10 Part 6: The Part of Tens Chapter 20: Ten Great Honey Festivals Oregon Honey Festival, Ashland, Oregon Philadelphia Honey Festival NYC Honey Week, Rockaway Beach Honey Bee Fest, New York Sweet Bee’s Honey Festival, New York Vermont’s Golden Honey Festival Arizona Honeybee Festival, Phoenix Michigan Honey Festival Tennessee Honey Festival Uvalde Honey Festival, Texas Chapter 21: More Than Ten Frequently Asked Questions about Honey What’s the best way to store honey once the jar has been opened? Does honey ever spoil or go bad? Why does my honey look like it has two different layers? My honey has crystallized; can I get the honey liquid again? What’s organic honey? What’s the difference between Grade A and Grade B honey? What accounts for the different colors and flavors of honey? Why do honey bees make honey? Is it true that eating local honey will relieve pollen-related allergies? What does “raw” honey mean? How can I test my honey for authenticity? Why does honey from the same local beekeeper taste different sometimes? Why shouldn’t you feed honey to a baby? How many flowers must honey bees visit to make one pound of honey? How much honey does a worker honey bee make in her lifetime? What famous Scottish liqueur is made with honey? What’s the U.S. per capita consumption of honey? How many honey-producing colonies of bees are there in the United States? Do all bees make honey? Chapter 22: Ten Honeys for your Bucket List The Most Expensive Honey in the World: Elvish Most Sacred Honey: Sidr Most-Difficult-to-Get Honey: Pitcairn Island Most International Awards: Sourwood Most Bitter Honey: Strawberry Tree Honey Psychedelic Mad Honey: Deli Bal Most Unique Texture: Ling Heather Honey Volcanic Honey: Wenchi Silkiest Honey: Ulmo Honey Most Buttery Honey: Kāmahi
11 Part 7: Appendixes Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Helpful Honey Resources Craft Suppliers Organizations and Conferences Retail Honey-Related Sites Mead-Making Sites Places to Get Trained/Certified as a Honey Sensory Expert
12 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 9TABLE 9-1 Honey Flavor Families
2 Chapter 16TABLE 16-1 Honey Replacement Estimator
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: This little bee (entombed forever in amber) shared the earth with T...FIGURE 1-2: Honey hunter collecting nourishment from a wild colony of bees. FIGURE 1-3: Egyptian beekeepers tend to their clay hives while helpers smoke th...FIGURE 1-4: The discovery of these beehives during the Tel Rehov Expedition sug...FIGURE 1-5: Artist rendering of this 3000-year-old apiary, which was estimated ...FIGURE 1-6: The honey bee, so familiar in the Americas today, is not native to ...
2 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: Photo of a worker field bee collecting pollen. Note the pollen bask...FIGURE 2-2: Note the long tongue on this honey bee. It unrolls like a noisemake...FIGURE 2-3: This chart illustrates the typical content of honey (based on data ...FIGURE 2-4: This frame is ready to