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Elk Creek Honey Farm

Elk Creek Honey Farm in Wellington Township, Ohio, is run by Renee and Tim Moore, who keep about 100 hives of honeybees.

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Elk Creek Honey Farm in Wellington Township, Ohio, is run by Renee and Tim Moore, who keep about 100 hives of honeybees. Products include raw honey, a lemon honey, creamed honey in wildflower or cinnamon, and honey infused with herbs they grow. Local stockists named in a Pulse of Lorain article include Grobe's Fruit Farm, Oberlin IGA and Hook's Greenhouse.

Written from public sources: Sweet Local Eats (Pulse of Lorain). Not yet verified by the maker.

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Why Ohio honey and maple taste like Ohio

Ohio honey

Ohio honey is mostly a clover story. A peer-reviewed study of Ohio hives found that non-native clovers, growing along field edges and roadsides, are the main honey source, with dandelions fueling spring wax production and goldenrod supplying late-season nectar.

The same study found that colonies did better near cropland than near forest, grassland or cities, a result that surprised many beekeepers. In practice, that is why a lot of Ohio honey comes from farm country rather than from city rooftops.

1.02 M lbOhio honey produced in 2018
14,000producing colonies that year
73 lbaverage per colony
  1. SpringDandelion
  2. SummerClover
  3. Late seasonGoldenrod
What does Ohio honey taste like?

Honey takes its flavor from the flowers the bees visit, and in Ohio that is mostly clover, with dandelion in spring and goldenrod late in the season. The exact taste depends on the hives, the year and the harvest, so look for a harvest date or a floral source on the label.

Is raw honey different from regular honey?

Raw usually means the honey was not heated or finely filtered after extraction. Makers define it slightly differently, so ask the shop how they process it.

Sources: Honey bee success predicted by landscape composition in Ohio, PeerJ · Ohio honey production 2018 (USDA figures), Farm and Dairy

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