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Italian Package Bees
Our Italian bee packages are grown here in Georgia and each shipment will have a Georgia Department of Agriculture Health Certificate attached. Over 90% of beekeepers have Italian Bees in their hives. We highly recommend new beekeepers to start beekeeping with Italian bees because they are the most gentle of all honey bees. Our package bees include: a screen box, sugar water container or fondant blocks, approx. +/- 3 lbs. of bees which include nurse bees, forager bees, guard bees, and drone bees. The queen bee will be in a separate queen cage. To learn more about Italian honey bees click here.
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What Is A Sugar Bee Apple
What can I say? When I see an apple I have not tried before I am a like a kid at Christmas time. I can’t wait to unwrap the flavor that it inside these wonderful pieces of fruit. Thanks to all the companies that keep releasing new varieties on the world. You keep making it Christmas over and over again.
The newest gift I have received is the Sugar Bee apple. Check out the cute little bee on the PLU sticker.
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Theres nothing like a perfectly-sweet fresh apple for a refreshing snack. But it turns out, theres a big difference in sweetness between different types of apples!
The sweetest apples come from a select group of varieties, including Fuji, Gala, Honeycrisp, and Golden Delicious apples. These apples are particularly high in natural sugars and are best enjoyed in-season. An apples sweetness is also affected by an orchards climate, autumn weather, tree fruit set, ripeness when picked, and the overall terroir of the growing region.
There is so much to learn about choosing the sweetest apples! Read on to learn all about how sweetness varies between different types of apples.
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Keeping It As Natural As Possible
Apple Trees Buyer’s Guide
Growing your own apple tree can be easy, affordable and fun. We offer a huge selection to suit a wide range of climates, environments and spaces. Each will produce bushels of healthy, flavorful apples that can be eaten fresh off the tree, stored for later, or used for cooking. You cant beat the superior homegrown taste or the savings youll enjoy if you plant one of these trees instead of making trips to the grocery store.
- Within our apple tree selection you can also find Disease-Resistant Trees
- Plus antique Heirloom Varieties of apple trees
- As well as Cider Apple Trees that bear apples perfectly suited to the task
- Our Starkspur® Apple Trees have up to twice as many fruiting spurs as others, which means more apples per tree, helping to maximize your apple production.
- We even offer edible and ornamental Crabapple Trees to add landscape interest and to provide pollination for apple orchards large and small.
To ensure your growing success and satisfaction, there are a few things to consider when you buy an apple tree.
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Sugarbee Causes A Buzz
What began as a seed of desire to follow in his fathers and grandfathers footsteps has led Chuck Nystrom to find a new apple variety that may become the next big winner for apple growers and consumers alike.
The apple, originally named the B51, was found by Nystrom in the early 90s and is gaining ground in the development and testing phases to becoming commercially available.
Only God creates it I found it, Nystrom said of the apple now being marketed as SugarBee exclusively through Chelan Fresh in Washington state. I plant the seeds and take care of them.
Nystrom, owner and manager of Ocheda Orchard in Worthington, Minnesota, has known apples his entire life. As a young child he spent time at his grandfathers orchard nearby.
Then when his father, Donald Nystrom, decided to branch out and start his very own orchard, Chuck was right there alongside him in the endeavor.
In 1965 my dad planted the first trees, said Nystrom, 65. I skipped school to help him plant.
He said those first trees were the traditional apples grown in Minnesota the Minnesota standbys, as he calls them. Though he doesnt remember what exactly they planted, he does remember planting Fireside and the sport Connell Red, in particular.
It was at an apple grower tour/meeting in the mid-1980s that Nystrom met and began talking to a fellow orchardist, Doug Shefelbine, who highly recommended getting involved in an organization that encouraged developing new varieties.
Sugar Bee Apple Cider
In January 2019, I discovered a blend of apple cider that contain Sugar Bee apples. I saw sitting atop a cooler at a local Walmart store. Of course I had to try it and turned out it’s pretty good. If you spot it yourself, give it a try.
Have you tried this apple? What did you think? Leave a comment below telling us. Be a helper and share where you found it. You may make someone’s day with your insider info on where to get them! If you are a true apple lover, you’ll want to check out all of our apple reviews.
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This Perfect Premium Apple Is The New Buzz
This Falls crop of SugarBee® apples are currently soaking up the sun and basking in the gorgeous Washington state weather. They are growing a little more each day and will be ready to harvest by mid-October. In the meantime, SugarBee® Apple Cider is landing on shelves now! This premium cider goes through a rigorous process which starts by selecting only the best apples for blending. A tasting panel confirms it meets the high flavor standards of SugarBee® apples flavor notes of honey, caramel and molasses. It will leave you saying Oh Honey, thats Good!. The cider is ultra-pasteurized so it can be stored unrefrigerated until you are ready to enjoy it.
