Honey Hive

The main reason for this stop was because I wanted honey ice cream but the Honey Hive turned out to be a pretty cool place. The have a huge store full of honey products, including lots of different kinds of honey that you can sample. Including a super magic honey called manuka honey that has antibacterial properties. I think it's a little overhyped, but we bought a small jar for fun :)

We also sampled some mead (aka honey wine) and bought a bottle to share with our upcoming guests! The store sold a couple types of honey-related beer so we got those to try too. And the honey ice cream was delicious! Basically vanilla with nice hints of honey taste.

We're bees!

Yum!

Honey goodness

There was a couple live bee colonys at the store (with exits to the outdoors for the bees) which was cool to see. Though a bit creepy...I know bees are good but they still look a bit scary all milling about under the glass. 

Crazy bee colony

Oldschool bee suit and centrifuge for removing honey without damaging the comb.

One our way from the Honey Hive we randomly stopped at Puzzle World, a cute little attraction run by a very friendly woman. They had lots of puzzles (jigsaws and logic-type) for sale and for playing in the cafe. Would have been a fun place to have lunch if we hadn't already eaten! Scott bought a "get the rings apart" type puzzle that was level 6/6 on the hardness scale. Wonder how long it will take him to solve it :)