Banksia honey
Banksia spp.
Full-bodied, sweet honey from the flower spikes of banksias. In Western Australia it is light amber; in the east it darkens almost to black.
- Origin
- Australia (Western Australia)
- Colour
- 50 mm · extra light amber
- Taste
- caramel to toffee
- Crystallization
- fast
- Plant
- Banksia spp. · banksia →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
Banksias flower in autumn and winter, when colonies normally live on their stores – which makes the honey scarce and costly.
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