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Holiday 2007 Newsletter	We met lots of interesting people at the vineyard this year. Weekend pictures Do you recommend oak barrels for winemaking? This Month's Grape Recipe - Great Grape Pie Recipe	Complimentary Holiday Candles! 2 New apothecary candles Why do cracks sometimes form on the top of my candles after burning? Honey Harvest 2007 Bee Movie: In Theaters in November! How the Experts Use Honey This Month's Honey Recipe - Honey Cake & Texas Roadhouse Honey Butter
	From our Readers    Storing Honey  ••   White mold or scum on surface of wine  ••   Can I purchase beeswax candles at the vineyard  ••   Grape varieties available  ••   Concord juice  ••   Cleaning beeswax  ••   What is ripe this weekend  ••   Do you ship concords  ••   Great Grape pie recipe  ••   How long will you be selling bulk honey?  ••   Cabernet franc grapes?

 

Harvest Updates 2007

Week 5 - September 28, 29 & 30, 2007 Week 4 - September 21, 22 & 23, 2007 Week 3 - September 14, 15 & 16, 2007 Week 2 - September 7, 8 & 9, 2007 Week 1 - August 31 to September 2, 2007

 

Harvest 2007 Newsletter	Grape Harvest - 2007 Our vineyard pages have been re-done Take a tour of the vineyard. Roast Chicken with Grapes How is our vineyard different than others? New Item - A Huge Grape Suncatcher Our Golden Honey Soap was very popular at the vineyard last year.	Pick up your candle order at the vineyard. 10 reasons to choose beeswax instead of paraffin! Honey Harvest 2007 The Honey Farm opens Friday, August 31 - Bring your pails & buckets About the Honey Industry Caribbean Burgers with Honey Pineapple Chutney Why does the honey from the sales stand vary from year to year.
	From our Readers    Purchase some of the taper candles with the "bloom" finish  ••   Growing grapes in the backyard  ••   Cold weather in June for grapes  ••   Pressing grape juice  ••   Recipe for Mango Wine  ••  Pruning vines for decorative use  ••   Do you sell beeswax cappings?  ••  Cleaning table grapes (bloom) and wine notes  ••   Making citronella beeswax candles  ••   Making beeswax candles at home in oven.

 

Spring 2007 Newsletter	What does my Weight Watchers Mug and Niagara have in common? Lon Rombough Grape School Spring Pruning in the Vineyard This Month's Grape Recipe - Papaya-Grape Sour Cream Mold What is your favorite grape?	Wicks Do you add chemicals to your beeswax candles? Winter Loss & Making Colony Increases This Month's Honey Recipe - Caribbean Honey-Spiced Chicken with Mango Why do honeybees swarm?
	From our Readers    Treating honeybees for mites  ••  Purchasing and picking up raw honey - "organic honey" ••  Shipping & candle size questions  ••  What would happen to the vines if they were not pruned?  ••  Source for honey bee packages  ••  Learning to make wine  ••  Thank you for shipping the honey  ••  Tried other candles and like yours better  ••  Do you offer tours of your facilities?  ••  Cool Pictures of Grapes and Berries at Different Stages  ••  Nice site!  ••   Candle making questions  ••  Purchasing honey locally  ••  What do you do to control mites  ••  A note from the mountains  ••  Vineyard in the Rocky Mountains  ••  Candle Catalog

Winter 2007 Newsletter	White Winemaking - The story continues! Our Visit to Southern Wineries This Month's Grape Recipe - Mulled Wine Can I get grapes to make "Ice Wine" from Honeyflow Farm New Item - A Huge Grape Suncatcher	Year at a Glance Why Beeswax? Unique use of beeswax pillars. Why does my beeswax candle sometimes seem hard to light? The Honeybee Colonies in Winter Scientists Say Trained Bees Can Sniff Bombs What do honeybees do in the winter?
	From our Readers    Best grapes for an Arbor  ••   Saving Honey Bees  ••   Getting started in beekeeping  ••   Candle Winner  ••   Proper wick  ••   Candles arrived fine  ••   December Candle Winner  ••   Pine cone fire starters  ••   6th Grade research project  ••   Hollow in center of candles  ••   Unique use for pillars  ••   Candles sticking in molds  ••   Another candle winner

