The White House garden

This feature story about the White House garden includes this tidbit:

The patch of lawn includes a beehive tended by a carpenter who has worked at the White House for more than two decades and tends bees on the side. The hive has produced 134 pounds of honey so far, and Obama packaged some of it as gifts to the spouses of the world leaders who attended the G20 summit in Pittsburgh last year.

The honey also has found its way into the White House kitchen. Chefs have used it for honey cupcakes and honey vinaigrette salad dressing.