Thursday, 31 October 2013

HONEY ...MMMMM.

I met a bee keeper today , when asked his occupation he replied he worked with bees.  The gentleman Mr Haydn Owen travels all over Australia setting up hives in forests ,plantations  and even flowering weed infested areas .
The honey collected from these areas are flavour specific to the flowering species of plants and trees grown and the climatic conditions needed to induce flower production..
The bee boxes have to be set up prior to a flowering period which can have a duration of days or a period of weeks .....
Too little or too much water, wind , use of chemical herbicides are just a few of the challenges affecting honey production.
Honey collected from the flowers of Patersons Curse..( an introduced cottage plant , that thrives in the Australian climate and has grown out of control and escaped into our pasture land.), is used as a mixer. Paterson honey has a light colour and taste and is easily mixed with other honey to dilute  for commercial production .
Mr Owen sets up hives  and collects honey for Stuckeys  Honey , ( another local  Gippsland industry )...the Stuckey honey collection can be found on our supermarket shelves .
The best way to try different honey is to purchase the honey offerings at local farmers markets ,  amazing people  producing top quality , chemical free  produce .
 

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