Five Places

I have now made categories and information so I know what each product of the range offers compared to others and this communication is what has led me into producing a clear range of honeys.

Places

Perthshire - Scotland

Gloucestershire

Hertfordshire

Surrey

Shropshire

Types

Heather - Monfloral Perthshire

Unlike the other varieties of honey, heather honey has an extremely strong and a pungent flavor and is almost bitter. It has a rich floral aroma, a very thick texture and is dark amber in color.

Orange Blossom - Monofloral Shropshire

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.

Mixed Flower -Polyfloral Hertfordshire

Wildflower honey is just like anonymous honey. It means that you dont’ know the source from where this honey comes. So, all honey that has an anonymous source falls in the category of Wildflower.

Apple Blossom - Monofloral Surrey

The bees pollinate the apple trees and the honey they produce therefore has a delicious apple blossom flavour.

Cherry Blossom -Monofloral Gloucestershire

It was Grade A pure honey and had a very mild sweet taste to it. It actually tasted wonderful in my tea because it didn’t make my herbal tea too sweet at all. The honey had a nice rich dark golden color so you can actually tell it is real pure honey.

DID YOU KNOW back of the pack a little did you know?

? Honey bees must gather nectar from two million flowers to make one pound of honey.

? One bee would therefore have to fly around 90,000 miles - three times around the globe - to make one pound of honey.

? The average honey bee will actually make only one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime.

? A honey bee can fly as fast as 15 miles per hour.

? It takes one ounce of honey to fuel a bee's flight around the world.

? A honey bee visits 50 to 100 flowers during a collection trip.

? Worker bees are all female.

? Flowers have bright markings and strong smells to attract bees and other insects so that they will pollinate flowers. Some also have dark lines called 'honey guides' which scientists believe help insects find their way into the flowers.

? A colony of bees consists of tens of thousands of worker bees, one queen and sometimes drones (male bees).

? The honey bee is the only insect that produces food eaten by man.

? Honey has always been highly regarded as a medicine. It is thought to help everything from sore throats and digestive disorders to skin problems and hay fever.

? Honey has antiseptic properties and historically was often used as a dressing for wounds and a first aid treatment for burns and cuts.

? Honey lasts for ever - or nearly. An explorer who found a 2000 year old jar of honey in an Egyptian tomb said it tasted delicious!

? The natural fruit sugars in honey - fructose and glucose - are very quickly digested by the body. This is why sportsmen and athletes use honey to give them a natural energy boost.

? The Romans used honey instead of gold to pay their taxes.

? Honey bees have been producing honey in the same way for 150 million years.

? The bees' buzz is the sound made by their wings which beat 11,400 times per minute.

? Bees feed their larvae on pollen or 'cakes' made from pollen and saliva, using honey as a source of food during winter months. As they make more than they need, we humans can share the fruit of their labours.

? The term 'beeline' comes from the 'bee line' these clever insects make to the flower of their choice, using the shortest route possible.