Posts Tagged: Good Foods Awards

Show Me the Honey: From Your Bees!

Imagine watching your honey bees gathering nectar from star thistle--which some beekeepers claim makes the best honey. (Yes, Centaurea...

A honey bee foraging on star thistle, Centaurea solstitialis. It's an invasive weed but makes great honey, beekeepers and honey connoisseurs say. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee foraging on star thistle, Centaurea solstitialis. It's an invasive weed but makes great honey, beekeepers and honey connoisseurs say. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey comb being processed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey comb being processed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The colors of honey sparkle in the sunlight. This photo, taken in 2009, shows former UC Davis bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey (now of Washington State University) and her then assistant, Elizabeth Frost (now of New South Wales) at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The colors of honey sparkle in the sunlight. This photo, taken in 2009, shows former UC Davis bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey (now of Washington State University) and her then assistant, Elizabeth Frost (now of New South Wales) at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Oh, Honey!

Oh, honey! Are you better than all the others? Make way for the Good Food Awards competition, opening July 6. This year is the second consecutive...

The taste of honey right from the hive--delicious! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The taste of honey right from the hive--delicious! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A frame of honey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A frame of honey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A jar of honey gleaming in the sun. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A jar of honey gleaming in the sun. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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