The Sweetest All Natural Wildflower Honey To Be Found! “The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.”― Henry David Thoreau


Santa Rosa plantation dates to the 17th century, though the plantation house in its current form dates to only 1840.   Santa Rosa has been home to bees and excellent honey since before the American Revolution.  For example, the will of Captain James Gee (1694-1760) filed at Prince George County Courthouse on February 16, 1760 lists among the Captain’s possessions “7 bees and hives.”  During the Civil War Santa Rosa plantation was very close to the siege line surrounding Petersburg but the house itself was not burnt down because the Federals used the house as a headquarters and a field hospital…the heart pine floorboards on the 3d floor are covered with many large blood stains from the wounded soldiers.  In 1864 the Union headquarters and hospital at Santa Rosa were overrun by Confederate cavalry on their way to rustle 5,000 Federal cattle that were corralled at Coggins point, cattle that were meant to feed the Union Army but instead were driven back to Petersburg by the rebels and ended up feeding the Confederate Army, prolonging the siege of Petersburg until 1865.



“If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.”-Maurice MaeterlinckThe Life of the Bee
The Fall Harvest is done!  



Santa Rosa Plantaion BeeFarm: Home to the OLDEST Living Pecan Tree in Virginai


The Ancient Pecan of Santa Rosa

Towering above Santa Rosa and visible for miles around, being twice the height of the surrounding trees and other vegetation, is the mighty Ancient Pecan.  Pecan trees are native to Prince George County and were cultivated by the Indians long before the English settlers arrived, but are still rather rare, since the abundant squirrels love to eat not only the Pecan nuts, but also devour the Pecan seedlings greedily. The trunk of the Ancient Pecan of Santa Rosa measures 24 feet in circumference.   The Ancient Pecan of Santa Rosa is at least 350 years old, arguably the oldest living Pecan tree in Virginia.  The long vertical scar on the east facing side of the tree, a scar possibly caused by a past lightning strike, has been the home of a colony of wild honey bees…could Pooh get his paw in there to scoop out the honey? 

“Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh


“If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.”-Maurice MaeterlinckThe Life of the Bee

Santa Rosa Plantation Wildflower Honey Farm

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Friday, December 2, 2016

IS THIS ENOUGH TO SAVE THE BEES? 🐝



 πŸIS THIS ENOUGH TO SAVE THE BEES? 🐝

Check out this article on the plight of the BEES: @dedouble's Tweet: 


🐝🐝🐝P.S. Our BEES at Santa Rosa Honey Farm are doing so well thanks to our BEEKEEPER extraordinaire Christopher White. If you need HONEY, we can fill your HONEY POT!🐝🐝🐝

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DON'T DELAY: ORDER YOUR SANTA ROSA WILDFLOWER HONEY TODAY!🐝🐝🐝





Monday, November 14, 2016

🐝🐝🐝HAVE A HONEY OF A NOVEMBER🐝🐝🐝


🐝🐝🐝HAVE A HONEY OF A NOVEMBER🐝🐝🐝

Currently, our own HONEY POT is FILLED TO THE BRIM. Our FALL Harvest has been a success!🐝🐝🐝 Contact us for some super delicious HONEY from our FALL harvest and we WILL meet your HONEY NEEDS!  Have a HONEY of a DAY!🐝🐝🐝
Our BEES at Santa Rosa Honey Farm are doing well thanks to our BEEKEEPER extraordinaire Christopher White.  If you need HONEY, we can fill your HONEY POT!

🐝🐝🐝LET US KNOW IF YOUR HONEY POT IS EMPTY OURS IS OVERFLOWING! IF YOU NEED HONEY LET US KNOW! FALL HONEY KEEPS POURING IN!🐝🐝🐝

Try some of Santa Rosa Honey Farm's super delicious HONEY contact us and WE WILL meet your HONEY NEEDS!🐝🐝🐝


Currently, our own HONEY POT is FILLED TO THE BRIM. Our FALL Harvest has been a success!🐝🐝🐝 Contact us for some super delicious HONEY from our FALL harvest and we WILL meet your HONEY NEEDS!  Have a HONEY of a DAY!🐝🐝🐝
Our BEES at Santa Rosa Honey Farm are doing well thanks to our BEEKEEPER extraordinaire Christopher White.  If you need HONEY, we can fill your HONEY POT!

🐝🐝🐝LET US KNOW IF YOUR HONEY POT IS EMPTY OURS IS OVERFLOWING! IF YOU NEED HONEY LET US KNOW! FALL HONEY KEEPS POURING IN!🐝🐝🐝

Try some of Santa Rosa Honey Farm's super delicious HONEY contact us and WE WILL meet your HONEY NEEDS!🐝🐝🐝

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Note: We deliver free of charge locally!  We will also deliver on Saturdays to Richmond Free of charge.  Shipping by mail will be invoiced separately via PayPal based on quantity purchased. The ACTUAL cost of shipping ONLY will be invoiced!

