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• NEW!Something Sweetly Strange: Honey Dippers &, the Art of Dippering, by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, December 14, 2023
• NEW!  Spotted Lantern Fly Honey, by Erin Negley, in Bee Culture, December 27, 2023
• NEW!  Honey Chromatography Analysis, in Bee Culture, December 23, 2023
• How to Make Beeswax Candles, in Backyard Beekeeping, October 4, 2022, reprinted October 2023
• Setting Honey Prices, Labeling, and marketing Homestad Honey, by Angi Schneider, in Backyard Beekeeping, July 13, 2022, reprinted October 2023
• All About Honey, by Chris Slay, in Bee Culture, October 12, 2023
•  Honey Food Market Growth, HTF Market Intelligence, in Bee Culture, September 30, 2023
• 6 Health Benefits of Honey, by Alison Gwinn, in Bee Culture, September 27, 2023
• Beekeepers Are Greenwashing, by Polly Foreman, in Bee Culture, August 22, 2023
• Honey Comb - Safe to Eat?  by Lorien Crow, in Bee Culture, May 10, 2023
• 13 Reasons for Small Honey Harvests (& How to Improve them), by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, June 4, 2023
• Beekeepers: this is the reason to taste your honey today, by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, May 19, 2023
•  Playing with Fire: the Reasons We All Love Beeswax Candles, by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, May 14, 2023 
• Why Does Honey Crystallize? by Anna Hezel, in Bee Culture, May 11, 2023
• Honey Market Growth, in Bee Culture, April 14, 2023
• What's the Best and Highest Use for Dark Beeswax Combs? by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, April 2023
• Medieval Honey Trade, in Bee Culture, May 9, 2023
•  Honey Sommelier in U.S., by Lakshmi Varanasi, in Bee Culture, March 3, 2023
• One Truth About Honey: It's Not Made from Pollen Grains, by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, February 23, 2023
• Spotlight on Crystallization: How to Make 2-Ingredient Creamed Honey, by Rusty Burlew, Honey Bee Suite,  January 16, 2023
• 10% of Imported Honey, by Lauren Nardella, in Bee Culture, January 14, 2023
•  Crunchy Honey: An Innovative Way to Market Crystallized Honey, by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite,  January 13, 2023
•  Judging the Best Honey in the World, by Marissa Ames, in Backyard Beekeeping, December 21, 2022
•  Treat Eczema Using Honey, by Kimberly Smith, in Bee Culture, December 30, 2022.
•  Bee Secrets: What Happens When Bees Make Honey? by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, December 15, 2022
•  Honey Supply Drops, by Pan Demetrakakes, in Bee Culture, November 10, 2022
•  How to Make Beeswax Candles, by Countryside Magazine, in Backyard Beekeeping, October 4, 2022
• How Sweet It Is: Honey Cocktails and Mocktails, in Backyard Beekeeping, August 24, 2022
•  Demand for Honey Reaches All-Time High, by US Dept of Agriculture, in Bee Culture, August 18, 2022
• U.S. Domestic Honey Production, in Bee Culture, August 16, 2022
• Liquefy Honey the Easy Way (Or Not), by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, August 11, 2022
•  26 Types of Honey, by Donella Crigger, in Bee Culture, August 9, 2022
•  Setting Honey Prices, Labeling, and Marketing Homestead Honey, by Angi Schneider, in Backyard Beekeeping, July 13, 2022
•  Monthly Honey Price Report, in Bee Culture, June 17, 2022
•  Apitherapy, in Bee culture, May 26, 2022.
