![]() Campbell Folk School where she teaches a beekeeping class, the membership of national beekeeping clubs is more than two-thirds male. According to the Savannah Bee Company, founded by a former student of Webb’s at the John C. Once considered “women’s work,” the highest professional levels have come to be dominated by men. She is also one of only two women in Georgia who are commercial beekeepers, but she has become one of the most forceful and influential voices in the state’s male-dominated agricultural industry.īeekeeping falls into the same category as many other professions like cooking, fashion design and teaching. I’d forgotten how good it is,” Webb said during a taste test that pitted her sourwood varietal against wildflower and tupelo honey.Īt this point, Webb is the Wayne Gretzky of beekeeping, with such a long career that has been so consistently great that it’s unlikely to ever be duplicated. The flavor is grounded and satisfying in a way that makes you think, “This is what honey is supposed to taste like.” Unlike lots of other good honey, the floral notes don’t creep into your nose. Its flavor develops at a languid pace with a palate-coating richness that makes it seem like the honey has already been mixed with butter. MtnHoney’s sourwood honey does taste special. Webb sells her honey raw and unfiltered, retaining flavors and characteristics that would be lost in the process of pasteurization and homogenization. The conditions allow the bees to produce a monofloral honey that brings forth the unique characteristics of sourwood. ![]()
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