- Nice snap in every bite
- Flesh is creamy white
- Skin is red blush, bi-colored, ranging from 30%-100% red
- Honeycrisp parentage creates assumed familiarity with the consumer
- Premium grade
- Commercial volumes available Fall of 2020
Hudsons Golden Gem Apple
Hudsons Golden Gem is a sweet and juicy russet-style heritage apple. Discovered in Oregon, this chance seedling apple has a pear-like taste with a hint of nutty aroma. While its not the overall sweetest apple on this list, its certainly among the most interesting. Look for them on specialty market shelves from October-December.
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Where Are Sugar Bee Apples Grown
The variety was discovered in Minnesota. It is now being grown commercially in Washington by Chelan Fresh. Their growers have found that the apple performs perfectly in their climate .
Here is a wonderful produced video by Chelan Fresh about the Sugar Bee apple. Reminds me again why I need to make it out to Washington during apple season one of these years.
Coxs Orange Pippin Apple
Coxs Orange Pippin is a British heirloom apple variety with a complex fruity sweet flavor. This apple is delicious in its own right but is also known as a parent apple to many popular modern varieties. While it used to be difficult to find in North America, Coxs apple is becoming more and more common, especially along the East Coast.
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Produces Tons Of Delicious Sweet And Creamy Fruit
The Sugar Apple tree, also known as the ‘annona squamosal’, is a unique tropical tree that’s the clear winner amongst its competition because it produces a distinctive fruit with an individual look and tropical flavor that blows people away.
Sugar apples taste like a sweet vanilla custard with a hint of pineapple. Its smooth and slightly grainy texture makes this fruit a delight to snack on. While most Sugar Apples are eaten fresh, they can also be used in desserts and for making juices.
Sugar Apples, often referred to as ‘sweetsops’, have a unique shape, similar to a heart and light green skin that’s divided up into sections. Its conical nature causes the fruit to look like a green pinecone at first, but since the fruit is split among different sections it’s very easy to split apart and eat fresh, right off the tree.
Once you pull your Sugar Apple apart you’ll find soft and creamy flesh on the inside that’s divided into sections. Simply pick out the white flesh sections one by one and eat them for a rush of rich tropical flavors.
You don’t have to live without Sugar Apple trees, because they will grow anywhere. They’ll give your landscape a lush tropical feel if planted in the ground, and they also thrive in containers. They can be placed around porches, patios, and inside any room to liven it up with their long and slender exotic leaves.
How Is A Sugar Bee Different Than A Honeycrisp Apple
Appearance wise the two apples look a lot a like. I bet the majority of people could not tell them apart. This similar appearance I believe gives them a leg up in marketing the apple. People already love a similar looking apple.
I found the Sugar Bee apple to have a thinner skin than the Honeycrisp. Sugar Bee is more sweet. As far as crispiness, the Sugar Bee is a pretty crisp apple. I don’t think it quite has that same bite as Honeycrisp, but to be honest I think Honeycrisp can be too crisp at times and I simply get tired of eating one, particularly when they are large Honeycrisp.
The big advantage Sugar Bee has over it’s parent is that the quality of the apple lasts longer. Honeycrisp are pretty much available year round now but they aren’t that good after a few months. Once you get winter, the flavor is muted. In a head to head competition between a Sugar Bee and a Honeycrisp done right now, I would bet my money on Sugar Bee being the better apple to eat in January.
My daughter was really excited about Sugar Bee apples. She really loved them and was begging for more.
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Where To Buy Sugar Bee Apples
As of now Sugar Bee apples are not going to be easy to track down. I was lucky to spot them at a small, upscale grocery chain called Plum Market in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I have heard of them making appearances at Walmart and Whole Foods Market. Chelan Fresh expect a bigger commercial supply in 2019 as more trees come into production.
Feeding Bees In Autumn
If you harvest your honey in late July or early August, this gives the bees the opportunity to make their own winter stores.
Earlier feeding tends to be converted into brood so unless there is a risk of starvation wait until September.
I fed my bees too late when I found they had starved by the 18th September: link to story below. My lesson was that I need to read the comb better and feed in preference to using Apiguard if required. I think this is more likely with a new colony as opposed to an established one.
An average honeybee colony requires about 20 kg of stores. A British Standard brood frame, when full of honey contains about 2.5 kg so assess the existing colony stores and feed the required balance using sugar syrup. A 14×12 frames contains about 3.75Kg. Hence you need 8 frames of honey.
Feeding at the time of some varroacide applications, usually those containing essential oils, is discouraged as this may increase robbing risks.
Note: 1Kg of sugar will create 1.25Kg of stores in the brood box.
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