Honey etc.

Our produce consists solely of products made by our very own bee colonies!

The bees do not only gift us with high quality honey, but also beeswax, propolis and much more.

blossom honey

In springtime our bees head for all nectar producing plants, such as fruit trees, dandelions and maple. Due to the great variety of blossoms, blossom honey contains relatively more pollen than wild honey. Stemming from a high share of dandelion it is quick to crystallize (become solid). Depending on the ratio of dandelion and maple in the honey, it grates more or less in the throat. Other than that blossom honey is rather fruity and lovely.

cream/mousse honey

We use the fast crystallization of blossom honey to make cream honey out of it. The honey is being stirred frequently. The crystals formed in the process rub one another and due to that become continuously smaller. The honey crystallizes out and becomes very creamy. Thus the flavour becomes rounder and fuller. Stored in a cool place it keeps its creamy consistency, stored in a too hot place a liquid layer can form at the top.

wild-blossom honey

This kind occurs during seasonal transition. It is a natural mix of two kinds of honey and combines the characteristics of blossom and wild honey.

wild honey

This one originates from honey dew. The bees collect it from the branches of various trees in woods. In relation to the blossom honey wild honey contains more minerals. In flavour it is rather strong and spicy as far as a bit malty.

comb honey

The honey filled combs are taken out of the beehive and are either immediately being wrapped or put into jars with honey. Enjoyed in small pieces the comb honey can serve as a natural gum. Only on order!

chunk honey

A piece of comb honey in a honey jar

honey with walnuts

Honey with walnuts from our own garden.

honey with bee bread

Cream honey with bee bread

honey with propolis

Cream honey with finely grated propolis

honey foam

An airy honey pleasure!

Honey

No honey year is like the other. Depending on season and weather the flavour of the honey can vary. Each kind of honey has its own character and there out resulting characteristics. The different kinds come up one after the other in the course of a year. Starting with the cherry blossom (April/May) the bees collect for blossom honey. In June, when the elder starts blooming, it is time for wild honey. Honey is also sorted after flavour, colour, consistency and smell. Due to the nature bound work we are unfortunately highly dependent on the weather. We only have those kinds and quantities which our bees find in the mountains near to us. Our quality honey has already been honoured repeatedly with the seal of quality!

Store the honey in a dry place and protected from warmth and light.

beeswax-candles

Our bees produce wax every year to make combs of it. By melting it down with the addition of water, the wax is cleansed of residues of pollen, honey and the like. Middle walls (thin wax plates with comb imprint) are in turn made out of the cleansed beeswax. Through this wax cycle our bees only get their own wax!

Since the bees are hard at work producing wax, there is enough wax left over for us to make hand-made candles in various forms and heights out if it.

Our beeswax candles are not exclusively suitable for Christmas time. They bewitch rooms naturally with their scent the whole year over. Since the naturalness of our products is very important to us, we also do not use lacquer for our candles. Therefore they are all the more fragrant, but get a white “coat” on the surface. That is a sign for the natural purity of a beeswax candle. This “coat” is however easily removed with a finger (just rub the coat away through friction) or a blow dryer.

bee bread

The bees collect the pollen from the flowers. To make it stick more easily on its legs, the bee glues the loose pollen together with the nectar of the plant. At the beehive the pollen cargo is put into a comb cell. There the pollen is put through lactic acid fermentation. Due to the fermentation the pollen grains are being opened.

Since the bees cannot utilize unopened blossom pollen in their body, they prefer to feed on opened pollen (bee bread).

From the surplus pollen combs we acquire the bee bread.

mead

Not only Nordic gods drink it with pleasure. This alcoholic beverage with the aromatic flavour of honey is suitable for sweet gourmets. To be able to acquire the honey wine, honey is fermented with a lot of water and a special kind of yeast. After fermentation it is cleansed of its murkiness and filled into bottles.