As part of the Bee Chama Honey family of New Mexico, we are privileged to visit the 200-800 hives, depending on the season. They span the Rio Grande Corridor from Las Cruces (in southern New Mexico) to the Chama Valley (near the Colorado border) as we “go with the flow” of the honey.
Our personal participation in all aspects of the operation, from colony care and feeding to the careful extracting and hand bottling of the product, creates an intimate relationship with the land, the bees and the honey.
Desert Wildflower Honey (Plant origin, New Mexico & Sonoran Desert)
Our dark, rich, robust desert honey is unbeatable to those with a taste for strong honeys.
The natural blend of wildflowers ranges from tamarisk, salt cedar & mesquite tree blossoms to cactus flowers. The predominant nectar is tamarisk and has a pungent after-taste. It's great in coffee & black tea and wonderful drizzled over corn bread with butter. The bees are foraging on pesticide-free desert flowers. Still one of our BEST SELLING honeys of the Southwest. Many people claim this is the honey that they remember from childhood
Mountain Wildflower (Plant origin, New Mexico)
Mountain wildflower honey is a natural blend of wildflowers from the mountain regions of Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. It is a light floral honey with a sweet flavor. During the best seasons this honey is predominantly mountain clover. Mountain wildflower is produced at 8,000 ft and is a delicate, mild honey that turns anything into a treat. Our spring harvest is the palest yellow with fall harvests yielding floral nectars that produce a rich, golden honey with more Snowberry nectar. This honey crystallizes with very fine grains into an almost whipped butter. Yummy spread over toast with your favorite nut butter!
Alfalfa Wildflower Honey (Plant origin, New Mexico)
The Alfalfa fields in the Rio Grande River Valley are small in comparison to most and broken by many ditch systems and roads. This allows for many different wild flower nectars to be mixed into alfalfa nectar collected by the bees. Depending on exactly which bee yard the honey is harvested from it may also contain Desert Marigold, Tamarisk, Willow, Russian Olive, or Sage. This wildflower honey has a very traditional honey flavor and is wonderfully diverse. Great for teas, baking & cooking, dressings, glazes and more.
Mountain Gamble Oak Honey (Plant origin, New Mexico/Colorado)
This is not a true flower nectar honey. It is a honey dew honey. It is a by-product of aphid infestations on gamble oak groves in Northern New Mexico. During times of extreme drought the bees have no choice but to collect it. Its woody flavor is like no other honey and it is slower to crystallize than most floral honeys. This is a rare honey, happening only every 6-10 years. It's also the beekeeper's favorite, so trust his intuition.
Our personal participation in all aspects of the operation, from colony care and feeding to the careful extracting and hand bottling of the product, creates an intimate relationship with the land, the bees and the honey.
Desert Wildflower Honey (Plant origin, New Mexico & Sonoran Desert)
Our dark, rich, robust desert honey is unbeatable to those with a taste for strong honeys.
The natural blend of wildflowers ranges from tamarisk, salt cedar & mesquite tree blossoms to cactus flowers. The predominant nectar is tamarisk and has a pungent after-taste. It's great in coffee & black tea and wonderful drizzled over corn bread with butter. The bees are foraging on pesticide-free desert flowers. Still one of our BEST SELLING honeys of the Southwest. Many people claim this is the honey that they remember from childhood
Mountain Wildflower (Plant origin, New Mexico)
Mountain wildflower honey is a natural blend of wildflowers from the mountain regions of Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. It is a light floral honey with a sweet flavor. During the best seasons this honey is predominantly mountain clover. Mountain wildflower is produced at 8,000 ft and is a delicate, mild honey that turns anything into a treat. Our spring harvest is the palest yellow with fall harvests yielding floral nectars that produce a rich, golden honey with more Snowberry nectar. This honey crystallizes with very fine grains into an almost whipped butter. Yummy spread over toast with your favorite nut butter!
Alfalfa Wildflower Honey (Plant origin, New Mexico)
The Alfalfa fields in the Rio Grande River Valley are small in comparison to most and broken by many ditch systems and roads. This allows for many different wild flower nectars to be mixed into alfalfa nectar collected by the bees. Depending on exactly which bee yard the honey is harvested from it may also contain Desert Marigold, Tamarisk, Willow, Russian Olive, or Sage. This wildflower honey has a very traditional honey flavor and is wonderfully diverse. Great for teas, baking & cooking, dressings, glazes and more.
Mountain Gamble Oak Honey (Plant origin, New Mexico/Colorado)
This is not a true flower nectar honey. It is a honey dew honey. It is a by-product of aphid infestations on gamble oak groves in Northern New Mexico. During times of extreme drought the bees have no choice but to collect it. Its woody flavor is like no other honey and it is slower to crystallize than most floral honeys. This is a rare honey, happening only every 6-10 years. It's also the beekeeper's favorite, so trust his intuition.
Just as our New Mexico Bee Chama Honey is sought by aficionados from afar, we enthusiastically seek out the widest selection of seasonal and regional artisan honeys throughout the year.
Our Exotic Collection of honeys comes from apiarists in California, Oregon, Washington and Montana. They share values of environmental stewardship, sustainable hive management and minimal processing to preserve the health benefits and aromatic flavor profiles that are unique to raw, unfiltered, extra-virgin honey. Our annual or biannual trips to source new crops have the feeling of a family reunion where we meet old friends to exchange news as well as honey.
