Honey industry

Tupelo from Florida's Apalachicola basin. Sourwood from Appalachian ridges. Floral source determines everything - color, flavor, crystallization, even price.

The 2023 World Beekeeping Awards cancelled their honey competition because organizers couldn't guarantee entries were actual honey. What FDA testing catches - and what it's designed to miss.

Millions of Americans throw away crystallized honey every year thinking it's gone bad. It hasn't. Honey found in Egyptian tombs was still edible after 3,300 years. Here's what crystallization actually is - and which honeys resist it longest.