On a Dahlonega roadside, Blair Housley is turning honey into wine. It’s not a miracle, it’s mead. Likely the oldest alcoholic beverage on earth, mead is yet another thing to add to the long list for which we should thank the bees, our planet’s best bugs. And as of this week, you can thank Housley for putting his honey wine on the market through his new business: Etowah Meadery. The backyard version of mead is just honey cut with water (for a specific alcohol content) and yeast and left to ferment.