I always had honey out of a Teddy Bear or if I was really fancy- with a honeycomb still floating in the honey but I NEVER had homemade honey. My husband came home with a jar of homemade honey... apparently the man who makes it is local and dropped off a few bottles where my husband works for his co-workers. My husband brought it home. I decided to pour some on to a spoon to give it a try. IT WAS SUBLIME!! It was so addictive I just kept pouring out honey onto my spoon and almost couldn't stop! I ran to my cupboard and poured out my store bought honey onto a spoon. It was flat in taste. It didn't have the richness and body of this locally produced honey had. It was thin and although sweet- it was almost tasteless.
I couldn't ever keep my own beehive. I'm afraid of bees. The last time I got stung I was a little girl and a bee had landed on my head. I swiped it off with my hand and it stung me in between my fingers and my hand ballooned. So, even though I won't keep a beehive- I would DEFINITELY recommend buying locally produced honey. Buy it at a farmer's market or from someone you know, but definitely given the opportunity- buy a bottle! Whether it's fortunate or not, once you try a homemade honey you won't WANT to go back to the store bought!
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