Camille Storch

Who: Henry Storch of Old Blue Raw Honey What: Migratory beekeeper and professional farrier Where: Wren, Oregon Read the series → Part One, Part Two, Part Three Bees fly up to three miles when they forage for honey, and any flower in that range is a potential food source. Henry Storch of Old Blue Raw Honey can influence the flavors of honey produced in the spring and summer by placing the hives in areas with plants he wants the bees to nectar on.

Who: Henry Storch of Old Blue Raw Honey What: Migratory beekeeper and professional farrier Where: Wren, Oregon Read the series → Part One, Part Two For a beekeeper from Oregon like Henry Storch of Old Blue Raw Honey, moving the bees to California in January for almond pollination gives his hives something of a bonus spring season to build up colony size before coming home to Oregon spring in March.

Who: Henry Storch of Old Blue Raw Honey What: Migratory beekeeper and professional farrier Where: Wren, Oregon Read the series: Part One If you’ve ever driven on Interstate 5 in California during the month of February, you’ve probably witnessed the world’s largest pollination event. Just shy of a million acres in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys are planted with rows of almond trees, and when they’re all blooming, it’s quite the sight (and aroma).

Who: Henry Storch of Old Blue Raw Honey What he does: Migratory beekeeper and professional farrier Where: Wren, Oregon About five years ago, Henry Storch, a budding amateur beekeeper at the time, got a series of calls from thoughtful logger friends petitioning him to come collect honeybee colonies that had inadvertently been brought into logging sites. (The wild bees had been living in the trunks of trees that had been felled by the loggers.