Posts Tagged: Honey Flavor Wheel

Like to Know More About Honey?

Would you like to know more about honey? You're in luck. The UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center is hosting an educational honey tasting on...

Honey bee on honeycomb. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee on honeycomb. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Taste of Honey

Honey connoisseur Amina Harris, director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center, opens the jar of lavender honey from France and sniffs...

Jar of lavender honey rests next to the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center's Honey Flavor Wheel. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Jar of lavender honey rests next to the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center's Honey Flavor Wheel. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The jar of lavender honey, "miel de lavande," is from France. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The jar of lavender honey, "miel de lavande," is from France. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Amina Harris sniffs the aroma. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Amina Harris sniffs the aroma. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey! I Hardly Know You!

Every time I see a golden jar of honey, I'm reminded of the Cordovan bee (Italian subspecies) that visited the Garvey bee garden back in 2010. I...

A golden honey bee (Cordovan of the Italian subspecies) nectaring lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A golden honey bee (Cordovan of the Italian subspecies) nectaring lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee sipping nectar from lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee sipping nectar from lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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