-posted by Jayne

-The Saturday after Labor Day traditionally marks the annual Lithopolis Honeyfest- however this year it was cancelled for obvious reason. You can still see us at the Worthington Farmer’s Market, although we continue to move to new spots as the need arises to find a parking lot willing to host us.

This Saturday, we will move once again up the street, this time to 200 W. Old Wilson Bridge Road in Worthington at Worthington Industries. You'll find our new location behind the Shops at Worthington Place. Customer parking is conveniently located in the adjacent lot at the 100 building. 

Open Hours: 8am-12pm*

*8am-9am: Reserved for customers in high-risk populations (senior citizens, immune compromised, expectant mothers and other vulnerable people).

​9am-12pm We welcome all shoppers.

Or, come on down to the farm. Spend some time watching the kids play on the goat playground.

Isaac just reported that this Summer has been the best honey harvest in Honeyrun history. This makes sense, as we have more hives than we’ve ever had. The weather and bee health seemed to cooperate as well. This week Isaac is visiting each of the hives to treat for mites and to feed them protein. I’ve added a few new candle molds and am working on adding them to our line-up as well as our online store. The cats love a good photobomb.

Isaac has found another use for our new barn. After the honey supers are extracted, he puts them on a trailer and pulls it into the barn. Some of the bees can find the sweet smelling honey residue left on the comb and they help us clean out the supers, getting them ready to store for the winter. Since it isn’t too close to our honey house, it keeps the bees from bothering us as we continue to extract (although I’m glad to say we are finally done with Summer extraction).

As we watch the foragers entering the hive, we’ve noticed an abundance of bee pollen coming in. Ragweed and Goldenrod are coming on strong, and the bees come in with legs weighed down with pollen.

Those are your “notes from the farm” for the week. We hope you make it out to a Worthington market here in the next month or two. We’ll be outdoors until the end of October, and then hope to have a plan for a new location once winter is here.