I take my bees to North Carolina's Blue Ridge Parkway in late June to capture the bloom of the native sourwood trees. The bees produce this prized light-colored honey from the tree blossoms during a short three-week bloom period. Much honey sold as "sourwood" honey is not genuine; it is often produced from sugar water fed to the bees by the beekeeper, thus it is important to know who produced your sourwood honey. Pure sourwood honey will not crystallize.
