Honey science

Archaeologists found 3,300-year-old honey in Tutankhamun's tomb. It was still edible. The science behind why is more interesting than the headline.

Honey is the distilled essence of wherever the bees were foraging. Clover, buckwheat, tupelo, manuka - here's what actually separates them.

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

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.