Actually, I’ve almost eaten them. They get stuck in the honeycomb sometimes when I’m cleaning it up.

I bet they’d be semi sweet, accept for the stinger. That’s what keeps me from eating them. I don’t want to swallow the poison.

Those are not Honeycombs brand cereal coming out of the wall. That is comb made by honey bees. (Perhaps that old beekeeper joke went over the head of non-apiarists.)

Honeycombs is available in most grocery stores, and can often be found in larger gas stations.

Enough teasing, sorry.

This was a new hive, probably three months old, so the honey was very fresh and sweet. I only had a little, because I am trying to take these bees and put them in a hive behind my house, one that is man made. A new hive needs a lot of honey to feed the young.

Bees will build hives in hollow places in nature, like dead trees. They like a small entrance so predators don’t get in. The space between the walls at Rus’s was perfect.

Honey bees aren’t domesticated, so it’s all wild honey, but store bought honey is often pasteurized, so that kills some taste. Also, the source of flower nectar influences the taste of honey.

thanks for the questions!