 

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Holiday 2006 Newsletter	Thanks for a Great Season New Grape Search page Fall vineyard activities White Wine MakinG Tempo Grape Recipe - Harvest Salad Grape FAQ	New Beeswax Candle Making Pillars - A New Pictorial Page What is the normal color of beeswax? Harvest at the Honey Farm Hard Honey Holiday Cookies
	From our Readers   Wicks on Hand Dipped Candles are attached  ••   Pruning grapevines in Australia  ••   Grapevines in Wheeler Michigan  ••   Purchasing wine  ••   Winemaking questions  ••   Shipping candles to Croatia and other APO addresses  ••   Soap order  ••   Late season picking and frosts  ••   Crusher Stemmer  ••   Adagio Estates Vineyard up in Sanilac  ••   How much honey to leave on the hive for winter  ••   How do enter the candle drawing  ••   Dry wine & sugar content

Harvest Updates 2006

Week 6 - Oct 6 to Oct 8, 2006 Week 5 - Sept 29 to Oct 1, 2006 Week 4 - Sept 22 to 24, 2006 Week 3 - Sept 15 to 17, 2006 Week 2 - Sept 8 to 10, 2006 Week 1 - Sept 1 to 3, 2006

Harvest 2006 Newsletter

Harvest season at the Vineyard -best crop in 5 years! Blending grapes Grape Crusher Available Make Red Wine the Easy Way! Grape Recipe - DELICIOUS GRAPES Can you grow organic grapes?

New Beeswax Candles Shedding Light on the Candle's History What's the white cloudy film on my beeswax candle? Harvest at the Honey Farm The Honeybees like grapes too!! Simple Orange Cream Spread

Spring 2006 Newsletter	Spring Pruning Great Pages for grape growers from the MSU Grape site Turkey Salad with Grapes What do Grape Blossoms Smell Like?	Burning & Hugging Pillars Beeswax Wedding Table Centerpiece What are "Rolled" Candles? Spring in the Beeyards Healing Honey Lo-Cal Sweetners Honey Raisin Pie
	From our Readers   Raw Honey  ••   Honeybees need water  ••   Grape vine pruning wounds are bleeding  ••   Votive questions  ••   Using pictures on our site  ••   Ordering package bees  ••   Essential oil scents  ••   Purchasing beeswax  ••   Honey & allergies  ••   Nice pruning pictures  ••   No store hours  ••   Wants to join pruning crew  ••   Price grapes  ••   Honeybees medications  ••   Honey bread recipe problems  ••   Making votives

Early Spring 2006 Newsletter	Mild Winter in the Vineyard Racking and Sweetening Wine Grapevine School of Wine Stuffed Cornish Game Hens How do you propagate grape vines?	New Apothecary Jar Candles! Candle Shipping Notes Candle Wicks New Invention Beeswax Candle FAQ What causes a candle to smoke, and what can I do to correct it? Is candle soot harmful? HoneyBee Winter Loss is Normal The Hibernation Diet Honey Crusted Salmon Will bacteria survive in honey?
	From our Readers   Pruning Vines  ••   Floating Candles  ••   2 Gallon Pails of Honey  ••   Frontenac  ••   Volunteer Pruners  ••   Crushinge & Pressing grapes  ••   Bulk Wax  ••   Organic honey

Winter 2006 Newsletter	The Richmond Warthog Making Wine Vinegar Winemaking Records Michigan Wine Making History Winter Grape Recipe - Cheese and Wine Spread Can grapevines survive very cold weather? "Christmas Lights"	Year at a Glance New "Candle Creations" website Beeswax FAQ - Did you Know ... Info from The National Honey Board THE IMPORTANCE OF BEES IN WAR TIME Great email questions from a site visitor Winter Honey Recipe - Puppy Chow Honey FAQ - Do the honeybees make honey from pollen?
	From our Readers   Propolis & raw honey  ••   Purchasing wine  ••   Planting frontenac vines  ••   First time winemaker  ••   Making a wine press  ••   Wick sizes  ••   Candlemaking equipment  ••   Clean-burning, natural-type candle  ••  Scented or unscented tapers

