Asheville Bee Charmer began five years ago when founders and Queen Bees Jillian and Kim decided to start sharing the fruits, or rather honey, of their beekeeping labors and open a store in Downtown Asheville. The journey hasn’t been without challenges but through creative partnerships and community support the hive is stronger than ever. The
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How To Decrystallize Raw Honey While Retaining Quality and Flavor
Did your jar of honey crystallize? This is totally normal, and natural. Crystallized honey is just as edible and delicious as liquid honey, but if you don’t like the texture of crystallized honey, it is quite simple to soften honey by adding heat. Heating honey will liquefy crystallized honey. But bee careful. If you overheat
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Yes. Honeycomb is Edible. But How Should You Eat It?
Plus Answers to all Your Honeycomb Questions When people ask if honeycomb is edible, it’s often the wax they’re concerned with. We know honey is edible. But is honeycomb edible? The answer is also yes. Honeycomb is nature’s great delicacy. It is perfectly safe (and delicious) to consume both the honey and the waxy hexagonal
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The Hive Is Buzzing This Summer
Summer is here and our bee hives and bee charmer hive are both abuzz with activity. Here’s an update on what we’ve been up to at Asheville Bee Charmer. Honey + Hops = Delightful Brews The hive teamed up with two local breweries this summer to create some unique honey beers. Catawba Brewing, on the
On Fried Green Tomatoes, Movie Memories, and Why We’re Just a Bunch of Bee Charmers
One day, a man named Doug Whitley finished reading an article about Asheville Bee Charmer in Our State Magazine and called our shop. He wanted to know if we named our honey store after a scene from the movie Fried Green Tomatoes. The truth is–we did. Our name, Asheville Bee Charmer, was inspired by a
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