Wild Blackberry Honey
(Plant origin, Washington)
Wild crafted blackberry honey from Washington State has a more distinct berry taste and fruitier flavor than our strawberry/raspberry honey. This is a very sweet honey! One of our dessert varieties best to be used sparingly. Wild Blackberry plants grow in huge abundance in the pacific northwest, making this a common honey for folks from that region. For the rest of us desert dwellers, this berry honey is a real treat. Imagine walking streets lined with blackberry plants, picking and eating as you go.
Strawberry/Raspberry Honey
(Plant origin, California)
Raspberry honey is a very sweet, highly acidic honey from California. It makes a wonderful syrup substitute with a slightly fruity finish. Super good on pancakes & waffles!
Strawberry / Raspberry of the South Valley in California is a sweet and fruity blend with a robust finish. A favorite of both young and old, this classic berry honey is a delight to add to your honey collection. The bees tend to work harder on the raspberry plants making this a rich, reddish color. Much less sweet than the Wild Blackberry variety.
Orange Blossom Honey
(Plant origin, California/Arizona)
This is light and crisp with a deep citrus flavor. Orange trees generally range in height at maturity from 22 to 30 feet. Leaves are dark green, pointed with a round base and from 3 to 5 inches in length. The blossoms are a delicate white.
Orange blossom are native to the west coast and southwest, offering an exquisite flora bouquet of flavor that is excellent in plain yogurt or any tea.
Star Thistle Honey
(Plant origin, California)
A rich, buttery honey that is on the darker side. This wild crafted honey from northern California comes from a noxious weed that many people love to hate. An old fashioned honey flavor with a smoother finish than the dark, Desert Wildflower. Introduced from southern Europe and the Mediterranean region in the mid-1800s, Star Thistle is a serious rangeland weed throughout the western United States. As invasive as this plant is, the honey is to die for! It definitely makes the top five best on the line-up. We have a very limited supply and only pack it in 1/2 pint jars.
Carrot Honey
(Plant origin, Oregon)
A very earthy tone that has quite a bite to it...we consider this a dark & sweet combination that has a very unique, complexity to it. Carrot crops are perennial and seeds are saved in the second year. YES, carrots do have flowers if allowed to bloom.
This honey might be rich in beta-carotenes and minerals, since it's coming from a root vegetable, but regardless it's a very rare honey, and quite different from the rest. The dark color and earthy flavor make it great for baking and a sweet compliment to morning toast.
Our Exotic Collection of honeys comes from apiarists in California, Oregon, Washington and Montana. They share values of environmental stewardship, sustainable hive management and minimal processing to preserve the health benefits and aromatic flavor profiles that are unique to raw, unfiltered, extra-virgin honey. Our annual or biannual trips to source new crops have the feeling of a family reunion where we meet old friends to exchange news as well as honey.
Wild Blackberry Honey
(Plant origin, Washington)
Wild crafted blackberry honey from Washington State has a more distinct berry taste and fruitier flavor than our strawberry/raspberry honey. This is a very sweet honey! One of our dessert varieties best to be used sparingly. Wild Blackberry plants grow in huge abundance in the pacific northwest, making this a common honey for folks from that region. For the rest of us desert dwellers, this berry honey is a real treat. Imagine walking streets lined with blackberry plants, picking and eating as you go.
Strawberry/Raspberry Honey
(Plant origin, California)
Raspberry honey is a very sweet, highly acidic honey from California. It makes a wonderful syrup substitute with a slightly fruity finish. Super good on pancakes & waffles!
Strawberry / Raspberry of the South Valley in California is a sweet and fruity blend with a robust finish. A favorite of both young and old, this classic berry honey is a delight to add to your honey collection. The bees tend to work harder on the raspberry plants making this a rich, reddish color. Much less sweet than the Wild Blackberry variety.
Orange Blossom Honey
(Plant origin, California/Arizona)
This is light and crisp with a deep citrus flavor. Orange trees generally range in height at maturity from 22 to 30 feet. Leaves are dark green, pointed with a round base and from 3 to 5 inches in length. The blossoms are a delicate white.
Orange blossom are native to the west coast and southwest, offering an exquisite flora bouquet of flavor that is excellent in plain yogurt or any tea.
Star Thistle Honey
(Plant origin, California)
A rich, buttery honey that is on the darker side. This wild crafted honey from northern California comes from a noxious weed that many people love to hate. An old fashioned honey flavor with a smoother finish than the dark, Desert Wildflower. Introduced from southern Europe and the Mediterranean region in the mid-1800s, Star Thistle is a serious rangeland weed throughout the western United States. As invasive as this plant is, the honey is to die for! It definitely makes the top five best on the line-up. We have a very limited supply and only pack it in 1/2 pint jars.
Carrot Honey
(Plant origin, Oregon)
A very earthy tone that has quite a bite to it...we consider this a dark & sweet combination that has a very unique, complexity to it. Carrot crops are perennial and seeds are saved in the second year. YES, carrots do have flowers if allowed to bloom.
This honey might be rich in beta-carotenes and minerals, since it's coming from a root vegetable, but regardless it's a very rare honey, and quite different from the rest. The dark color and earthy flavor make it great for baking and a sweet compliment to morning toast.
Like the ebb and flow of tree sap or the tides of the ocean, honey has its own rhythm. Therefore, we are careful to keep reserves to ensure year round variety of our special seasonal and extraordinary items, ensuring that we can delight your senses anytime of the year.
Our Special Reserve selection is always evolving so check our menu often to see what’s new.
Our Special Reserve selection is always evolving so check our menu often to see what’s new.
