Blended-bloom honey

Clover

The one you think you know.

fresh hayvanillagreen grass

What is it?

The most widely produced honey in the United States — but a jar from a single Montana apiary tastes nothing like the blend in a plastic bear.

Where does it come from?

The northern plains: North and South Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, plus much of the Midwest.

North DakotaSouth DakotaMontanaMinnesotaWisconsinIowa

What were the bees visiting?

Clover

Blooms May, Jun, Jul, Aug

What does it taste like?

Clean, mild and gently sweet with a soft grassy note. A calm honey that lets other ingredients speak.

What does it look like?

Water-white to light amber. Medium body, crystallizes to a fine, smooth set.

When is it harvested?

June through August

What goes well with it?

oatmealchamomile teayogurtbutter on toastlemonade

What can you make with it?

Ideas for the jar

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Infusions

Fire Honey

Dried chilies and garlic steeped slowly in raw honey. Two weeks of patience, then it goes on everything: pizza, fried chicken, roasted carrots, sharp cheese.

Infusions

Ginger Honey

Thin coins of fresh ginger left in honey until it turns sharp and warming. A spoonful in hot water is the whole recipe for a cold evening.

Infusions

Vanilla Bean Honey

A split vanilla bean and a light honey. In a week it tastes like the inside of a bakery.

Drinks

Honey, Lemon & Thyme Tea

Fresh thyme steeped in hot water with lemon and a light floral honey. Bright, herbal, and quietly restorative.

Find it

Who makes it

Henry's Bullfrog Bees & Pure Honey

Winters, CA

wildflower · clover · avocado

Busy Bee Honey VT

Brandon, VT

wildflower · clover

HomeStead Honey Bee Farm

Dryden, MI

wildflower · clover

Walker Honey Farm

Rogers, TX

wildflower · clover · yaupon holly

Björn's Colorado Honey

Boulder, CO

wildflower · clover

Champlain Valley Apiaries

Middlebury, VT

clover · wildflower

Honey Acres

Neosho, WI

clover · wildflower · basswood

Swan's Honey

Albion, ME

blueberry · clover · wildflower

Bernard's Acadiana Honey

Breaux Bridge, LA

wildflower · clover

Tassot Apiaries

Milford, NJ

wildflower · clover

Heider Bee Co.

Gainesville, VA

wildflower · clover

Maryland Honey Company

Gaithersburg, MD

wildflower · clover

Montana Honey Bee Co.

Bozeman, MT

clover · wildflower

Bare Honey

Minneapolis, MN

wildflower · clover

Fruitwood Orchards Honey

Monroeville, NJ

wildflower · clover · buckwheat

Queen Right Colonies

Spencer, OH

wildflower · clover

Carlson Orchards Apiary

Harvard, MA

wildflower · clover

Taos Honey Co.

Taos, NM

wildflower · clover

Bluegrass Honey Co.

Lexington, KY

wildflower · clover

Ozark Honey Company

Springfield, MO

wildflower · clover

Bee-Haven Honey Farm, Inc.

Lakeland, FL

orange blossom · gallberry · wildflower · clover

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