How the Magic Happens

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My honey is raw. My honey has not seen over a hundred degrees Fahrenheit since I've taken it from the bees. The honey has been kept warm in the mid 90's to prevent crystallization and preserve its freshness. Some other benefits of dealing with Richard's Honey is the fact that I will never sell it to you if it isn't raw. I have a serious level of integrity in my work. I've done my homework and I'm well aware of how temperature effects honey and what the honeybees do with the honey. Here at Richard's Honey, I will try my best to do what the bees do because I believe they are the real professionals when it comes to honey. Last but not least is the fact that I respect you, so when you're not looking and I'm fixing your food, I respect you. You're going to get what you paid me for.

 There have been over 180 different substances found inside of honey and in order to call your honey raw it must retain all enzymes and nutrients; everything must be intact. There is a chemistry going on inside of honey. It's moving under a microscope.   Processed honey?  It's not a matter of if its processed, it's a matter of what procedure you go by when you process the honey. When the bees first swallow the nectar into their honey gut it will have a high-water content level. the bees will store it into cells in the comb and fan it off with their wings until the moisture content level is at their approval usually about 18.3 percent water or close to it. Some beekeepers use a dry and warm room with fans on the ceiling blowing air through the honey supers with dehumidifiers on the floor to suck moisture out of the honey before its extracted because by law the honey has to be between 18.5 and 15.5 percent moisture content level in order to call it honey. While others may heat the honey up well over a hundred degrees to dry the honey, but as we learn through newer technology this is damaging towards the good enzymes and also every ten degrees Fahrenheit you go up on the honey it will turn three shades darker. And this is not a debate, it will get darker. This type of honey is not to be called raw anymore. The honeybees never let the honey get hot like that. The honeybees keep their honey between 95- and 97-degrees Fahrenheit. 

We keep honeybees (Apis Mellifera Ligustica) "Italian" honey bees which are the most common type of bee used for honey production. They are known for their gentleness, productivity, and ability to adapt to different environments.