Flowers

Flowers are the bees’ main food source, due to the large supply of nectar and pollen they can provide. The variety of flowers from which the bees collect the nectar has a direct influence on the type of honey they will produce from it. Based on the geographic region and the flower properties, honey can come out in different nuances and shades related to flavors, colors, taste and composition. Based on the flower types there are assortments of honey have have a familiar perhaps even common taste and there those with a rare taste perhaps one that even require an acquired taste. Some of the plants that have blossoms which produce that familiar type of honey: are the acacia, the linden tree, the sunflower or the rapeseed. They produce the most common types of honey such as linden honey, acacia honey and polyfloral honey. At the other end of this spectrum we have plants whose blossoms produce rare types of honey. These would be: lavender, mint, coriander. Coriander honey is one of the most favored types of honey in treating ailments of the digestive tract. There is also a special category of trees and bushes, coniferous trees (pine, spruce, fir) and deciduous trees (maple, oak), that do not blossom, but can produce honeydew honey, one of the most valued types of honey in the world. The world holds many more types of flowers that bees take interest in, these being just some worthy mentions out of nature’s large pallet.

Florile

Florile reprezinta principala sursa de hrana pentru albine, prin prisma ofertei bogate in polen si nectar pe care acestea le produc. Varietatea florilor din care albinele colecteaza nectarul, influenteaza in mod direct tipul de miere rezultat. Astfel, in functie de zona si specificul florilor mierea poate capata diferite valente legate de aroma, culoare, gust si compozitie. Aici putem identifica tipuri de flori din care sunt produse sortimente de miere cu un caracter familiar si tipuri de flori care dau sortimente de miere ce au un caracter mai rar. Cateva exemple de plante melifere ale caror flori au o rezonanta familiara sunt: salcamul, teiul, floarea soarelui, rapita. Legat de acestea putem identifica cateva dintre cele mai cunoscute soiuri de miere cum sunt: mierea de tei, mierea de salcam, mierea poliflora. La extrema cealalta exista plantele melifere din ale caror flori sunt produse tipuri de miere cu un caracter rar. Aici amintim lavanda, menta, coriandrul. Mierea din flori de coriandru este considerata una dintre cele mai indicate tipuri de miere in remediul afectiunilor digestive). Nu in ultimul rand, exista o categorie aparte de plante melifere, coniferele si foioasele, care desi nu au flori, dau mierea de mana, unul dintre cele mai rare si apreciate tipuri de miere. De mentionat faptul ca cele enumerate mai sus sunt doar cateva tipuri de flori ce prezinta interes pentru albine, arealul florei de pe mampamond fiind unul foarte vast.