Melipona honey
Melipona beecheii (různé tropické květy)
A runny, more acidic honey from the stingless bee Melipona beecheii, kept by the Maya since pre-Columbian times. It holds more water than ordinary honey, which gives it a slightly fermented taste.
- Origin
- Mexico – Yucatán Peninsula
- Colour
- 50 mm · extra light amber
- Taste
- tangy, fresh, slightly fermented
- Plant
- Melipona beecheii (různé tropické květy)
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
The Maya call the bee xunáan kaab, “lady bee”; a single colony yields only about 1–2 litres of honey a year.
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