• Honey and Brain Like Computer Chips, by Sara Zaske, in Bee Culture, April 7, 2022
•  Honey Consumption on the Rise, by National Honey Board, in Bee Culture, April 5, 2022
• National Honey Board Releases Annual Report, by The National Honey Board, in Bee Culture, March 25, 2022
•  Bee Pollen As Food, in Bee Culture, February 7, 2022
•  The Science Behind Crystallized Honey, by Helen Czerski, in Bee Culture, February 2, 2022
•  Is Honey Better Than Sugar? by Lauren Armstrong, in Bee Culture, January 18, 2022
• Honey Benefits Honey Bees Too, by Berly McCoy, in Bee Culture, November 5, 2021
• American Honey Producers Association Report, by American Honey Producers Association, in Bee Culture, October 20, 2021
• Honey's Eternal Shelf Life, by Darren Incorvaia, in Bee Culture, August 23, 2021
• Honey Bee Collected Pollen in Your Diet, in Bee Culture, August 16, 2021
• Beekeeper Advocates for Health Benefits of Honey, by Nadysen McLain, in Bee Culture, July 29, 2021
• Economics and Value of Pollination, by University of Maryland, in Bee Culture, June 16, 2021
• Unfair Trade in Honey, by American Honey Producers Association, in Bee Culture, June 11, 2021
• What Does Terroir Have to Do With Honey? by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, June 2021
• Source of Beekeeping Revenue, by Peyton Ferrier, Economic Research Service, US Dept. of Agriculture, in Bee Culture, May 7, 2021
• USDA Honey Report, in Bee Culture, April 16, 2021
•  Food Fraud in Honey Industry, by Bruker BioSpin, and interview with Ron Phipps, in Bee culture, April 2, 2021
• Is Honey Made From Bee Vomit? Sure, Why Not? by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, March 2021
•  Making Honey Without the Honey Bee, by Darko Mandich, in Bee Culture, February 4, 2021
• Honey History, translated by Roger Marshall, in Bee Culture, November 10, 2020
• 8 Tips Before Starting a Honey Business, by Donna James, in Keeping Backyard Bees, first published December 20, 2019, reposted October 2020
• How to Make Scented Beeswax Sachets, by Claire Jones, in Keeping Backyard Bees, first printed on January 9, 2019, reprinted October 2020
• Honey Bee Venom Destroyed Breast Cancer Cells, by Amy McGorry, in Bee Culture, September 4, 2020
• Honey - How They Do It: How the Honey Pot is Filled, by Jackie Woodcock, in Bee culture, August 5, 2020
• The Canning Bee: Why Honey Doesn't Spoil, by Jennifer Sartell, in Keeping Backyard Bees, first posted April 27, 2016, reposted August 2020
•  Mussing in the Kitchen with Honeycomb, by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, May 17, 2020
• How Do Bees Make Honey? Blue Sky Science, in Bee culture, May 28, 2020
• Honey Production Report,  in Morning Ag Clips, March 26, 2020
• American Honey Producer Association Response to Apimondia Honey Fraud Statement, in Bee Culture, April 10, 2020
• Commercial Beekeeping, It's Not About Honey, by  Jerry Hays, in Bee Culture, February 27, 2020
• Apimondia Statement on Honey Fraud January 2020, in Bee Culture, February 6, 2020
• Oldest Cure That Never Spoils: Honey, in Bee Culture, February 5, 2020
•  Bee-Friendly Beauty Tips, by Keeping Backyard Bees, reposted February 12, 2018
•  All About Honey Water, in Keeping Backyard Bees, August 22, 2019
• From Biomedicine to Buzz Pollination: Why We Need a Plan "Bee," by Karl Gruber, in Phys.Org, October 21, 2019
• Honey Myths, by Keeping Backyard Bees, November 5, 2019
• Lavender Honey Scented Body Butter, by Claire Jones, in Keeping Backyard Bees, first printed November 18, 2016, reprinted October 2019
• Scented Beeswax Sachets, by Claire Jones, in Keeping Backyard Bees, October 10, 2019
•  The Canning Bee: Why Honey Doesn't Spoil, by Jennifer Sartell, in Keeping Backyard Bees, originally posted April 27, 2016, reposted September 2019.
• 15 Household Uses for Honey, by Allison Martin, in Keeping Backyard Bees, October 31, 2014 reprinted September 2019 
• Preliminary Figures Suggest Honey Harvest From Bee Colonies Could Be Up In 2019 In California, by Christine Souza, in Bee Culture, June 24, 2019
• Studies Show Fake Honey Is Everywhere,  in Healthy Holistic Living, first published December 1, 2017, reprinted June 2019
•  Lavender Honey Scented Body Butter, by Claire Jones, in Keeping Backyard Bees, first published November 18, 2016, reprinted May 2019
• For 2018 - Honey Production Up a Hair, Prices Down a Couple of Hairs, Other Income Now a Big Player, in Bee Culture, May 20, 2019
•  Using Honey to Make Mead, in Keeping Backyard Bees, first posted December 26, 2017, reposted May 2019
•  Nutrition and Health Benefits of Honey, in Keeping Backyard Bees, first posted October 31, 2014, reposted May 2019
