18 September 2015

Honeydew Honey

The honey from some of my honeybee colonies this year is dark, rich, honeydew honey - and this is rather special!


The weather during the main honey flow period here in south-east England was hot and dry. Flowers and flowering trees in a dry spell tend to produce far less nectar than normal, the sweet chestnuts were particularly lacking. However these conditions made it a good honeydew honey season.
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