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blackbutterflyhoney
About us
A small family apiary that decided honey was worth doing slowly.
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Single apiary honey
From hive to jar
How the honey is made
The order is the whole point. Nothing here is sped up.
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The bees do the work
Colonies forage within about three kilometres of the hillside. What flowers there decides what the honey tastes like.
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We take only the capped frames
Bees seal a cell with wax when the honey is ready. Uncapped frames go back on the hive.
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Cold spin, mesh strain
Frames are uncapped by hand and spun at room temperature, then strained through a coarse mesh to catch wax.
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Settle, taste, jar
It rests for two days so air bubbles rise, gets tasted and moisture-tested, then goes into numbered jars.
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