Infusion always takes place after harvesting the honey. I allow them to take care of themselves as they naturally do. HT: When you infuse your honey with herbs, do you feed them to the bees?ĮV: I don’t feed anything to the bees. Adding different herbs and blends of herbs can create a powerful combination that can prevent and fight illness and diseases in the body. Honey is an extremely versatile base with a large number of healing properties. HT: What are the benefits of infusing cannabis and other botanicals into honey?ĮV: Infusing honey has been practiced for over 3,000 years. The interconnectedness of the hive demonstrates how we as a society can achieve the impossible by working together. When you see how much such little beings get done in a short time, it leaves you in awe. As it gets older, job responsibilities change. Each bee has a specific role based on its age. HT: Instead of fear, how can humans better relate to bees?ĮV: Honey bees work effectively and efficiently. Keeping honey bees is a big responsibility. Working with bees is one of the most gratifying and challenging positions I’ve ever encountered. Bees are highly intelligent and in many ways superior to humans. It’s learning to communicate with another species. High Times: Tell us about your experience working with bees!Įlizabeth Vernon: Working with bees isn’t like work at all. Cannabis-infused honey can be used topically or ingested-depending on the desired effects.įascinated by the Queen Bee and the healing magic of cannabis-infused honey, High Times and Magical Butter sat down with Elizabeth Vernon to learn what the buzz is all about. Adding cannabis to honey creates a powerful and healthy natural remedy, since both are known to have healing antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. Also a certified massage therapist with a degree in Eastern Medicine, she’s living her dream by combining her two passions: healing and beekeeping.īack home in Northern New Jersey, when Elizabeth isn’t breeding Ayam Cemanis, a beautiful rare chicken from Indonesia, she keeps busy infusing botanicals like cannabis into honey with her Magical Butter machine. Today, Vernon is known as “Queen Bee” to everyone she meets and has been an apiarist for nearly 10 years. After working with several beekeeping mentors and taking on multiple internships in upstate New York, Maine, Jamaica and the West Indies, it was apparent Elizabeth had found her purpose. Bird and the Bee founder Elizabeth Vernon learned to keep bees at a nearby community garden when a beekeeper visited and offered to take her on as an apprentice.
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