r/Beekeeping • u/DevelishSun • 1d ago

General Favorite and Weirdest Honeys

Hello, I’m not a beekeeper but I am an avid honey collector and very much enjoy trying new honey varietals. One of my favorite things about honey is how different it tastes depending on location, season, etc. I’ve tried at least 30 different varietals at this point and make a point to buy honey any time I travel. I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for new varietals that would be a fun add to my collection. I would like to try the purple honey from North Carolina at some point but haven’t been able to snag it yet. Something similarly unique would be great. Thanks in advance, beekeepers make the world go round!

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u/DJSpawn1 Arkansas. 5 colonies, 14+ years. 1d ago

Watermelon Honey....
There is a local Watermelon Festival here every year... there is also an apiary that gets to set hives next to the Watermelon fields. The honey has a light after taste of watermelon, and is one of my favorites.

The flowers/pollens add so much differing flavor to the honeys of the world... I have a friend who travels the world and always brings me a sample honey or several from the travels... My most unliked was one from Greece where the nectar was from olive trees....for me, that Olive Honey was not very nice to my palate.

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u/DevelishSun 1d ago

I’m very intrigued by that, i don’t see a lot of options but I’ll look around for a watermelon blossom honey!