Raw & unheated
Honeys By Season
Every honey from its own flower, harvested when it blooms.
13 honeys, four apiaries
Find Your Honey
Every honey comes from one flower's season. Narrow them by season, by colour on the Pfund scale and by texture, or search a flower.
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Early Summer · Extra White
Creamed Clover Honey
White clover, stirred for a week From $8.00 125 g · 4 sizes
Summer · White
Basswood Comb Chunks
Basswood, comb pieces in runny honey From $13.00 200 g · 2 sizes
Summer · Light Amber
Wildflower Meadow Honey
Vetch, knapweed, bramble and thistle From $7.00 125 g · 4 sizes
Sale
Summer · Extra Light Amber
Summer Hive Honey
Clover, basswood and meadow flowers From $6.00 125 g · 4 sizes
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No honey matches all three. Try every colour or every texture.
The harvest calendar
When Each Honey Is Taken
This month's column is marked. Harvesting now or new this season: Wildflower, Buckwheat, Goldenrod, Knotweed, Summer Hive, Cut Comb.
| Honey | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple BlossomOrchard Apiary | ||||||||||||
| Black LocustLinden Row | ||||||||||||
| RaspberryMeadow Apiary | ||||||||||||
| White CloverOrchard Apiary | ||||||||||||
| Creamed CloverOrchard Apiary | ||||||||||||
| BasswoodLinden Row | ||||||||||||
| Comb ChunksLinden Row | ||||||||||||
| WildflowerMeadow Apiary | ||||||||||||
| Cut CombMeadow Apiary | ||||||||||||
| Summer HiveMeadow Apiary | ||||||||||||
| BuckwheatRidge Apiary | ||||||||||||
| GoldenrodRidge Apiary | ||||||||||||
| KnotweedRidge Apiary |
The Pfund scale
From Water White To Dark Amber
Honey is graded by its colour, measured in millimetres on the Pfund scale. The flower decides it: locust is the palest we take, buckwheat the darkest.
- Water White 0 to 8 mm Black Locust
- Extra White 9 to 17 mm White Clover, Creamed Clover
- White 18 to 34 mm Raspberry, Basswood
- Extra Light Amber 35 to 50 mm Apple Blossom, Summer Hive
- Light Amber 51 to 85 mm Wildflower
- Amber 86 to 114 mm Goldenrod
- Dark Amber over 115 mm Buckwheat, Knotweed
Runny, set, creamed and comb
Types Of Honey
Our honey is spun from the comb, strained through a coarse cloth and jarred. It is never heated or fine-filtered, so the pollen, the flavour and the enzymes stay in.
Every raw honey crystallises in time: the more glucose, the sooner. Apple blossom and goldenrod set within weeks, black locust stays runny for years. Stand the jar in warm water to melt it.
They are the USDA grades on the Pfund scale, measured in millimetres: water white is the palest (black locust, 7 mm), dark amber the darkest (buckwheat, 140 mm).
For years; we print a best-before 2 years from the harvest. Honey keeps when its water is at or under 18.6%, and every batch is measured.