DON'T DELAY: ORDER YOUR SANTA ROSA WILDFLOWER HONEY TODAY!🐝🐝🐝

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

WHAT DO HONEY AND PENICILLIN HAVE IN COMMON?

Have a Prescription for Penicillin? 
You May Already Have the Best Natural Alternative in Your Pantry!
(NaturalNews) Not only are antibiotics commonly over-prescribed, but they can also have a negative impact on your health. Why use them when you can make an inexpensive and powerful natural alternative out of ingredients you probably already have at home?

Here's a version of the recipe to make your own natural antibiotic from Healthy Food House:

Ingredients:
1/2 cup of organic honey
1/4 cup of organic ACV
Garlic cloves
1/2 cup of water
Method of preparation
:First, crush or chop up the garlic. Then, mix it with all the ingredients, and store the mixture in a jar. It should be left overnight in order to become homogeneous. The next morning, strain the syrup and store it in a dark and cool place.

This powerful concoction can be used to treat respiratory ailments such as bronchitis and asthma, and it's great for soothing coughs and sore throats.

REMEMBER:

Honey is one of nature's miracle foods – it contains nutrients, antioxidants and more:

"Organic honey is a rich source of vitamins, minerals and enzymes, and it successfully fights against free radicals since it acts as an antioxidant. Moreover, it has strong anti- inflammatory and antibacterial properties which will provide great relief in the case of a cold, cough or a sore throat."

Be sure to purchase only raw organic honey – preferably from a local beekeeper (SANTA ROSA HONEY). Local honey contains local pollen which can help your body fight seasonal allergies, especially if you begin consuming it a few months before allergy season. This will help you build up a tolerance to seasonal allergens.

Most of the honey sold in the supermarket has been filtered and pasteurized – processes which destroy its health benefits. In fact, much of the honey sold commercially contains no honey at all!

Learn more: READ THE FULL ARTICLE


LET US KNOW IF YOUR HONEY POT IS EMPTY OURS IS OVERFLOWING!  IF YOU NEED HONEY LET US KNOW!  SUMMER HONEY KEEPS POURING IN!

Try some of Santa Rosa Honey Farm's super delicious HONEY contact us and WE WILL meet your HONEY NEEDS!

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DON'T DELAY: ORDER YOUR SANTA ROSA WILDFLOWER HONEY TODAY!


Saturday, March 12, 2016

MARCH ON....NEW BEES ON MARCH 30, 2016




The yard is blooming and the bees are buzzing and we have a date to pick-up our BEES!  YEAH, SPRING HAS SPRUNG!



IS YOUR HONEY POT EMPTY? 
Try some of Santa Rosa Honey Farm's super delicious HONEY contact us and WE WILL meet your HONEY NEEDS!

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

ALL THINGS BEES: WHERE DID THE BEE SKEP GO?


At Santa Rosa Plantation Honey Farm we love all things BEES and here is something for all those BEE lovers out there who stitch as well as eat HONEY. An Authentic Antique Reproduction Sampler from Hands Across the Sea SamplersThese ladies are the experts when it comes to samplers and we just LOVE their first piece. WHY? Well, because the central motif of the 1791 Sampler by Miss Mary Ann Bournes is a bee skep. YES, that is the technical name for the style of hive used in the sampler. Look very, very, close and you can see the bees a-buzzing in the stitched piece. Not to mention the bees which surround the luscious pink roses. NEXT to BEES I LOVE Needlework and this is a piece that combines both!



Why don't we see BEE SKEPS in use today? Well, today bee skeps are considered a decorative garden item. Just so you know skeps are conical in shape and were usually made from braided straw. Although they were once the popular style of hives used by apiarians, they were discarded when hives that could be opened to harvest honey or care for the bees were developed.   A major drawback to the bee skep was the fact that the skep had to be destroyed to gather the honey, not to mention that it is now required that you be able to gain entrance to your hive for the care of your bees (there is a lot of work that goes into beekeeping).  For example, the hives need to be attended to for medication against mites, so skeps have become a thing of the past.  No longer are they used.for bees, nonetheless, skeps are still lovely to see as decorative ornamentation in any garden or hanging on any wall enhanced with the beauty of a stitched BEE SKEP. 





HAVE A HONEY OF A 2016!



P.S. YES, we still have HONEY from our fall harvest...NOT much but some! If you are interested in some super delicious HONEY contact us and WE WILL meet your HONEY NEEDS!

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DON'T DELAY: ORDER YOUR SANTA ROSA WILDFLOWER HONEY TODAY!

Sunday, January 17, 2016

GOOD THING WE WNTERED THE BEEHIVES!


GOOD THING WE WINTERIZED THE BEEHIVES!  Let it snow...

HAVE A HONEY OF A 2016!

P.S. YES, we still have HONEY from our fall harvest...NOT much but some! If you are interested in some super delicious HONEY contact me and I WILL meet your HONEY NEEDS!


