Saturday Mornings at the Yanceyville Curbside Market (501 Yanceyville Street) are enhanced by the presence of Bill Mullins. Bill, a local expert on beekeeping, sells his honey and baked goods sweetened with honey. Usually, his wife is there to help in their honey-selling side business. Together, the husband and wife team can tell you just about anything you ever wanted to know about keeping bees, harvesting honey, and cooking with it. We always buy a cup of their 50-cent coffee (the best deal in town) while selecting our purchases from the farmers' market. Not just the coffee, but all the Mullins' honey products and baked goods are reasonably priced. Additionally, Bill tells great bee stories. Our personal favorite is that he sees his bees return home with honey all over them from the poplar trees at nearby Guilford College. Imagine knowing your bees so well that you can tell where they have been and what they have been eating. Perhaps Mr. Mullins should consider detective work!
Honey is nature's perfect sweetener, and has been since ancient times. One tablespoon of honey is equivalent to five tablespoons of sugar, and believed to be better for you! Why don't you ask Mr. Mullins why he prefers honey to refined sugar?!
Lovely layout. Excellent photography. I love bees and their honey. Nice post.
Posted by: Abraham Lincoln | Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 06:22 AM
I agree with Mr Lincoln! I love the almost translucent pots of honey.
Posted by: cieldequimper | Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 09:14 AM
I greatly admire Beekeepers,brave food providers!
I love that he knows his bees so well, I bet they know him too!
Posted by: Janis Dority | Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 12:24 PM
Fifty-cent coffee? Omigod. No around here, you don't!
Love honey, too. Fascinating photo!
Posted by: Jacob | Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 03:16 PM
You have to put up a photo of you two, now! I bet we are in the same places at the same time a lot. That is my favorite honey in the world, and I've tried a lot. The candles are so beautiful, too!
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