 

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Holiday 2005 Newsletter	People at the Vineyard Interesting Website Vineyard FAQ Holiday Grape Recipe	Beeswax Candles for Holidays Beeswax FAQ Honey Harvest HoneyFarm FAQ Holiday Honey Recipes
	From our Readers Winemaker Questions  ••  Should beeswax candles smoke?  ••   Wicks for beeswax candles  ••   Pruning vines  ••   Foch Wine  ••   Apothecary jar Candles  ••   White beeswax  ••   Red Honey  ••   Catalog  ••   Ear Candles  ••   Comments from India  ••   Winemaking Supplies  ••   Wills Winery  ••   Creamed honey, Honey Soap  ••   Shelf life of creamed honey  ••   Can honeybees damage the grapes?  ••   Do you filter your wax?  ••   Stevia comments  ••   Wills Winery  ••   Making beeswax candles  ••   White beeswax  ••   Bees in Trees  ••   Growing Grapes in Northern Michigan  ••   What do I bring to the farm to get grapes and honey?  ••   Foch Grapes  ••   No Custom Pressing  ••   How many grapes for 5 gallons  ••   When are concord grapes ripe?  ••   Raw Honey  ••   Will grapes ripen after harvest?

2005 Weekly Picking Updates	Week 6 - Oct 7 to 9, 2005 Week 5 - Sept 30 to Oct 2, 2005 Week 4 -  Sept 23 to Sept 25, 2005 Week 3 - Sept 16 to Sept 17, 2005 Week 2 - Sept 9 to Sept 11 Week 1 - Sept 2 to Sept 4
Harvest 2005 Newsletter	Harvest at the Vineyard Prize Winning Wine! Vineyard FAQ Harvest Grape Recipe	Pick up Candles at Vineyard From Flower to Flame Beeswax FAQ Raw? Pasteurized? HoneyFarm FAQ Harvest Honey Recipes
	From our Readers  Bee Pollen?  ••   Pectin in bulk,  ••   Vignoles juice,  ••   Best grapes for wine,  ••   Grapes in Chicago,  ••   Newsletter - Freezer jam,  ••   Opening earlier this year?  ••   Won a medal in State Fair with his wine,  ••   What to do with beeswax,  ••   Raw honey,  ••   When to pick grapes,  ••   Wicks for votives,  ••   Bulk honey price,  ••   Frontenac grapes,  ••   Nuisance bees,  ••   Jelly Bags,  ••   Nice website,  ••   Tours?  ••   Africanized bees,  ••   More nuisance bees,  ••   White beeswax.

Summer 2005 Newsletter	Clean Cultivation in the Vineyard Replacing trunks, Bloom, New vines A wine war Sweetening and filtering wine. Preserving Grape Leaves Summer Grape Recipe Candle W*nner & Laugh of the Month	New Candle Catalog is Completed Beeswax Candle FAQ New Comb Honey Complexion Soap Checking Colonies Summer Honey Recipes Candle W*nner & Laugh of the Month
	From our Readers   Nuisance honeybees?  ••   Votive burn time,  ••   Growing grapes in England,  ••   Karl Bailey info,  ••   LBS of grapes for 5/50 gallons wine,  ••   Pruning grapes,  ••   Selling tapers,  ••   Grapes at wedding,  ••   Purchasing queens,  ••   Shipping grape juice,  ••   Deer in his vineyard,  ••   Stinky honey,  ••   Grape growing classes,  ••   Starter hive,  ••   This month's candle winner,  ••   Grape leaves.

