Honey and Bees — Honey Facts

We get a lot of questions from our community about honey! One of the more popular is exactly how is honey made? Most people have a general idea, but aren't aware of all the miraculous little details that occur. Our goal with this post is take you on a quick tour of the basics of honey production and give you a little more of a connection to the honey bee! Where does honey come from? It all starts with forager honey bees. These are the bees that you see out visiting flowers or drinking water around your swimming pool. Forager...

Do you prefer to buy organic whenever possible? So do we! And you love honey? So do we!! Congratulations, we are now best friends and we are going to let you in on a honey info that isn't too well known! The question often comes up when we talk to customers about organic honey - Is our honey organic, where can they find organic honey, what does organic mean when it comes to honey, etc. Well let's talk first about organic honey in the U.S. Currently, the USDA does not have an organic standard specific to honey. So does this mean that...

Honey contains over 180 compounds including antioxidants, essential minerals, enzymes and vitamins.  Much of the honey in stores sees high heat (145F or higher) during bottling to prevent crystallization on the shelf. This heating process drastically reduces the benefits of these compounds. Raw honey has not been heated above 110F (we don't heat ours at all) and maintains all of the wellness benefits of honey taken directly from the comb.