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FAQs

The questions we are asked most often about the honey, the hives, and ordering.

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Raw honey comes straight from the honeycomb. It is filtered to remove large pieces of debris, such as chunks of pollen and beeswax, and it is not pasteurised — so it keeps all its natural antioxidants and nutrients.

Bee pollen, bee propolis, enzymes, amino acids, antioxidants, and certain vitamins and minerals. Pasteurisation may remove or reduce all of these.

Local wildflower honey collected from white holly, blackberry and tulip poplar. Bright golden dark, rich and luxurious. The flavour depends on the Carolina wildflower blossoms and changes each year.

It goes well in hot drinks, over yogurt, or as a replacement for granulated cane sugar.

No — it is what real honey does. Stand the jar in warm, not boiling, water for fifteen minutes and stir. Never microwave or boil it.

A nucleus colony — a small hive holding a colony of bees, usually four to five frames of comb with developing brood plus stored honey and pollen. One of the easiest ways to start a colony in a new hive.

Nucs are offered by special order on a preorder basis only, during the spring and through the end of June each year.

No. Honey of any kind should not be given to children under twelve months, because of the risk of infant botulism. This applies to all honey, raw or processed.

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