Prairie Flowers Comb Honey

prairie flowers that are still in bloom. Darker with a Distinctive Flavor Prairie Flowers Comb is darker than a mid-summer honey and has a pleasant sweet honey flavor reminiscent of freshly cut hay or black tea, giving it a distinctive late-summer character. Honey and Comb Together The honey remains inside the beeswax comb made by the worker bees, and the comb is fully edible. Enjoying them together lets you taste the honey in the traditional form in which it was stored by the bees which gives it wonderful texture. How Bees Build the Honeycomb Honeycomb starts with the worker bees producing beeswax and shaping it into the familiar network of individual cells. These cells provide the bees with a place to store the honey they collect from the surrounding flowers. The bees build the comb before filling it with fresh honey. After the cells have been filled, the workers cover the surface with additional beeswax, creating the capped honeycomb that protects the honey inside. We harvest these finished slabs directly from the wood frames and cut them into smaller pieces for sale. The comb stays intact rather than having the honey removed and packaged separately, preserving both the honey and edible beeswax together. Prefer Prairie Flowers Honey Without the Comb? If you prefer your honey without the beeswax comb, Ames Farm also offers Prairie Flowers Honey in a traditional honey format. Shop Ames Farm Prairie Flowers Honey Ways to Enjoy Prairie Flowers Comb Honey Prairie Flowers Comb has a richer late-summer character that makes it especially enjoyable with foods that complement its deeper honey flavor. Try it on its own first, then explore savory, breakfast, fruit, and dessert pairings. Taste It on Its Own Start with the honeycomb itself. A small piece lets you appreciate the sweetness, texture, and distinctive flavor of Prairie Flowers Comb without anything else competing with it. Pair It with Cheese Add it to a cheese board. The sweet honey works beautifully alongside salty, tangy, or creamy cheeses, while the edible comb adds another texture to the board. Serve It at Breakfast Make breakfast a little more special. Enjoy pieces of comb with toast, biscuits, pancakes, waffles, oatmeal, or yogurt for a naturally sweet addition to the morning. Pair with Fruit and Dessert Use it as a sweet accompaniment. Serve Prairie Flowers Comb with fresh fruit, pastries, ice cream, or a simple dessert when you want the honey itself to be part of the presentation. Serve at Gatherings Put it on a shared platter. Pieces of honeycomb make an inviting addition to cheese boards, brunch spreads, and dessert tables, giving guests an opportunity to enjoy the honey in a traditional form. How to Enjoy Prairie Flowers Comb Honey 1 Take Out What You Need Remove the amount of honeycomb you plan to serve and keep the remaining pieces protected in their packaging until you're ready to enjoy them. 2 Taste the Honeycomb Try a small piece by itself and notice the combination of sweet honey and edible beeswax, along with the distinctive flavor of this late-summer harvest. 3 Try Different Pairings Experiment with cheese, breakfast foods, fruit, pastries, or dessert to find the combinations you enjoy most. 4 Serve and Share Arrange pieces of comb for appetizers and let everyone enjoy honey in it's most natural form. A Taste of the Late-Summer Prairie Prairie Flowers Comb Honey comes from a particular point in the Minnesota growing season. By late July and August, the landscape has moved beyond the height of the mid-summer bloom, but remnants of prairie flowers are still in bloom and providing nectar for the honeybees. That timing gives this honey a character that is different from an early or mid-summer harvest. Rather than being especially light in color and flavor, Prairie Flowers Comb is darker and has a pleasant sweetness reminiscent of freshly cut hay or black tea. The comparison to freshly cut hay is especially fitting for a honey associated with the late-summer prairie. Because this is a seasonal honey made from what the bees find blooming at this point in the year, the finished comb represents a particular moment in the prairie landscape. The bees gather nectar from the flowers that remain available, transforming that late-summer forage into honey and storing it in the comb they have built. What Makes Prairie Flowers Comb Honey Different? Comb honey is different from honey that has been extracted and placed into a jar because the honey remains in the beeswax structure created by the bees. Instead of separating the honey from its storage cells, we preserve the finished comb and cut it into pieces for you to enjoy. The beeswax network itself is part of the product. Worker bees create the cells, fil