Honeydew Honey by Edinburgh Honey Co. 120g

Honeydew honey is a type of honey produced by bees using honeydew, which, like nectar is a sugary liquid, except that it derives from sap.

To better understand what honeydew honey is, we need to know that bees can produce honey by collecting and transforming two different nutrients: nectar and, indeed, honeydew. The honeydew, however, unlike nectar, is not produced directly from plants, but from insects that absorb sap from plants to live and multiply, and secrete a product still rich in nutrients, especially sugars: honeydew.

Honeydew droplets stick to leaves, branches, barks, and so on; the bees find it, collect it and, through their work, produce honey.

Due to the high quality of honeydew honey, any heat treatment should be avoided. Even when making good old cuppa bee gentle and avoid very hot liquids.

Ice cream, on the other hand, is a perfect choice due to the slight bitterness of this honey. Especially in combination with vanilla, honeydew honey produces amazing results or you could make “Hot Toddy” ice cream.

About the Producer
We are Marta and Andy, and we are beekeepers form Edinburgh. We specialise in rare, high quality, raw honey, which we source from our own apiaries both in Scotland and Poland. Our beekeeping tradition has started with our grandfather Stan over 60 years ago back in Poland.

We are an independent, family-owned company with 60 years of beekeeping traditions. All of our honey is being sourced in the sustainable and responsible way, both from our own apiaries in Scotland and our families in Poland. We specialize in honey that is hand-packed with recycled materials only and it is 100% plastic free.