Spring 2005 Newsletter	Pruning & Planting Crusher Stemmer Oxygen not necessary for aging Spring Grape Recipe Candle W*nner & Laugh of the Month	Beeswax Candles at Special Events! Checking Colonies, Winter Damage What has happened to all the honeybees? Spring Honey Recipes Candle W*nner & Laugh of the Month
	From our Readers   Wants to start a vineyard ••   Honey Bee Wax for sealing/finishing brick floors ••   Raw Beeswax sales ••   Grammar correction ••   Pruning vines ••   Honey/Soap comments and new recipes ••   Raw beeswax ••   Observing honeybees  ••   Thanks for the fast shipping and a quality product  ••   Availability of de-stemmer and a crusher  ••   Double trunk vines  ••   Candle making supplies  ••   Ordering grape juice  ••   Tealite wicks.

Early Spring 2005 Newsletter	Pruning Season, New vines Making Red Wine at the Farm - (Continued) Winemaking Hq Website Cato's Grape Bread Candle W*nner & Laugh of the Month	New Candles Added Checking colonies, Raising Queens Spring Honey Recipes Candle W*nner & Laugh of the Month
	From our Readers    Partylite Candles,  ••   New beekeepers,  ••   Wants to plant a few vines,  ••   Light colored pillars,  ••   Keeping honey from granulating,  ••   Growing grapes in Gratiot County Michigan,  ••   Reducing acidity,  ••   Dipping candles,  ••   Making wine in Tennessee,  ••   Thanks for the order,  ••   Where to get winemaking supplies,  ••   from the Director Of The Greyton H. Taylor Wine Museum

Winter 2005 Newsletter	Making Red Wine at the Farm - (Continued) Winter Grape Recipe Leaded Glass Grape Candle W*nner & Laugh of the Month	Making Pillars, New Search Pages New Candles Added Candle Burning Tips Winter at the Honey Farm Winter Honey Recipe New Soap Products Added Leaded Glass
	From our Readers   Candle dipping frames,  ••   Thank you for the order - loves the product,  ••   Votive burning problem,  ••   Served mead at a wedding,  ••   2.5 lb raw honey,  ••   Storing/using raw honey,  ••   Dipping beeswax candles outdoors over a wood fire,  ••   What variety was "Eastern White",  ••   Mead making & wife and I are traveling to Prague

 

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Holiday 2004 Newsletter	Winemaking Options for New Winemakers Holiday Grape Recipe New Line of Leaded Glass Products Candle W*nner & Laugh of the Month	Pure Beeswax Hand-Dipped Tapers How We Make Them at the Farm Nativity Set, Hot Items this Christmas Season! November/December at the Honey Farm Holiday Honey Recipe - Wings New Line of Leaded Glass Products Candle W*nner & Laugh of the Month
	From our readers   Raw honey for allergies,  ••  Honey vinegar,  ••  5th grade project,  ••  Are you still picking grapes?  ••   More allergy questions

October 2004 Newsletter	Short crop in the vineyard this year Making Red Wine at Honeyflow Farm Winemaker Magazine - Links & More October Grape Recipe	THE NATIONAL CANDLE ASSOCIATION October at the Honey Farm An interview with Jaroslav and Marta Lstiburek. October Honey Recipe
	From our readers  Grape jelly,  ••  Shipping Grapes,  ••  Grape questions,  ••  Organic Grapes,  ••  Delaware,  ••  Wine supplies,  ••  No Vidal grapes,  ••  Juice questions,  ••  Wine using brown sugar,  ••  Nice website - see you soon!

