Apiology: The Study of Bees - Honeybee: Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper - page 22

Mom's Bee-Pollinated Apple Pie with Honey
INGREDIENTS :
2 9-inch pie crusts
5 cups peeled, cored, and sliced Granny Smith
and Macintosh apples
1 cup Red Bee ® wildflower honey
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
Position rach in lower third of the oven and preheat oven to 400°F. Fill a
pastry-lined 9-inch pie plate with sliced apples. Pour honey over the apples
and sprinkle with cinnamon and vanilla. Dot with small pieces of the but-
ter. Cover filling with second crust and slice vent holes in top crust. Bake
for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 350°F. Continue to bake until top crust
is lightly browned and filling is bubbling, 40-45 minutes. Serve warm and
drizzled with more honey.
Using some quick-lighting wads of paper, called smoker fuel, Billy lit his bee
smoker. As he did, he explained that if your smoker goes out, you do not want to waste
time relighting it while your hive is wide open and exposed to the external elements.
Smoker fuel keeps things continually smoldering without wasting a lot of prep time.
The wads of paper were made up of compressed cotton fiber and could be purchased at
bee supply shops.