In the fall, as the weather gets cold in Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado, Grampas Apiary takes the bees to Rodeo, New Mexico. The bees, after a hard summers work "vacation" in the warm desert where their chances of survival through winter is substantially increased. This move extends the fall forage late in to early November and by late November the bees are begin to wind down and go dormant for winter.
Then the desert receives winter and spring rain, and comes alive with flora and flowers. When this happens the bees collect hundreds of different nectars at the same time and make what is called "Desert Wild Flower". Among the plants are: ocotillo, cactus, broom weed, burro weed, desert buckwheat, desert bird or paradise, mimosa , and common mesquite. This honey is a true wildflower honey, but you will notice that it granulates fast and smooth, sporting an incredible finish. This is due to the large amount of mesquite that the bees collected along with the other nectar.- No honey should be fed to infants 12 months or younger.
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