Stinger's Honey & Beeswax

2006 | Best Honey

Don't ask beekeeper Joy Stinger what makes her honey taste better than country honey. "I don't know what it is," she insists. "It's city honey! It's better!" Maybe it's her yard's sprawling bundles of mint, its linden tree, or Stinger's twenty years of experience. Or maybe it's her enthusiasm. Stinger can only extract the honey three times a year, and she gets impatient sometimes--removing the comb-lined drawers of her hives earlier than other beekeepers would. The sprightly 71-year-old,... More »