How We Train Our Bees!
1. Location
- The first method used is geographic location.
I.e. pick an area with only one type of plant flowering.
E.g
Vipers Bugloss
CloverRataThyme
2.
Flowering Period
Secondly, honey flows can be separated by the time of flowering of the target
plant. This
is done by removing all the honey from the hives just before the target plant
starts flowering,
and then harvesting the fresh honey from the hives as soon as the flowering
finishes.
3. Laboratory testing
Airborne honey is different because we use our laboratory
to identify each honey type.
This is the only way of knowing exactly what the honey is. The most important
tests
we do to identify the honey are colour and pollen count. On honeys with high
pollen
count we put the number on the back of the jar. This shows that the honey
is good
quality and has met international standards.
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