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The Buzz About World Honey Bee Day

Celebrate these essential workers

We often take nature for granted. We don’t think about the pivotal role that all of life’s creatures play. However, World Honey Bee Day gives you the perfect opportunity to celebrate and honor the incredible honey bee.

The day recognizes both the honeybee and the beekeepers who tend the hives. It also encourages everyone to enjoy and buy locally grown honey.

We can all do our bit to provide the honey bees with a supportive environment. When we plant wildflowers, orchards, and other flowering plants, we support pollinators such as honey bees.

They depend on the nectar of a variety of plants for their survival. We depend on honey bees for our survival, too! Without their pollinating abilities, many nutritious plants wouldn’t reproduce.

Besides, their delicious honey is a bonus.

How to observe #WorldHoneyBeeDay 

  • Collect and spread local wildflower seeds to promote honeybee pollination 
  • Buy local honey from your farmer’s market or local produce stand.
  • Replace your usual sweetener with honey for the day. Taste the sweet difference! 
  • Give the gift of honey to a friend, neighbor, or family member.

My grandmother believed in adding local honey to her morning tea and recipes in place of sugar. 

Try her recipe for Cinnamon Honey Pancakes for your next special breakfast treat.

Cinnamon Honey Pancakes
Photo courtesy of Khairicherus

Cinnamon Honey Pancakes

Serves 4 | Prep Time, 20 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 3 tbsp. cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 2/3 cup honey
  • 1 1/2 cups milk

Directions:

  • In a large mixing bowl, mix the first 4 ingredients.
  • In a medium mixing bowl, blend the remainder of the ingredients.
  • Pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients; mix well.
  • Use a 1/4C, measure, then pour batter on a hot, greased griddle or frying pan.
  • When bubbles form around the edges, flip.
  • When other side is light brown or your desired color, remove to a plate
  • Top with butter and honey, of course!

Is your mouth watering yet? 

Enjoy!  

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Sharon Kurtz

Sharon Kurtz is a freelance writer and photographer. Her passion is travel, telling stories, and tussling with her four-legged friends. As a baby boomer who loves adventure, she welcomes opportunities to share stories of people, places, food, and flavors around the corner or around the world. A regular contributor to fyi50+ Magazine, she's published 200 articles in various digital and print publications. Austin, Texas, is home with her husband and three spoiled dogs when not searching out new adventures. You can follow her travels on Instagram and Facebook.

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