Ivy honey
Hedera helix
An autumn honey from the small greenish-yellow flowers of ivy, which blooms in September and October as the last abundant source of nectar before winter. It sets very quickly into a firm whitish to greyish mass.
- Origin
- Italy, the United Kingdom, Ireland and elsewhere in Europe
- Colour
- 17 mm · extra white
- Taste
- very sweet, distinctive, long finish
- Crystallization
- very fast
- Plant
- Hedera helix · ivy →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
Because it crystallises so fast it is hard to extract, and beekeepers often leave it in the hive as winter stores for the bees.
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