Fall 2004 Grape Harvest Picking Updates

Week 1 - Sept 3, 4 & 5 Week 2 - Sept 10, 11 & 12 Week 3 - Sept 17, 18 & 19 Week 4 - Sept 24, 25 & 26 Week 5 - Oct 1, 2 & 3 Week 6 - Oct 8, 9 & 10

September 2004 Newsletter	Harvest Season in the Vineyard Our Visit to Swedish Hill Vineyards Phenolic Measurement of Wine September Grape Recipe	From Flower to Flame Farm Opens Friday September 3 Unfiltered Honey? Raw? September Honey Recipe
	From our readers  Jelly Making,  ••  Foch grapes,  ••  Freezing Honey,  ••  Niagara grapes,  ••  Bev Art Brewer & Winemaker Supply,  ••  Concords,  ••  St.Pepin grapes,  ••  Friends from the Czech Republic,  ••  2gal Pails of Unprocessed Honey

August 2004 Newsletter	August in the Vineyard Our Visit to Hunt Vineyards Sulphide Detection August Grape Recipe	Candle Industry Facts August at the Honey Farm African Honey Bee Update August Honey Recipe
	From our readers   Grape leaves,  ••  Raw honey,  ••  Purchasing grape vines,  ••  Growing vines questions,  ••  Observation hive

June/July 2004 Newsletter	Wet May & June, Bloom Practical Winery Magazine Interesting Websites Sandy Paetz MSU Update July Grape Recipe	Shedding Light on Candle Industry June/July at the Honey Farm A Spoonfull of Honey Helps Varroa Mite Control July Honey Recipe
	From our readers  Grape leaves,  ••  Raw honey,  ••  Purchasing grape vines,  ••  Growing vines questions,  ••  Observation hive

May 2004 Newsletter	Pruning Haight Vineyard Sandy & Bernard MSU Updates New MSU Grape Website May Grape Recipe	New E-Commerce Site on line May at the Honey Farm Antioxidant Research Captures Media Interest May Honey Recipe
	From our readers I found your red wine recipe, How are things at the vineyard going? The photos of the hives and honey process through the seasons was very interesting. I am a beginner looking for bees. I'm interested in buying 2 lb of honey. Wondering if you sell unfiltered wax, allergic to bee stings.

April 2004 Newsletter	Vineyard Notes Al Schneider - Old Friend Gone Determining SO2 April Grape Recipe	New E-Commerce Site on line April at the Honey Farm Tests Fined Altered Honey April Honey Recipe
	From our readers  Wants to develop a Honey Farm & Vineyard,  ••   Removing honey bees?  ••   Newspaper called FarmWorld,  ••   Honey from friend in the Philippines,  ••   Planting some grape vines this spring,  ••   Use some of your pictures?  ••   New Bee Club Formed,  ••   Want 20lb of beeswax,  ••   Working in the vineyard this spring

Feb/March 2004 Newsletter	Vineyard Notes Local Meaderies & Winemaking Shops Must Analysis Feb/March grape recipe	Changes to our WebSite March at the Honey Farm Honey, Have You Considered Yoga? March Honey Recipe
	From our readers   Moving concord vines,  ••   making beeswax candles for 10 years,  ••   wanted to know it you used cotton, lead free wicks,  ••   watch the beeswax candle dipping process,  ••   your honey is wonderful,  ••   in the process of developing our own site - I happened to find yours and found it excellent.  ••   revised total on our order,  ••   make candles in the plastic molds you see every where,  ••   I'm allergic to bee stings and swell very badly when stung.Will I show any type of reaction, if i smell of beeswax candles?  ••   a bunch of great questions,  ••   science project involving an experiment comparing beeswax candles to paraffin candles.  ••   Your products are very beautiful. Do you have a catalogue you could send me,  ••   What do you charge for picking grapes for home winemakers?  ••   AS A POLISH TRADITION WE BURN BAYBERRY CANDLES EACH CHRISTMAS EVE,  ••   Help Identify grape picture on a cake.

January 2004 Newsletter	Vineyard is closed for the season Grape Sampling and Fruit Maturity Evaluation A Year at a Glance January grape recipe - Solera Mushroom Soup	Candle Making, Bloom Survery, Changes to our WebSite January at the Honey Farm Bees key to Defense sting operations A Year at a Glance January Honey Recipe
	From our readers:   Weight of the 12 inch pillars?  ••   Straining honey,  ••  Lead Free Wicks?  ••  Candle Information Sheets

 

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