September is National Honey Month and here at OCC, our bee hives are buzzing with end-of-summer energy as the tiny but mighty honey bees prepare for the coming cold. So in homage to our GraveGarden pollinators, we took a deeper look into bees, honey, and of course, history.  Honey bee gathers nectar from mint blossom at Old City Cemetery A Little History… Honey has been used by humans in food, medicine, spirituality and more for at least 10,000 years. We know this because archaeologists discovered a painting in the Arana Caves in Spain depicting ancient cliffside honey harvesting from w ..read more