WATERTOWN, Minn. (WCCO) -- One good result of this year's extreme weather in Minnesota is a bumper crop of honey from local bee farmers. Brian Ames, owner of the Ames Farm in Watertown, says this ...

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And, of course, there are honeycombs, but Ames Farm likely rules the roost on that front, with perennial State Fair blue ribbons for its annual production of 8,000 edible combs.

Minnesota honey producers have brought a variety of local products to Minnesota, ... The beekeeping industry peaked in Minnesota in the 1960s, according to Ames Farm owner Brian Fredrickson, ...

ames farm Depending on where their hives are or what time of year it is, the bees collect nectar from different plants. When most of the honey comes from a single type of nectar, those honeys are ...

At Ames Farm in Watertown, it's the buzz of bees that keeps beekeeper Brian Fredericksen buzzing day after day. "When the sun comes up 5:30 or 6, I know there's something to do," said Fredericksen.

At Ames Farm in Watertown, it’s the buzz of bees that keeps beekeeper Brian Fredericksen buzzing day after day. “When the sun comes up 5:30 or 6, I know there’s something to do,” said ...