When participating in events, fairs and even when we present Baldoni products to our most diverse customers, it is quite common to be asked the following questions:
"I don't want orange flavored honey, I want that pure one!”.This position demonstrates that despite a regular consumption of honey, there are still doubts about the relationship between the origin of honey and the beekeeping flora. Bees visit flowers simply to meet their nutritional needs. Honey originates from the harvest of nectar, a sweet liquid secreted by flowers, an important source of energy due to its composition rich in sucrose, fructose and glucose. The bee flora is the set of plants that provide nectar and pollen to bees in a given region. Now, if the bees are responsible for obtaining the nectar in the flowers and these flowers are part of a certain forest, forest, orchard or plantation, we can conclude that each species of flower will provide a type of honey. Each set of flowers of the same species present in a given environment has a specific composition of nectar and, consequently, will provide different characteristics in the final product: honey. Orange blossom honey is a clear product, very aromatic and has a light and smooth flavor, while eucalyptus honey is dark with a more intense and full-bodied flavor. Hence the definition of honey from orange blossoms, honey from wild flowers, honey from eucalyptus blossoms and other honeys from different blooms that exist around the world. Thus, the honey product does not have an orange flavor due to the addition of aromas and/or essences, but rather, it came from orange blossom nectar collected by bees that inhabit hives located near orange orchards. Baldoni always identifies the floral origin of the honey on the label and does not carry out blend (mixture) with honeys of different blooms to standardize color and flavor.
