Sweet gifts

Beekeepers offer honey and more for holiday gifts

Jon Burleson
Nov 19, 2020
Nov 19, 2020 Updated Feb 10, 2021

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Honey gifts — Wayne and Julie Gibbons, owners of Gibbons Honey Farm of Crawford, Nebraska have many value-added goods for sale in their retail store, which are made from the honey they harvest on their farm.
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Jon Burleson can be reached at editorial@midwestmessenger.com.