Our Honey
Four steps, and
nothing else.
Most supermarket honey is heated and finely filtered so it stays clear and runny on the shelf. Ours skips both. It goes from the hive to the bottle without being heated.
01
Left to the bees
The bees fill the comb and cap it over with wax when the honey is ready. A window on the side of each Flow Hive shows when the frames are full.
02
Harvested by hand
Once a month a local beekeeper comes out and harvests it by hand. Flow Hive frames split open inside the hive, so the honey runs out through a tap with no spinning, and the bees carry on working.
03
Never heated or treated
Nothing is warmed to make it pour faster or stay runny, and nothing is added. That is what keeps it raw.
04
Bottled by hand
Poured into squeeze bottles by hand in Townsville, sealed, and numbered by batch.
On crystallisation
Raw honey sets. It is not a fault and it is not fermentation. It is natural sugars coming out of solution, and a good sign the honey has not been heated.
If you want it runny again, stand the bottle in warm water for twenty minutes. Do not microwave it or boil it.
Made with love at country estate.
— Townsville, Queensland · est. 2019