honey

Fun with honey caviar

The fall semester recently started, which means that the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s apiary program is harvesting honey from the College of Agriculture’s beehives.This is the second year of Chef Alan Wong’s Adopt-A-Beehive program, and I didn’t hesitate to…

Bee-coming sustainable

Over the past few months, I’ve been having fun with the honey I receive through Chef Alan Wong’s Adopt-A-Beehive program. This past weekend, I got to visit the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s College of Agriculture farm, where I saw…

Fun with honey

Last year, I signed up for Chef Alan Wong’s “Adopt-A-Beehive” program by making a donation to help fund a beehive for a student at the University of Hawaii Hilo’s apiary program. Aside from regular updates from students, I receive honey…

A buzz about bees

Recently, I’ve been noticing a lot of “buzz” about honeybees. Many know I’m a big fan of locally produced Ohia Lehua Blossom Honey, but it goes a lot further than my peanut butter and honey sandwiches.We all learn in grade…

Strawberry jam, yes. Honey, no.

As I was buying some homemade strawberry jam from Kula Country Farms on Maui this weekend, the woman ringing me up warned me that airport security wasn’t going to let the bottle through the checkpoint.“No,” I said, in disbelief. “It’s…