140 mm · Dark amber
Forest honeydew
Not a nectar honey at all: the bees work the sugar aphids leave on conifer needles. Very dark, malty, almost no floral note. Some years there is none.
340 g £12 case of six £65
UK post £4.80 a box. Collection from the honey house is free.
- Forage
- Aphid honeydew off larch and spruce, Bracklow plantation
- Taken off
- One flow in eight years. Taken off in August.
- Water content
- 16.9 %
- Pfund grade
- 140 mm · Dark amber
- Keeping
- Stays runny for a year or more. High mineral content — it is not a table honey for everyone.
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