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varietal honey

What does terroir have to do with honey?

2 years ago
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Kudzu vine in flower, one possible source of purple honey.
varietal honey

Kudzu honey and the scent of Kool-Aid

5 years ago
18 Comments
5 min read
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bee stories • varietal honey

Do bees make poison ivy and poison oak honey?

7 years ago
43 Comments
6 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
varietal honey

Lavender honey from the source

7 years ago
19 Comments
4 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
varietal honey

Meadowfoam honey?

9 years ago
28 Comments
1 min read
Kudzu vine in flower, one possible source of purple honey.
varietal honey

Kudzu: the weird dark secret of purple honey?

11 years ago
62 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
varietal honey

What is honeydew honey?

11 years ago
15 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
bee forage • varietal honey

Honey bee forage: black locust

11 years ago
16 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
varietal honey

Is tree honey slow to granulate?

11 years ago
4 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
varietal honey

Carrot honey . . . really!

11 years ago
10 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
beekeepers • varietal honey

Flying Bee Ranch gets a soaring A

11 years ago
1 Comment
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
English for beekeepers • varietal honey

Wednesday wordphile: terroir

11 years ago
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2 min read
varietal honey

Tamarisk honey: a dark secret

11 years ago
8 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
bee forage • varietal honey

What about the other 125 species of maple?

11 years ago
4 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
bee forage • varietal honey

The allure of bigleaf maple honey

11 years ago
22 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
varietal honey

Thixotropic honey gels in the comb

13 years ago
4 Comments
2 min read
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Minnesota now has a state bee as well as a state insect. Bombus affinis, the Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee, has been so honored. Good work, Minnesota!

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