Welcome to Sun Mountain Apiary 2025
It’s a busy week ahead at the store so a couple of reminders. Please join us at the Gallupville House Holiday Artisan Show at the Gallupville House this Saturday from 10 to 3pm. There are some great crafts and products there for those looking for some unique gifts. We will be there with our honey and other products of the hive including candles and natural lotion bars.
Saturday, we have another honey producer from the Mohawk Valley Bee Club setting up their display for “Honeys of the Valley.” We are hosting other members of the Mohawk Valley Bee Club to set up displays and sell their honey in our store. It is a unique opportunity for you to try honey from any one of the nine honey producers around the region. Where else do you have the chance to buy a sample pack for the honey lover in your family in one, relaxing and festive location? At this point you can check out the craft honeys from the following beekeeper’s apiaries: Arlee Acres, Voorheesville Barry’s Bees, Schoharie Bo’s Apiary, Rotterdam Butts Bees, Esperance Copper Beech Apiary, Pattersonville DeMis Apiary, Knox Ice Cave Honey, Carlisle Memai’s Apiary, Knox Sun Mountain Apiary, Delanson This is the first we have tried this but initial response has been very positive with every beekeeper already having sales in our first week. Keep in mind most of these are smaller apiaries so quantities are limited and they may be sold out in just a few weeks. Bee trivia: Jamaica hosts about 67,000 bee colonies that are managed by a little over 200 beekeepers. When Hurricane Melissa hit a bit over a week ago with 165+ mile an hour winds it stripped out both crops and all vegetation. Thousands of bee colonies were also lost as casualties. As recovery teams have started fanning out across the island another urgent disaster confronted them – starving survivor bee colonies. With no vegetation the bees have no pollen to feed their brood or nectar to store as food. Why is this a crisis? If the bees die, the entire agricultural system collapses as the bees are necessary for pollination of most food crops. Jamaica relies on citrus, coffee, cocoa, mango, and papaya among others for both food and their export economy. To offset this, emergency supplies of artificial pollen are being shipped in from the mainland and sugar water is being put out for the bees to supplement for nectar. Neither are ideal but will allow the remaining bees to survive until crops and plants regenerate. Greater Good Charities has been very instrumental in this assistance and a link to help them is below. They have a 4/4 rating from Charity Navigator. Here is a very short clip from a beekeeper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x9ogsGlAtA Want to help? https://greatergood.org/help-where-its-needed-most Bee well, bee safe and hope to see you at the Craft Show! Bob Cornell Certified Master Beekeeper 
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Speaking of items that are popular this time of year, if you get chapped hands and finger “splits,” then you should try Linda’s very popular lotion bars. These all natural beeswax based bars will heal your hands faster than most over-the-counter remedies. They are available in both unscented and lavender. I keep one in my pickup and one on my nightstand and use them regularly. They make great stocking stuffers too at only $6 each.
"I tried absolutely everything to help with my chronic chapped fingers. Your lotion bars have been the BEST BY FAR and one of the few products which actually helps! Thank you!" - K. Abbate, Colonie
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In 2020 we went through the testing and inspection process to become a “NY Grown and Certified Honey Producer.” While all claim their honey is pure, and bees are the best, we decided to back the claims up with the documentation and inspections that prove we have healthy hives, excellent sanitation in extraction, and nothing but pure, raw NY local honey.
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Sun Mountain Apiary
127 Marcus Road Delanson, NY 12053 Bob Muller Cornell Certified Master Beekeeper [email protected] |
