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Paynes Southdown Bee Farms Ltd :: Honey & Honey Comb :: Speciality Honey
A specialist honey comes from bees that have been set to work harvesting nectar in a specific place.
Specialist honey literally has a taste of a place, whether it is from the mixed flora of an area, such as Greek mountainside honey, or predominantly a single plant, such as rosemary honey or acacia honey. Honeys vary according to the nectars they are made from. Because bees gather the honey from only within a few miles of their hives, beekeepers are able to influence where and upon what the bees feed and the final style and flavour of the honey. To do this, beekeepers will put their hives in specific places, such as heather moorland in Scotland, Northumbria and Dartmoor.
The range of honey available is enormous. There are different colours, from the more intensely flavoured dark ones, such as chestnut, to the lighter-coloured and flavoured ones, such as acacia.
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