produce a unique, light honey in New England, yet we are only just beginning to learn which flowers are the true sources for this liquid gold. On Tuesday, July 11 beginning at 1:30 pm, engage with harvesting tools and techniques to collect honey and beeswax together with The Best Bees Company team of bee experts, led by Noah Wilson-Rich, Ph.D. The event will take place at The Gardens at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley.

    Noah Wilson-Rich, Ph.D. is a biologist, professor, NYTimes & LATimes contributor, two-time TEDx speaker, beekeeper, and author of The Bee: A Natural History published by Princeton University Press. Noah’s research focuses on bee immunology. Noah is the Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of The Best Bees Company, a beekeeping service that delivers, installs, and manages beehives for residential and commercial properties nation-wide. Proceeds from The Best Bees Company go toward research to improve bee health. This research is based out of the Urban Beekeeping Laboratory and Bee Sanctuary, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in Boston’s South End. More information at bestbees.com and beesanctuary.org.

    Mass Hort member price $12, nonmembers $20. Register online at www.masshort.org or call 617-933-4973.  Image from www.brooklynhomesteader.com.

  • Saturday, August 27, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, and Sunday, August 28, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Bee Weekend

    Saturday, August 27, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, and Sunday, August 28, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Bee Weekend

    Celebrate bees at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on August 27 and 28,  Enjoy exhibits, demonstrations, honey tastings, hands-on activities, games, and much more.  Free with admission.  For directions visit www.towerhillbg.org.  Image from www.esquire.com.

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  • Thursdays, July 21 – August 25, 12:00 noon – 2:15 pm – Live Bee Hive Openings

    In July and August, The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History beekeepers, George Muhlebach and crew, open live hives for visitors. Veils provided. Reservations required due to limited space. $5/non members and $4/members. Call 508 896 3867 x 111. The Museum is located at 869 Main Street (Route 6A) in Brewster. The events will take place on Thursdays through August 25, and there are a few other days scheduled, which may be found at http://www.ccmnh.org/Events/Live-Bee-Hive-Openings-2016.  Image from www.planetbee.org.

    PLEASE NOTE:
    The first opening is at 12 noon, if that fills, a 2nd is at 12:45 and if needed a 3rd opening at 1:30. We only take reservations for Noon until that is full, then open the next time slot.

  • Tuesday, January 28, 6:30 pm – A World of Honey

    On Tuesday, January 28, beginning at 6:30 pm at the Classroom Annex at 67 Smith Place in Cambridge, Formaggio Kitchen’s honey buyer Julia will lead a tasting of a range of varietal honeys from around the world, focusing on the factors that influence each unique flavor. She’ll bring it all together by matching honeys with our favorite cheeses, and explain what to consider when putting together your own pairings. The fee is $55, and you may register online at www.formaggiokitchen.com, or by calling 617-354-4750.  Image from www.agooddeal.blogspot.com.

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  • Wednesday, July 31, 7:00 pm – All About Honey

    Did you know that honey reflects terroir as much as wine? From the bees that concocted it, the season it’s produced in, and the flowers it’s sourced from, honey tastes of its origins. In this Stir Boston class, to be held Wednesday, July 31 at 7 pm,  you’ll explore the terroir, production methods, and styles of honey alongside its many uses on the dinner table. That’s right, honey is not just for dessert and cheese but can be used throughout the meal in vinaigrettes and brines, purées, and gels. Enjoy some honey for a change; it’s the bees’ knees!  $165.  Class (with terrific food and drink) will take place at 102 Waltham Street in Boston, and you may register by calling 617-423-7847, or emailing info@stirboston.com.  These evenings sell out quickly. Image from www.buttermilkpress.com.

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