BY JX HARVEST
BY JX HARVEST
Stories from the hive
Cheruthen, rubber honey, native bees and the rhythm of a beekeeper’s year.
The Tiny Giants — Why the Cherutheneecha Matters
The smallest bee in a Kerala yard is its hardest-working pollinator. Why the cherutheneecha matters, what to plant for her, and a garden drawn...
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Do Bees Sleep? Nights and Rainy Days in the Hive
Stand near a hive at ten on a warm night and it is almost silent. Where did everyone go? The same place you go:...
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Keeping Cherutheneecha: A Kerala Guide to Indian Stingless Bees
Tucked into the shaded corners of Kerala homesteads lives a bee most people have never looked at properly: the cherutheneecha, our Indian stingless bee....
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Warm Panikkoorka & Ginger Honey Cup
When the rain sets in and the evening turns quiet, this is the cup we make: panikkoorka and crushed ginger simmered softly until the...
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Panikkoorka-Aloe Honey Cooler
Every Kerala veranda keeps a panikkoorka plant — the soft, thick-leaved Indian borage that grandmothers pass along in old tins and broken pots. This...
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How We Make: Honey Amla (Nellikka) Preserve
Nellikka in honey is older than any of us — grandmothers made it long before anyone called it a product. The amla is dried...
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How We Make: Honey with Nuts
Kerala grows the cashew and the bee makes the honey, so this jar was always going to happen. We roast whole cashews until they...
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How We Make: Honey with Comb
This one is not an infusion at all — it is the hive itself, kept whole. A square of natural comb, cut the day...
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How We Infuse: Cinnamon, Tulsi & Lemon Honey
This is our evening jar — the one made for the last cup of the day. True cinnamon bark, tulsi leaves dried in shade...
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