What kind of raw honey do you like?

I've got some buckwheat honey here that is going nowhere: its dark and strong.  Don't try that one

Mustang 

I love buckwheat honey. As mentioned before, it's dark and strong, but that's what I like about it.

W

I have a couple of hives. The taste of the honey changes depending on the flowers and time of year. I suggest you go to a local farmers market and try the free tastings and get the one you like.

NOT a expert.

But I think it's best to get the raw honey that is closest to your home state.

That's because it will help you build up a tolerance to your local polen alergies.

(and note: if this is an old wives tale - I apologize in advance.)

I can highly recommend a honey we have bought from Echo Glen Honey of White Salmon, Washington. The bees had access to Star Thistle and Meadow Foam blossoms and it is flowery and delicious. Their ph is 800-537-1944.

I don't know anything about building up a resistance to out of state old wives tails.

Straight from the insane, white supremacist, Nazi family that keeps the bees.  I don't recommend it lightly.  I walk where deeminz fear to tread.  LOL.

Let me see if I can find you their distributor.

Pure white tupelo honey will NOT granulate. It is even an acceptable sweetener for some diabetic patients.

My grandfather was an expert beekeeper and he always loved white tupelo honey the best. He said it was the toughest honey to make in the States; apparently you have to time several stages of production and collection just right in order to get pure white tupelo.

It depends on its use.

For a general purpose sweetener- Clover Honey.

For a dip with pita bread- Eucalyptus Honey.

For sweetening coffee- Buckwheat Honey.

BA- Most other honeys are in the same league as clover honey, and not worth the added expense.

  My wife's raw honey .  She's about as raw as it gets !   Peace out, Mr. Flipper

Pardon my ignorance, but....

is there really that much of a difference?  What do you use it in?

My dad raised honeybees.  He generally planted 5-7 acres of red and white clover for them.  But we also had apple orchards and cherry orchards and a vineyard.  We never raised buckwheat but did raise winter wheat, corn, soybeans, and alfalfa.  There really wasn't much of a variation in taste.  I've tasted honey from all over and can't really distinguish a big difference.

This tupelo white honey intrigues me, as you say it doesn't granulate?  What do the bees eat?  Is this a regional honey?  I know that, when my clover honey granulates, I put it in a pan of hot water and it liquifies again.  I thought that was true for all honey. 

StAnn

my faves are

clover honey and eucaluptus its great tasting especially  with peanut butter. yummy

orangefatcat