News — 12

We open door no. 12 of the World Honey Advent Calendar   This is a rare type of honey from the high mountains. The so-called alpine rose honey , popularly known as alpine rose honey, can only be harvested from around 1,500 m above sea level. To do this, the beekeeper and his honey bees have to go up into the mountains after the snow has melted. There the bees collect the nectar of the low-growing, pink-flowered florets until August. Interesting is the fact that the alpine rose is very poisonous for humans and cattle, but the honey can be...