Learn about honey

Plain answers about raw honey, grades, origin and buying well.

• What raw honey really isRaw honey is honey exactly as it left the hive — strained only to remove wax, never heated, never finely filtered.1 min read
• What a grade actually meansThere is no single international ruler for honey grades, so sellers use the word loosely.1 min read
• Why Yemen, and why sidrYemen's dry valleys grow sidr and sumr trees that have fed regional beekeeping for centuries.1 min read
• How the region has always used honeyAcross the Arabian Peninsula, honey has traditionally lived in two places: the hospitality shelf and the kitchen.1 min read
• How to buy honey wellGood buying is mostly good asking.1 min read