Follow me on my trip through the Georgian mountain wilderness to discover unusual and pure honeys

Would you like to join me on a trip to Georgia and follow me as I travel through the Caucasian mountain wilderness meeting Georgian beekeepers, and sampling their unusual honeys as I go?

I’m not quite literally saying join me as I’m leaving tomorrow (22nd September) but technology permitting I’m going to be sharing what I see as I see it – blogging and tweeting .

There’s some seriously wild places in Georgia and I’m hoping to find some seriously wild honey – and share the places, honeys  and people I see with you.

Have any questions?  Then reply to my tweets or email tim@therawhoneyshop.com and I will do my best to answer.

Georgia is a very unusual and special country for the following reason, with unusual and special honeys.

Because it is located at the convergence point of three major bio-geographical regions (Europe, Asia and the Middle East) it harbours a unique combination of plant and animal species, many of which occur nowhere else.

So, the range of flora is immense, meaning more varieties of honey and more complex flavours.

(By the way, if you’ve been to Georgia before I’d appreciate any feedback as to things I need to look out for. Just email me at tim@therawhoneyshop.com.)

Georgia is a spectacular country – with really high mountains, like Mount Shkhara, which is 5,068 metres high (that’s 16,667 feet).

It’s a place where the bees can roam with little fear of being contaminated and poisoned by pesticides and herbicides.

And it is a place where the art of beekeeping has been passed down through generations going antiquity.

(The oldest jar of honey ever found was discovered in a tomb dating back 5,500 years in Georgia.)

One of the interesting things about Georgian honey is that it is produced by the Caucasian honeybee. This bee has a much longer proboscis than the honeybees in Europe. This enables it to collect nectar from flowers bees can’t normally extract nectar from.  So another reason why Georgia has unusual honeys.

I’m excited to be going to meet beekeepers in the incredible caucasian wilderness.

Only in the last few years has Georgian been able to export honey to the EU, and there’s little available in Europe as of yet.

So I’m keen to try these honeys and secure some so that Raw Honey Shop customers can be amongst the first to try the unusual and pure Georgian honeys.

If you’re interested in seeing what I see on my trip then you can follow my twitter feed here.

I will be sharing short videos, photos and text updates as I travel to give you an insight into Georgian honey and the wilderness it comes from.

If you don’t do twitter then come back here to see my posts – which I will try and update (technology permitting) daily.