How do bees make honey?
Foraging bees collect nectar and honeydew from honey plants by adding their enzyme-laden saliva, which converts sucrose. Back in the hive, they distribute their harvest to other workers by trophallaxis,...
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The Miel Factory 3 Heather Honeys
White Heather, Heather Calluna and Ash Heather : three Heather honeys with a lot of character that are part of the French grands crus.
Coriander Honey
Coriander is a herbaceous plant known for its digestive and carminative properties. The vegetal taste of our Coriander Honey, harvested in France in the Indre region, will subtly remind you...
Bruyère Callune: it's harvest time
Callune honey, harvested by Miel Factory in the Ariège Pyrenees Regional Natural Park, is characterized by its gelatinous texture, its slightly bitter flavor with a fairly pronounced caramel note.
Les plantes méllifères de juillet-août
Nous vous présentons ici quelques plantes mellifères des mois de juillet et d'août, ainsi que le miel de metcalfat et le miellat de sapin, spécifiques à cette région.
Thyme honey from Greece
Our Thyme Honey was harvested in Samaria National Park, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Its flavors are warm and powerful, we find all the aromatic complexity of wild thyme.
Dandelion honey
The dandelion, also called lion's tooth, is widespread in meadows, fields and on the embankments of roads. It is very rich in nectar and pollen from early spring, it is...
Savannah Honey from New Caledonia
Our Savannah Honey was harvested on the east coast of Grande Terre, on the edge of the plain and on the edge of the foothills of the central mountain range....
Arbutus honey
It is when most of the fruit trees come to rest that the strawberry tree is adorned with its most beautiful attractions. Arbutus honey remains unknown in France, but it...
Madagascar honeys
Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world, with a territory equivalent to that of mainland France. The diversity of the ecosystems present on the island, its climate and...
Pollen: a concentrate of energy
Pollen is a natural substance with recognized benefits just like honey. It is renowned for its digestive, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties, its richness in proteins, vitamins, minerals and micro-nutrients.
Chestnut honey: it's harvest time!
The honey harvest takes place during the month of July. Our chestnut honey is harvested in France, in the Cévennes, in Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française.
The benefits of linden honey
The linden is a honey plant, its flowers are foraged by bees for their nectar and their pollen. Linden honey has a recognized use to treat insomnia disorders: the flavonoids,...
The plant of the month for January: the hazel
The hazel tree is a honey plant. Its beekeeping interest lies in its early flowering which greatly attracts foraging bees: the male flowers are very rich in pollen. They are...