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Saturday, January 16, 2016

Wintering the Bee Hives


There is so much more to beekeeping then one might think!  Winterizing the Bees is one of those things one does not really think about when they think of HONEY.  BUT if you want HONEY you have to keep your Bees warm in winter, othwise the Bees will not make it to spring.  We are expecting some rather cold temperatures in Prince George, Virginia next week ...maybe even some SNOW.  Here is what our hives look like after they are wrapped in roofing felt so as to endure the colder temperatures.  
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HAVE A HONEY OF A 2016!

P.S. YES, we still have HONEY from our fall harvest...NOT much but some! If you are interested in some super delicious HONEY contact me and I WILL meet your HONEY NEEDS!


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OUR HONEY SIGN IS COMING!




Wyatt Signs in Petersburg is busy creating our new HONEY sign.  We are super excited!  OUR Honey Sign is COMING! Modeled after this OLD sign from 1760!  Let us know what you think!

HAVE A HONEY OF A 2016!

P.S. YES, we still have HONEY from our fall harvest...NOT much but some! If you are interested in some super delicious HONEY contact me and I WILL meet your HONEY NEEDS!


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Saturday, November 28, 2015

The History of Santa Rosa Plantation Wildflower Honey


Santa Rosa plantation dates to the 17th century, though the plantation house in its current form dates to only 1840.   Santa Rosa has been home to bees and excellent honey since before the American Revolution.  For example, the will of Captain James Gee (1694-1760) filed at Prince George County Courthouse on February 16, 1760 lists among the Captain’s possessions “7 bees and hives.”  During the Civil War Santa Rosa plantation was very close to the siege line surrounding Petersburg but the house itself was not burnt down because the Federals used the house as a headquarters and a field hospital…the heart pine floorboards on the 3d floor are covered with many large blood stains from the wounded soldiers.  In 1864 the Union headquarters and hospital at Santa Rosa were overrun by Confederate cavalry on their way to rustle 5,000 Federal cattle that were corralled at Coggins point, cattle that were meant to feed the Union Army but instead were driven back to Petersburg by the rebels and ended up feeding the Confederate Army, prolonging the siege of Petersburg until 1865.


“If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.”-Maurice MaeterlinckThe Life of the Bee

The History of Santa Rosa's Ancient Pecan Tree-Home to Wild Honey Bees


The Ancient Pecan of Santa Rosa

Towering above Santa Rosa and visible for miles around, being twice the height of the surrounding trees and other vegetation, is the mighty Ancient Pecan.  Pecan trees are native to Prince George County and were cultivated by the Indians long before the English settlers arrived, but are still rather rare, since the abundant squirrels love to eat not only the Pecan nuts, but also devour the Pecan seedlings greedily. The trunk of the Ancient Pecan of Santa Rosa measures 24 feet in circumference.   The Ancient Pecan of Santa Rosa is at least 350 years old, arguably the oldest living Pecan tree in Virginia.  The long vertical scar on the east facing side of the tree, a scar possibly caused by a past lightning strike, has been the home of a colony of wild honey bees…could Pooh get his paw in there to scoop out the honey? 

“Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh


“If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.”-Maurice MaeterlinckThe Life of the Bee

Friday, November 27, 2015

Health Benefits of Santa Rosa Plantation Wildflower Honey


Buy some Santa Rosa Honey it is "The Sweetest All Natural Wildflower Honey To Be Found!" We believe as Henry David Thoreau did, “The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams," Try our HONEY and you will see!

Large:     $22.50
Medium: $12.50
Small:     $7.50

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Santa Rosa Plantation


Santa Rosa Plantation Honey will soon be sold on Agrilicious. Check us out at Agrilicious! Our storefront will be opening for business soon! Or buy direct from us via PayPal.




"The Sweetest All Natural Wildflower Honey To Be Found!" We believe as Henry David Thoreau did, “The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams," Try our HONEY and you will see!

  

Santa Rosa Plantation is the source for the sweetest all natural wildflower honey to be found! Hives are located in Prince George County, Virginia on the site of a beautiful historic Colonial farmhouse. Also located on the site is one of the largest pecan tree's in the state.  Limited supplies are available. Order yours today!  We will ship.  Cost for shipping will vary based on the amount of honey purchased!


Large:     $22.50
Medium: $12.50
Small:     $7.50

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Sunday, November 22, 2015

Where else can you find Santa Rosa Wildflower Honey for SALE?


Where else can you find Santa Rosa Wildflower Honey for SALE?  Check out these two sites:


SamuelandIrene
LocalHarvest.org

Etsy Shop For Santa Rosa Honey

or you can purchase it right here...
Buy some Santa Rosa Honey it is "The Sweetest All Natural Wildflower Honey To Be Found!" We believe as Henry David Thoreau did, “The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams," Try our HONEY and you will see!

Large:     $22.50
Medium: $12.50
Small:     $7.50

Buy Now Using PayPal


Sizes
Note: Shipping will be invoiced separately via PayPal based on quantity purchased!

Order Your Honey Today!