Morningside Honey

Morningside Honey Visit us to determine the availability of honey and other products produced by our bees. and read news and facts about honeybees and beekeeping.

While the primary purpose of our page is to let customers know about the availability of bee products from our two apiaries, we also hope folks will find interesting and useful information about bees and those odd folks we call "beekeepers."

Merry Christmas, everyone!We’re thankful to God for the hard work our bees did this year, and the beautiful honey they h...
12/12/2022

Merry Christmas, everyone!

We’re thankful to God for the hard work our bees did this year, and the beautiful honey they have blessed us with. As in the past, we’re able to offer this raw, unadulterated product to you in the following sizes:
• Quart jars, which—at just an ounce shy of 3 lbs.--are the best value for the honey lover who enjoys honey with a variety of foods and drinks, or uses it to help with seasonal allergies.
• 1 lb. squeeze bottles are a great size for all honey users who want the convenience of a refillable, no mess, squeeze bottle. They can be a nice gift for a neighbor or family member. And if you want to share a little of Charlotte with a cross country relative or friend, these bottles ship well.
• Our 2 oz. gift bears make great stocking stuffers, party favors, or gift for coworkers. Like the 1 lb. squeeze bottles, they also ship well.

We are able to offer this honey to you at the same cost as last year:
• Quart jars (just an ounce shy of 3 lbs) - $30 ea.
• 1 lb. squeeze bottles - $12 ea.
• 2 oz. gift bears – $3 ea.

If you’re interested in purchasing any of our honey, please let us know, along with the sizes and quantity you’re interested in, and we’ll be glad to set it aside for you to pick up.

You can contact us by replying via Facebook Messenger, or sending a text to Ed at 704-957-9627 (please include your name in case you’re not in Ed’s address book).

As always, thanks so much for purchasing our honey!

Ed & Marianne

Check out our honey gift bears! Looking for a stocking stuffer or a little something special to give a friend or neighb...
12/14/2020

Check out our honey gift bears!

Looking for a stocking stuffer or a little something special to give a friend or neighbor? Looking for something that glitters in the Christmas lights, and provides a little healthy sweet for the holiday? Look no further! Grab some of our honey gift bears to give to your loved ones this Christmas. They're an affordable gift at only $3 each.

If you're interested, please message us or text to 704-957-9627.

It's been a challenging year, but in spite of the pandemic and its resulting lockdowns, our girls have been buzzy making...
10/27/2020

It's been a challenging year, but in spite of the pandemic and its resulting lockdowns, our girls have been buzzy making tasty honey right here in East Charlotte. We're bottling that honey this week, and will have it available for purchase by the end of this week.

We're bottling it in 1 lb. squeeze bottles ($12 ea.) and quart jars (almost 3 lbs. of honey for $30). We're also filling 2 oz. gift bears for only $3 apiece that are just right for stocking stuffers, party favors, or just a nice way to say "thank you" to a friend or co-worker.

If you'd like any, please message us or send a text to Ed at 704-957-9627.

Ever wonder what bees do on a lazy summer evening?Being the natural socialites they are, they like to hang out on the fr...
07/14/2020

Ever wonder what bees do on a lazy summer evening?

Being the natural socialites they are, they like to hang out on the front porch, catching up with their friends and family. I wonder if they'd let me join them while I sip some of their golden honey?

It was a couple of months ago, the day after the freak storm that produced a tornado in Matthews, that Marianne and I ob...
04/15/2020

It was a couple of months ago, the day after the freak storm that produced a tornado in Matthews, that Marianne and I observed bees visiting our hellebores. We were elated, because it's just been in the last couple of years that we've seen honeybees on our hellebores. And as a result, they have been producing a lot of seeds, and making a lot of baby hellebores.

The hellebores are located by our house, and we think the reason this has changed is because we quit having a local pest control company come out on a quarterly basis to spray the exterior of our house for bugs. We don't know if the bees stayed away because of the chemicals, or if the chemicals killed any bees who visited the hellebores, preventing return visits.

On Easter Day, Marianne and I took a stroll through the neighborhood. As we were walking down Commonwealth, we passed a...
04/14/2020

On Easter Day, Marianne and I took a stroll through the neighborhood. As we were walking down Commonwealth, we passed a honeysuckle bush (not a honeysuckle vine) covered with honeybees darting from flower to flower.

