Cotton Honey

[samak]

Anybody got some cotton honey to sell? I'm looking for a few pounds, maybe 2-6 pounds, whatever you got.

[Angi_H]

I should have cotton honey this weekend ready to extract. I have a few hives in organic pima cotton. Send me a pm. I know when I checked on them 2 weeks ago they had 3 frames already capped with a bunch ready to cap. Early cotton just started blooming about 3 weeks ago. I should also have comb honey from them soon as well.

Angi

[AstroBee]

I should have some in about a month. Let me know.

[riverrat]

I will have some of the best cotton honey produced in about a month.

[Angi_H]

Anybody got some cotton honey to sell? I'm looking for a few pounds, maybe 2-6 pounds, whatever you got.

I replied to your message. Or I will trade or take an offer since I know it has to be shipped. This is from Organic conventional Pima Cotton and my bees are treated organically as well. The hives that are out there are my best producing hives out there. They were very heavy when I was out there 2 weeks ago. I will know Friday how much I will have. Send me an email to HHH_Farms @ wildblue.net take out the space. And I will give you my cell number for you to call. This is great Organic Ca honey.(as organic as you can get with out paying the 1200.00 or so to become certified which I can not afford.) As these bees are on a 600 acre totally organic farm in the middle so they dont have access to anything chemical in there.

Angi

[akaneo]

Ok just checking my math and readings:

Bees forage up to 3+ miles around their hive

Your bees are in the middle of a 600 acre plot

from the middle of the plot to the edge would be around 12.25 acres or 2557.1875 feet

A mile is 5280 feet

Your bees would only have to fly under 1/2 a mile to get off of the "organic" site.

This leaves them at least 2 1/2 miles that they could get into some chemicals?

Don't see how you can state your honey does not have any chemicals in it when it could.

My 3 cents,
Richard

[AstroBee]

Organic standards are very restrictive, but from a practical perspective, which has nothing to do with strict standards, your bees are probably making "organic" cotton honey. I know from experience that when you place bees next to cotton they are going to make cotton honey. Cotton nectar is abundant and VERY attractive to bees and chances are that they will not stray outside a 600 acre plot. They also get cotton pollen, so two needs are statisfied. Where are they getting water???

[Eaglerock]

I didn't even knew there was such an animal... I never thought about cotton and bees... Duh Ed! Someday I want to taste that. That was my tease for the day. I will be thinking about that now, all day.

[Angi_H]

There is nothing else around them except wildlife refuge and a river. There are a few houses for workers but that is about it. Nothing else there. There is Almonds in the near by acres that is organic but as you all no they are close to being harvested here in Ca. Being that cotton is all they can get to it would be all they can make honey from. I am not certified organic but I use organic practices. And I tried saying that early on in the post by saying my bees are treated organically. I never said I was certified organic. I can not afford to be certified it is way to costly And I dont have that kind of money. I might do the Certified Naturally grown. But I am looking into that right now.

There water is from the river and when they Irrigate the cotton and the almonds.

Angi