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Apennine wildflower honey crystallises a few
months after the harvest. The colour depends
on what flowers it was made from, and it
varies from amber to copper. The aroma and
the taste are never the same either.
Depending on the year, they can recall, more
or less intensely, the fragrance of flowers
or of certain fruits.
It's excellent as a table honey or as a
natural sweetener. It's very aromatic, and
is particularly appreciated by those who
remember the honey of their childhood.
There are thousands of wildflowers that
attract the bees and colour the meadows and
the slopes of the hills. Among them can be
counted dandelion and sage, clover and
yellow melilot. As for trees and bushes, the
bees favour robinia, chestnut, cornel, the
blackberry bush, clematis and hawthorn.
Cherry, apricot and apple trees offer their
abundant nectar to the bees. In exchange,
bees transport pollen from one flower to the
other, thus performing the important task of
pollination. French honeysuckle, alfalfa and
colza are also among the cultivated plants
assaulted by bees. |
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