Our honey and its sources
New Jersey provides a wonderful and diverse source of blooms through the growing season for bees to collect nectar from. We are blessed to be in an area where numerous plants and flowers flourish, providing lengthy bloom periods allowing the bees to collect ample pollen and nectar for strong colony build up. Our hives are north of the acidic soils and sparse blooms of the beautiful Pine barren region and south of the Northern higher altitudes with cooler temps, so a longer bloom season providing a varied nectar flows are typically found in our area.
Choose your local honey varietals and seasonal honey from our New Jersey nectar sources:
Spring and Summer Wildflower Honey:
Predominate bloom and nectar source is clover but hundreds of other wildflower and tree blooms make up this seasonal honey. Various beeyards with different nectar sources in each area produces a different tasting honey. We regularly obtain different honeys from the farms we pull from, as the blooms vary quite a bit from farm to farm, giving us unique varietal honeys!
Spring Sweet Clover Blossom Honey:
This legume (in the pea family) was introduced from Europe and Asia as a pasture crop and can be found along roadsides and abandoned fields. It grows to about four feet tall and has a sweet smell. It provides an import and nectar source for bees, especially when found in sufficient quantity to yield a varietal honey, with a taste reminiscent of licorice!
Summer and Fall Honey:
Predominate blooms are goldenrod, asters, etc. and is typically a stronger honey. Has a tendency to granulate faster.
Blueberry blossom honey:
We are fortunate to be in close proximity to many local blueberry growers here in New Egypt and Pemberton New Jersey, with many acres of early, mid-season, and late blooming Highbush varieties of blueberries. Once you've tasted Blueberry Blossom honey, you'll be hooked!
Cranberry Blossom Honey: Cranberries which are abundant in South Jersey do not produce much nectar and therefore as a mono-culture do not provide our bees with an abundant food source, with either pollen or nectar, and the bees suffer somewhat on pollination and do not grow well while pollinating these crops. They do provide us with a wonderfully strong flavored honey when they produce a surplus of honey, and Cranberry Blossom Honey is a wonderfully bold honey to enjoy through the fall. We enjoy it especially on pancakes and waffles.
Bean & Pumpkin Blossom Honey: Pollination of pumpkins which are blooming in co-ordination with many varieties of beans and other vine crops produce a wonderfully delicate varietal honey, with a flavor reminiscent of Tupelo honey. Taste Jersey Fresh bean & pumpkin honey here, at Birds & Bees Farm!
Knotwood Blossom Honey:
This is a late bloomer and an important fall nectar source for the bees before they retire from foraging. Knotwood is a member of the Buckwheat family and is also a dark and aromatic stronger flavored honey. Its color ranges from a dark coffee to a deep red color and has a delicious distinctive flavor! Knotwood honey has a tendency to granulate faster than our spring honeys.
Choose your local honey varietals and seasonal honey from our New Jersey nectar sources:
Spring and Summer Wildflower Honey:
Predominate bloom and nectar source is clover but hundreds of other wildflower and tree blooms make up this seasonal honey. Various beeyards with different nectar sources in each area produces a different tasting honey. We regularly obtain different honeys from the farms we pull from, as the blooms vary quite a bit from farm to farm, giving us unique varietal honeys!
Spring Sweet Clover Blossom Honey:
This legume (in the pea family) was introduced from Europe and Asia as a pasture crop and can be found along roadsides and abandoned fields. It grows to about four feet tall and has a sweet smell. It provides an import and nectar source for bees, especially when found in sufficient quantity to yield a varietal honey, with a taste reminiscent of licorice!
Summer and Fall Honey:
Predominate blooms are goldenrod, asters, etc. and is typically a stronger honey. Has a tendency to granulate faster.
Blueberry blossom honey:
We are fortunate to be in close proximity to many local blueberry growers here in New Egypt and Pemberton New Jersey, with many acres of early, mid-season, and late blooming Highbush varieties of blueberries. Once you've tasted Blueberry Blossom honey, you'll be hooked!
Cranberry Blossom Honey: Cranberries which are abundant in South Jersey do not produce much nectar and therefore as a mono-culture do not provide our bees with an abundant food source, with either pollen or nectar, and the bees suffer somewhat on pollination and do not grow well while pollinating these crops. They do provide us with a wonderfully strong flavored honey when they produce a surplus of honey, and Cranberry Blossom Honey is a wonderfully bold honey to enjoy through the fall. We enjoy it especially on pancakes and waffles.
Bean & Pumpkin Blossom Honey: Pollination of pumpkins which are blooming in co-ordination with many varieties of beans and other vine crops produce a wonderfully delicate varietal honey, with a flavor reminiscent of Tupelo honey. Taste Jersey Fresh bean & pumpkin honey here, at Birds & Bees Farm!
Knotwood Blossom Honey:
This is a late bloomer and an important fall nectar source for the bees before they retire from foraging. Knotwood is a member of the Buckwheat family and is also a dark and aromatic stronger flavored honey. Its color ranges from a dark coffee to a deep red color and has a delicious distinctive flavor! Knotwood honey has a tendency to granulate faster than our spring honeys.