• Scented Beeswax Sachets, by Claire Jones, in Keeping Backyard Bees, January 9, 2019
• Work Being Done By the Industry to Ensure Honey's Purity Will Continue, by Honey Integrity Task Force, April 25, 2019
• Honey integrity Task Force Finds No Adulteration in US Retail Test, by Kylie Banks, in American Bee Journal Extra, March 19, 2019
• Honeybee Protein Keeps Stem Cells Youthful,  by Kevin Wang, in ScienceBlog, December 5, 2018
• Honey Harvest: Start to Finish, by Jennifer Sartell, in Keeping Backyard Bees, November 30, 2018
• Seal Cast Iron With Beeswax, by Jennifer Sartell, in Keeping Backyard Bees, November 2, 2018
• Beeswax vs Paraffin Candles, by Jennifer Sartell, in Keeping Backyard Bees, September 28, 2018
• Pollinating As Important As Honey for Beekeeping Income, by Jenny Schlecht, in Bee Culture, September 30, 2018
• First Honey Products Clear NSF Certification, in Bee Culture, September 27, 2018
• FDA Finds Glyphosate in Honey, in Bee Culture, August 31, 2018
• Global Honey Industry Set to Expand At a Compound Annual Growth Rate Of 2.6%, by Alan Harmon, in Bee Culture, May 24, 2018
• United States Production of Honey Down 9% for Operations with Five or More Colonies in 2017, by Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, April 16, 2018
• How to Label and Sell Your Honey,  by Melissa Caughey, in Keeping Backyard Bees, October 28, 2015
• Regulations for Specific Products: Selling Honey, WSDA Handbook for Small and Direct Marketing Farms #31, Washington State Department of Agriculture, 2014
• Proper Labeling of Honey and Honey Products: Guidance for Industry, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, February 2018
• Guidance for Industry: Food Labeling Guide, U.S. Food and Drug Administration,Revised January 2013
• Extracted Honey Grading Manual, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable Division, Processed Products Branch, October 1985
• United States Standards for Grades of Extracted Honey, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable Division, Processed Products Branch, Effective date May 23, 1985
• Why Honey Doesn't Spoil,  by Jennifer Sartell, in Keeping Backyard Bees, April 27, 2016
• Taste of Honey, by Claire Jones, in Keeping Backyard Bees, February 3, 2018
•  Fake Honey is a Problem and Science Can Solve It, If Government Gets Out of the Way, by Hank Campbell, in American Council on Science and Health, January 17, 2018 
  
•  15 Household Uses for Honey, by Allison Martin, in Keeping Backyard Bees, October 31, 2014
• Honey Adulteration Erodes Public Trust and Undermines the Work of Honest Beekeepers and Packers, in Bee Culture, January 10, 2018
• Beeswax Wood Polish, by Nancy Buffington, in  Keeping Backyard Bees, December 1, 2017
• These Eight Things Will Start Happening to Your Body If you Eat Honey Every Day, in Bee Culture, November 1, 2017 
• Why Does Honey Crystallize? in Honeypedia
• Honeygate: How Europe is Being Flooded with Fake Honey, by Paola Tamma, in Bee Culture, September 11, 2017
•  How to Label and Sell Your Honey, by Melissa Caughey, in Keeping Backyard Bees, October 28, 2015
•  Household Uses for Honey, with video, in Keeping Backyard Bees, July 17, 2017
• Honeybee Products Besides Just the Honey,  by Karen Keb, in Grit, Rural America's Know-How
•  Fewer Bees, Less Pristine Landscape, Local Honey…It All Adds Up To A Changing World, by Elizabeth Grossman, in Bee Culture, May 22, 2017
•  Good Food Awards in 2017 in the Honey Category, in Bee Culture Magazine, February 7, 2017
• Honey - Good For You, Good to Eat, Good for Your Skin... in Bee Culture Magazine, January 17, 2017
• FDA Finds Monsanto's Weed Killer in U.S. Honey, by Carey Gillam, in Huffington Post, September 15, 2016
• Canadian Honey Council Blames Transshipped Chinese Honey for Destroying Honey Market, by Alan Harman, in Bee Culture Magazine, July 23, 2016
• HSI Chicago Seizes Nearly 60 Tons of Honey Illegally Imported from China, Again!!! in Bee Culture Magazine, July 1, 2016
• A Taste of Honey, by Eric R. Trinidad, in Subaru Drive, Summer 2016
• U.S. Per Capita Consumption of Honey Drops 3%,  in Bee Cluture: the Magazine of American Beekeeping, March 31, 2016
• Fraudulent Honey, by Alan Harman in Bee Culture: the Magazine of American Beekeeping, March 30, 2016
• How is Honey Made? Honeypedia. All about honey, 2016
• Honey Bee Colonies on the Rise! - USDA Annual Honey Report, March 27, 2015
• National Honey Report - U.S. Department of Agriculture Report
• Federal State Standard of Identity for  Honey Updated - Washington State Beekeepers Association