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Seven Hills Honey

Name: Seven Hills Honey
Address: 136 E Van Buren Street, Port Washington, WI, 53074, US
Telephone: +12625737802

Small batch raw artisan honey, never heated or filtered.Each batch of honey is kept pure from each location the bees are located at. Michael Metz-Beekeeper

Urban, basswood, wildflower, clover, alfalfa and buckwheat honeys available. Part of the local foods movement is the ability to track the food on your table directly to a local grower. It is our vision that this page will take that to a new level. This page will allow people to follow us beginning at the stage where our hives are mere stacks of lumber. People can then join us in the journey of assembly to painting and placement of the hives, installation of the bees, maintenance and observation of the hives, harvesting of the honey, bottling and packaging of the honey and the production of other bee-products. It will enable people to watch their honey being made, and in the future, allow customers to look back and see what went into their jar of honey or their tube of lip balm. It provides a new appreciation for what goes into each bottle and opportunity for conversations/answers from those making the product and tending to the bees. In addition, times will be updated for opportunities to observe us in action in the hives, and if desired, the opportunity to get hands-on with the bees. This is going to be a learning experience for all involved, as this will be our inaugural year as Langstroth beekeepers. We have a top bar hive at our home for pollination and as a hobby, leaving all of the honey that they produced for the bees to eat through winter. So, get ready to learn all you ever wanted to (and more!) about honeybees and the honey-making process.

09/19/2026

Good morning Port Washington.

Well we have another gloomy, wet market day unfortunately.
But a few of us are still here. I do have everything with me, however I just opted for bringing out the essentials. If it clears up maybe I will set up the whole table. 🤣 I can have my lazy days too.

The poster on the table is for a fundraiser for my neighbor's brother who was severely injured in a motorcycle crash in August.
Austin has a really long recovery ahead of him so the family is putting together this fundraiser bowling event in December. Any donations are welcome though if you cannot make it.

I will bee here now until 12:30 p.m. unless it gets worse like we had overnight. Many vendors did not come but there are plenty of veggies! Farming just not stop because it rains so come on down and show your support.

Bee seeing you!
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09/15/2026

Good day to All!

I must say I have never seen this many Monarch Butterflies. From my estimate, about six to seven dozen at least that I could count in the area.
For about the last two weeks I have noticed a couple over by my house and I figured it was probably the same one or two.
Well as I was walking around over in front of St Mary's Church we kind of startled their resting spot on the branch and ther was about 2 dozen in the air at once! Very cool to see. They all settled back down and then i noticed more that were still resting.

After a little more looking and counting just what I could see I stopped counting at 50!
Not sure if this is common or just a lucky discovery.

Apparently this is called a "Roost". They tend to gather and rest at night together and fly single during the day.
Bee seeing you. I am going to flutter back over by them to observe a bit more.
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09/12/2026

Good Morning Port Washington!

Farmer's Market today now until 12:30p.m. in downtown Port on Main Street.

I've got some of the most bee-autiful cut comb honey my bees have ever produced. Most of it has a basswood flavor. Mint, sweet and smooth.
I also have a partial buckwheat honey in pints. Has a subtle buckwheat flavoring but not a full flavor profile.

Bee seeing you soon!
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09/05/2026

Good Morning Port Washington!

Kinda murky and sticky out here again unfortunately but we do have market today!

Now until 12:30p.m. on Main St in Port.

A few of you had asked about wax. I did get some done. Not sure how i got distracted but i forgot to drop wicks in 4 votives. 🤣🤣
Back to the melting crock they go.

May be doing a cutout this week! Return to a Cedarburg home. On the other side of the house this time. Hopefully knowing the construction of the house will make it a quicker removal. I honestly don't have time but i know these girls will just starve to death over the Winter. So i will get them out and set them up for success.

Bee seeing you!
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08/30/2026

Happy Sunday to you!

Let's talk a bit about honey harvesting and robbing that can take place in Fall or late Summer.
When I harvest early in the season I usually remove frame by frame. Which is time consuming but I can also select which frames are actually ready and cured. Many at times may not bee. Too high of moisture content or empty frames. So those are left behind.
Late season like now I try to use a "Bee Escape Board".It's a one way type puzzle board that the bees can leave the honey supers but not get back in. A double triangle on brood side and a 2 inch hole that faces the honey. They go back down but cannot get back up. They will figure it out after a day or 2 though.
Part of setting those on is to make sure all holes and cracks are secured so they cannot enter from outside. Occasionally I miss a crack.🤣 Luckily this time i went back the next day since it was cooler the night before. They like to bee together when temps drop. This broken spot on the super allowed them to get in and start robbing honey out from MY honey.🤣
They work quickly. It's like a Baltimore Riot. They chew open the cells and quickly steal what was their honey back again. Other hives join in and turns vicious incredibly fast. Often results in loss of colony.
I went back to the Grafton yard to harvest and I noticed bees in honey box but I didn't think too much until I was spinning. Then I found the damage they did. They removed about 3lbs of honey so no great loss.
Robbing will also happen when a colony is weak and others are getting desperate for more honey. I lost 3 hives a couple years ago and hundreds of pounds of honey due to being behind in harvesting since it was so hot.
Lots of food for bees to eat still this year. Hoping to get some Fall honey but I also would like to finish up early this year. Back to bottling.

Bee seeing you!
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08/29/2026

Good Morning Port Washington!

Today we have a "mega" market again.
Extra&new vendors along with the food trucks and tents set up in front of the old Courthouse.
Now until 12:30p.m.

Bee seeing you soon!
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08/27/2026

Good morning!

Got this picture sent to me from a friend in Tennessee.

I took him a case of Pints a couple weeks ago when I was in his area.
Seven Hills Honey in Morrison TN. 🤣🤣

Bee seeing you!
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08/24/2026

Guess what I am doing today? 🤣

That batch turned out to be a bit more than I expected which my estimate when I pulled about 30 to 34 gallons.

That is just shy of 42 gallons, which is 500lbs. 42 is about 1 inch from top. I will get a perfect measurement once it is in jars.

Bee seeing you!!
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08/22/2026

Good Morning Port Washington!!

What a bee-autiful Morning! I don't think it gets any better than this in Port.

Farmer's Market now until 12:30 p.m. in downtown Port located on Main St.

I have been so busy the last couple weeks with harvest and bottling I had not had a chance to cut into the new seasons Comb Honey.
The Saukville girls did an unbelievable job at filling what I gave them. It probably cost me 2 boxes of regular honey for jars since their two hives were completely full up and fully capped in the comb boxes. In the years I've been doing this I have not had such full and complete frames of comb honey. Absolutely bee-autiful!🐝
The bad news is there as of now no smaller pieces for the mini cups. I have a couple other hives that may still deliver some smaller pieces, time will tell.
I do have full frames of comb that look incredible that may be wanted for a wedding table set up. Inquire if needed.

Bee seeing you!
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08/15/2026

Good Morning Everyone!

Well unbelievably after the forecast all week stating rain most of the day today we are being spared and the heavy rain is in IL.

So come on down and visit the market this morning. We are all here until 12:30 p.m.

I have a couple more chunks of cut comb I am trying to clear out before I cut up the new seasons batch. I will sell these last 3 pieces at 25% off!

Bee seeing you!
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Address

136 E Van Buren Street
Port Washington, WI
53074

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+12625737802

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