Honey and lemonade were made for each other, but honey will not dissolve in cold water no matter how hard you stir. The fix is a two-minute syrup on the stove, and while it is warm you drop in a fistful of mint and let it steep like tea. That one step is the whole recipe.
August is the loudest month at the hives. The clover and the linden are done, the goldenrod has not started, and the bees are working whatever is blooming along the edge of the lot. This is a good week to open a jar and put it somewhere you will actually taste it.
