Norwegian Honey - Norwegianbeekeeper.com

Posted on 30 April, 2023 by Micheal Alexander

Norway has a rich and clean nature that covers big parts of the nation.

Only 3% of the country is agricultural land and just under 2% of the country is built on. 33% of the country is forest area and another 33% is alpine tundra. Norwegian Honey

This gives us the possibility of collecting the finest pure honey from a variaty of wild nature, far away from farmland and industries.

All our apiaries are placed in the forest or at the edge of a forest. We only collect nectar from wild flowers.

Healthiest bees

Norway has one of the healthiest bee populations in the world.

No antibiotics are allowed within beekeeping, only natural remedies can be used.

Wax / honeycomb is regularly tested for remains of prohibited substances.

Strictly regulated

Health checks are done regularly on all our bees, and the results are to be reported to the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. Only registered certified beekeepers can perform these test.

The Norwegian Food Safety Authority also performs random tests on bees, wax and honey to make sure that everything is according to regulations. Heathers honeys

These measures give us one of the healthiest population of bees in the world.

The word "Honey"

By Norwegian law, you are not allowed to call a product "honning" (the Norwegian word for honey) if it has been heated, if anything has been added to the product or the moisture content is too high. "Honning" has to be 100% natural, pure, raw, unheated, unpasteurized.