What's the difference between the honeysuckle vine and the honeysuckle bush?

One young lady allowed me to get this nice closeup of her pollinating one of the flowers. Notice the pollen clinging to the hairs on her body.

To collect the swarm, I first put together a new home (hive) for the girls, placed it on a sheet (to catch any bees I ac...
04/13/2020

To collect the swarm, I first put together a new home (hive) for the girls, placed it on a sheet (to catch any bees I accidentally spilled on the ground) in front of the garage (see first pic). To extend my reach, I used my pole pruner to trim a couple of branches between the swarm and the ground, then removed the mechanism. I used duct tape to attach my swarm collection bucket to the top of the pole, which extends to a length of ten to twelve feet (see second pic).

With this arrangement, and Marianne holding the ladder as I stood on the top safe rung, I was able to reach the swarm with the bucket, and lower the girls to their new home. With the swam split between multiple branches, it took multiple attempts to finally capture the queen and get her into the hive. Once that happened, the girls gladly moved into the their new abode. A couple of hours later, only a fistful of bees remained on the crape myrtle (see third pic). And by the time I moved the hive into the apiary at dusk, not a bee remained on the branch.

04/13/2020

There was a nice breeze blowing, as bees continued to fly in and settle on the swarm. Notice that this swarm has "split", and is gathered around more than one branch. This added to the challenge of catching the swarm so high in the tree.

Happy Easter, everyone! I hope that even during this time of social distancing, you have been able celebrate Jesus' res...
04/13/2020

Happy Easter, everyone! I hope that even during this time of social distancing, you have been able celebrate Jesus' resurrection from the dead, fulfilling God's promise that those of us who live our lives for Christ will be able to enjoy eternal life with God.

Speaking of social distancing . . . A swarm of bees decided to practice in a difference way, yesterday, when they decided to take a break in a crape myrtle by our old swingset. Our nextdoor neighbor, Clay, alerted us to what was happening. The girls were over 20 feet in the air, much higher than the 14 feet that's my normal maximum height (based on reaching the swarm with a 5 gallon bucket while standing on an eight foot ladder). See the pictures below.

Tonight, I thought we'd go back in time a little bit. The first picture was taken a month ago (March 8, to be exact). ...
04/11/2020

Tonight, I thought we'd go back in time a little bit. The first picture was taken a month ago (March 8, to be exact). These beautiful white flowers, which are still in bloom right now, and are still being visited by the bees (so they must still be producing nectar).

Notice the pollen in the honey bee's pollen basket.

Anyone want to take a guess at what this plant is? I've added a second picture to give you an overall view of it.

OK, as most of you have figured out by now, I'm not the most prolific social media poster. (If everyone was like me, Fa...
04/10/2020

OK, as most of you have figured out by now, I'm not the most prolific social media poster. (If everyone was like me, Facebook would likely be out of business by now.)

Anyhow, partially as a challenge to myself, and partially as a way to hopefully bless all of you during this stressful time, I've committed to post a little something each day over the next few weeks as all of us try to stay home to help one another. So here's my first . . .

In our backyard, I have a little shed that I constructed a few years back to house our "spare" equipment. Some is truly spare, some is retired (but sometimes used in a pinch), and some is seasonally rotated in and out of service (such as honey supers and top feeders).

A couple of weeks ago, I went out to pull out some honey supers for a couple of our hives, and found myself confronted with this "trespasser" on our equipment (see first picture).

He paid me no attention, and I wasn't sure, at first, if he was even alive. I was afraid I would accidentally hurt him while I was moving boxes around, and asked Marianne what she thought I should do. She suggested I move him.

Well, that's when I found out he was definitely alive. He squirmed in my hands, and did his best to get out. I put him in an old pond that has filled up with leaves over the years, and he sat there for the rest of the day, and gave me the suspicious look you see in the second picture.

He stayed there the rest of the day, but was gone when I returned the next morning. Hope he's found himself a young lady to be friends with . . .

By the way, what kind of frog do you think he is? Is he a native in these parts, or an escapee from someone's terrarium?

I got most of the remaining bees on the post into the hive, closed it up, and moved it over to a nearby hive stand. You...
04/02/2020

I got most of the remaining bees on the post into the hive, closed it up, and moved it over to a nearby hive stand. You can see the girls' new home in the picture below. it's the hive in the middle.

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