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From the hives · August 11, 2026 · 5 min read

Three weeks in June: chasing the linden bloom in the Driftless

Basswood flowers for a few short weeks, and the whole year's Linden honey depends on getting the hives there in time.

A beekeeper walks a row of hives below a hillside of blooming basswood trees in the Driftless.

[DRAFT — replace with the beekeeper’s own account of the June linden harvest in the Driftless: when the trees bloom, where the hives go, what the weather did this year, and how the honey tasted coming off the extractor.]

[AUTHOR NAME], Hunny Farm

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