Oros Machaira Honeycomb

How honeycomb is eaten

The simplest way is to cut off a small piece and consume it directly. You can also spread it on bread or add it to your oats or yoghurt.

How bees make honeycomb

Worker bees first produce beeswax by secreting wax from their wax glands. They then use this wax to build the hexagonal cells that make up the structure of the honeycomb. Inside each cell they store honey, pollen and eggs.

Characteristics

As a natural source of raw honey, honeycomb is a sweet and nutritious food. Along with the honey and the wax, it holds small amounts of pollen, royal jelly and propolis — exactly as the bees left them.

Honeycomb reaches you exactly as it came out of the hive: raw, with no filtering, no heating and no other processing.

Consuming honeycomb

Consuming honeycomb is safe, but it is best to start with small amounts. Some people have allergies to pollen, beeswax or honey. Once you start chewing the wax, you can then either swallow it or remove it. Honeycomb has no expiry date. However, it may crystallise since it contains honey.

Taste

Honeycomb has a sweet taste due to the honey and a “chewy” texture due to the wax.

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