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Honey-glazed baked pears with cinnamon and walnuts

Honey-Glazed Baked Pears (or Apples)

An easy fall dessert: tender baked pears or apples glazed with honey, cinnamon, and toasted walnuts.

Honey-Glazed Baked Pears (or Apples)

An easy fall dessert: tender baked pears or apples glazed with honey, cinnamon, and toasted walnuts.

Beeswax lip balm for chapped lips in fall

Why Your Lips Crack in Fall (and How Beeswax He...

Dry air, wind, and one bad habit are behind most chapped lips this time of year. Here's why beeswax is one of the best fixes.

Why Your Lips Crack in Fall (and How Beeswax He...

Dry air, wind, and one bad habit are behind most chapped lips this time of year. Here's why beeswax is one of the best fixes.

Homemade fall chai concentrate sweetened with honey

Fall Honey Chai Concentrate (Make a Jar, Drink ...

A spiced, honey-sweetened chai concentrate you make once and pour all week, hot or iced.

Fall Honey Chai Concentrate (Make a Jar, Drink ...

A spiced, honey-sweetened chai concentrate you make once and pour all week, hot or iced.

Homemade hot honey made with raw honey and chili

How to Make Hot Honey with Raw Honey

Sweet, spicy, and ready in under an hour. Here's how to make hot honey at home with raw honey, plus our favorite ways to use it.

How to Make Hot Honey with Raw Honey

Sweet, spicy, and ready in under an hour. Here's how to make hot honey at home with raw honey, plus our favorite ways to use it.

Fall beehive prep in the Bay Area

Fall Hive Prep in the Bay Area: Getting Our Bee...

Bay Area winters are mild, but fall is still the most important season in the beekeeping year. Here's how we get our Fremont hives ready.

Fall Hive Prep in the Bay Area: Getting Our Bee...

Bay Area winters are mild, but fall is still the most important season in the beekeeping year. Here's how we get our Fremont hives ready.

Beeswax after the honey harvest, from hive to home

From Hive to Home: How We Use Beeswax After the...

What happens to our beeswax after the honey harvest: letting the bees clean the cappings, gentle melting, straining until it's clean, and all the ways it ends up back in...

From Hive to Home: How We Use Beeswax After the...

What happens to our beeswax after the honey harvest: letting the bees clean the cappings, gentle melting, straining until it's clean, and all the ways it ends up back in...