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About Callens Honey Farm

We live on a small family farm located in S.W. Minnesota, near the South Dakota border. The source of our honey is from white and red clover. The honey appears as liquid gold in color. Our honey is extracted using a hand cranked centrifugal force extractor. Then the honey is screened once into a holding container from which we later fill the small honey bottles. We do not heat treat the honey nor add any other ingredients. Pure and natural is our Minnesota honey! What could taste better?

~Italian Honey Bee vs. Minnesota Hygienic Bees~

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Callens Honey Farm

The verdict isn’t quite in yet!  Did our Italian hives do better than our Minnesota Hygienic?  Thus far, it has been hard to tell; two years of totally opposite weather.  Our first year (with just Italians) being ideal with plenty of … Continue reading →

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~Poles Set For Hops Trellis~

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Callens Honey Farm

  On January 11, Fred and Caleb dug holes in one of our hops fields in order to place the utility poles in.  Hops grow very tall and get very heavy.  They need to have plenty of good  support.  Later, the guys will … Continue reading →

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~In The Middle Of A Minnesota Winter!~

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Callens Honey Farm

I never posted this last night because it got very late, so I added this paragraph and the photo above of the small snow we had this morning:)  The photo is taken from the same angle as the softball photo … Continue reading →

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~It’s A Wonderful Life~

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Callens Honey Farm

Merry Christmas to everyone from all of us!  What a beautiful weekend of Christmas celebration.  We couldn’t have asked for nicer weather.  This will go down in history for me as the first Christmas without snow, at least that I … Continue reading →

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~Italian Sausage Anyone?~

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Callens Honey Farm

We discovered the other day that we were pretty much out of pork so Fred decided to butcher a hog.  It was cut and packaged yesterday and is now mostly saved in the freezer.  In a few days we will … Continue reading →

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~Hand-made Cavatelli~

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Callens Honey Farm

I love being a full-blooded Italian, don’t let my light coloring fool you!  It’s always meant a great deal to me holding to some of the traditions that we had as kids growing up back East in the Poconos.  Being located so far … Continue reading →

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~Pizza Cookoff~

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Callens Honey Farm

  > If any of you are lucky enough to have a grandparent living with you, you can probably appreciate all the fun that comes along with having that extra hand. Mom, Nonna, is here until December 29, and I … Continue reading →

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~53 Ducks In Our Freezer~

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Callens Honey Farm

Finally, the ducks are packed in nice clean bags in our deep freezers. The kids kept 22 back for next year, I might add, against my will.  I’m not a huge fan of feathers and feathers they leave everywhere they … Continue reading →

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