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K Brothers Pollination & Honey
Pasco, WA
The K Brothers' Buckwheat Honey is the darkest honey we carry.
Its strong, unique taste adds a new dimension to the culinary experience, when eaten raw or used in cooking. However, that's
only one reason for its popularity.
Buckwheat Honey is higher in antioxidant content lighter
honeys ("Buckwheat honey increases serum antioxidant capacity in humans" Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2003 Feb 26;51(5):1500-5)
No pesticides are ever used in the hives. Fumadil B is never used when the bees are
producing honey which people will eat. Fumadil B is the primary treatment used against both types of Nosema (apis and ceranae):
microscopic, fungal parasites that kill many bees throughout the world.
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| Stan Kolenikov : K Brothers |
K
Brothers Pollination and Honey is truly a family company, lead by Stan
Kolesnikov (thus K Brothers). Stan, his brother and his bother-in-law work with the bees. His sister oversees
the accounting. Stan's and his siblings are
second generation beekeepers : their father and uncle both kept honeybees in Uzbekistan . When Stan was in his 20’s
he started keeping bees here in the U.S. while working with Lynn Haitt, of Haitt and Son’s Honey Company.
K Brothers manage their bees without any hard chemicals. Instead he uses an oil-based essential
oil patty to help the bees keep their immune systems up to speed and battle varroa mites. Stan's got
a great success rate, and admits that he “enjoys the challenges of keeping the bees healthy and alive.
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