January pull
Citrus blossom
Light body, short finish, from groves in the wadi below the terrace. First honey of the year and the one that crystallises into a fine set if you leave it on a cool shelf.
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Glass, comb, and kettleFour honeys from the ridge, wax from the same year
We bottle by bloom, not by a house blend. Citrus, wildflower, thistle and avocado leave in dated lots. Forest honey appears when the woodland runs. Beeswax is rendered on the property and poured as tapers, wraps and blocks.
Named honeys
What is in the crate this year
Jars are 250 g and 500 g glass. Labels carry bloom, pull date and hive row. We do not claim medicinal properties, and we do not sell honey as a treatment, tonic or supplement.
April pull
Ridge wildflower
The mixed Carmel: sage, mustard, and the last of the winter annuals. Amber in the jar, a longer nose than citrus. This is the honey we pour first at a flight.
July pull
Wild thistle
Taken when the slope has gone gold. Fuller colour, slower pour, a flavour that sits. We wait for a full cap; July heat is not an excuse to pull a wet super.
September pull
Avocado
A short western harvest from the terraces. Dark, dense, and gone when it is gone. We do not stretch it with wildflower to make the crate look even.
When the woodland runs
Forest
Oak and pine mixed stands toward Ramat HaNadiv. Bottled only in years the woodland actually flows, labelled apart from wildflower, and listed on the lot board in the wax room — never invented for a page.
What we do not blend
Each pull keeps its own grain
A house blend would make every crate look the same. We would rather send a short avocado lot than a even-looking jar that no longer belongs to September.
- Citrus stays citrus. We do not fold pale January honey into April wildflower to stretch the first crates.
- Thistle stays thistle. July heat is not a reason to mix a darker super into a lighter one for colour.
- Avocado is never cut with wildflower to fill a wholesale order.
- Forest is bottled only when the woodland runs, and never invented as a “mountain mix.”
- Off-ridge honey is not bought in to keep the shelf looking full in a thin year.
How we label lots
Bloom, pull date, hive row
Yael writes the lot cards in the lean-to before a crate leaves the pad. The same three facts go on the glass and in the desk book, so a jar can be walked back to the super it came from.
Bloom
The forage name as we pulled it: citrus blossom, ridge wildflower, wild thistle, avocado, or forest. We do not print “Carmel gold” or any other shop name that hides the season.
Pull date
The day the super came off, not the day we found time to jar. A January citrus lot keeps a January date even if it rests in the tank until February.
Hive row
Which line of boxes on the terrace filled that super. Useful when a grocer asks, and essential if we ever need to find a crate again.
Beeswax atelier
What the comb becomes after the honey
Rendered on the ridge, poured in the downstairs room. Unscented. Dated. Made to be used, not displayed as a mascot.
Hand-dipped tapers
Paired tapers from filtered cappings wax. No added perfume. Burn as a table candle; they are not sold as a therapy.
Food wraps
Linen squares with ridge wax and a food-grade resin. For covering a bowl or wrapping cheese. Wash cool, keep out of the oven. Sold in sets of three: small, bowl, and loaf.
Blocks & polish base
Plain 100 g and 250 g blocks for makers who want uncoloured wax. We also pour a simple furniture polish of wax and oil. Not a cosmetic line, not a lip balm, not a skin cream.
How to keep a jar
A cool shelf, a dry lid, and patience with the set
Honey from this ridge is food. Treat it as you would a good jam, not as a medicine cabinet item. Keep the jar in a cupboard away from the kettle steam and the west window. A lid that seals is enough; we do not ship fancy pumps.
Citrus often sets fine and pale. Wildflower and thistle may stay pourable longer, then grain. That is the sugar doing what sugar does in a jar that still holds pollen from the bloom. To loosen a set jar, stand it in a bowl of warm water and stir. Do not boil it on the hob, and do not microwave the glass.
Wax wraps live in a drawer, washed cool, never in the oven. Tapers prefer a draught-free table. Blocks for makers should stay wrapped and out of summer sun on a dashboard.
What the cupboard should not do
- No fridge — cold speeds a coarse set and weeps on the lid
- No wet spoon back in the jar
- No heating until the honey tastes of toffee
- No mixing two blooms in one pot to “even the flavour”
- Use by the date on the lot card; open jars belong on the table, not in a long archive
Small wholesale
Crates for kitchens and for shops that keep the bloom name
Household orders and small wholesale for shops in Zikhron Ya'akov and along the Carmel coast. We pack in Israel; we do not run an international web cart from this page. Tell us the bloom, the jar size, and whether you want wax in the same crate. Wholesale is for counters that will leave citrus labelled as citrus — we do not supply anonymous bulk drums.
