Honey Variety Descriptions    
Trying to decide what honey to buy?  Below are honey descriptions and helpful information on what these honeys taste like.  Each year honey variety tastes can vary due to rain amount, nectar sources, sunlight, etc. which all affect what flowers, plants, trees, are in bloom for the bees to collect nectar and pollen from - each year we look forward to trying the various honey ourselves to see what the bees have collected for us! 


Honey varieties we carry include:  Clover Honey, Wildflower Honey, Goldenrod Honey, Buckwheat Honey and Orange Blossom Honey. 

  Clover Honey
Clover honey has a pleasing, mild taste. Clovers contribute more to honey production in the United States than any other group of plants. The clover in our clover honey include white Dutch clover, white blossom clover, and yellow blossom clover.  Clover honey has a sweet, flowery flavor and a pleasing mild taste.
  Wildflower Honey
Wildflower honey is exactly what it sounds like.  Derived from a variety of wildflowers and plants which are blooming during the summer months.  It's a thicker honey and the taste varies from year to year based on what's in bloom.  This honey has a delightful taste and is darker in color.  Darker honey has more vitamins, minerals, and antioxidant properties compared to lighter honey.
  Goldenrod Honey
Goldenrod honey has been described with a variety of color and taste descriptions.  Our goldenrod honey is a light to medium honey in color and has a bit if a bite to it.  Our customers who buy this honey like it for their allergy issues since goldenrod honey is taken off very late in the season when goldenrod is primarily the only plant in bloom.  Mead makers love it for making their batches of mead.   This honey also granulates quickly.
  Buckwheat Honey
Buckwheat honey is pungent in flavor with molasses and malty tones and a lingering aftertaste. Buckwheat honey is also very dark in color. As a general rule, darker honeys tend to be higher in antioxidant compounds than lighter ones. Because of this characteristic, darker honeys also tend to be higher in mineral content on average, as compared to lighter honeys.  The buckwheat plant is an excellent honey source, sometimes planted by beekeepers specifically for honey production. The blossoms are rich in nectar and blooming can continue into the fall.
  Orange Blossom Honey
Orange blossom honey, often a combination of citrus sources, is usually light in color and mild in flavor with a fresh scent and light citrus taste. Orange blossom honey is produced in Florida, Southern California and parts of Texas.  We get our orange blossom honey from a friend who moves his hives south to FL.  This honey has exceptional taste and is great used in tea, spreading on breads or biscuits and however you choose to use this honey.  Great all around honey.