Ever heard of sourwood honey? Well, honeybees love to use this plant as its source for a very distinctive flavor of honey. Birds like warblers love the seed the tree produces. If you can learn to ...

The flavor of honey is primarily determined by the flowers that the bees visit. The sourwood tree (Oxydendrum arboreum), is native to North America, which is also called the Lily of the Valley ...

With a mild start to spring, followed by some heavy rain showers, how are our bees handling it? Mark Lilly, President of the ...

Ever heard of sourwood honey? Well, honeybees love to use this plant as its source for a very distinctive flavor of honey.

Though Georgia’s agricultural reputation hinges on Vidalia onions, peanuts and, of course, peaches, it could also be considered the Honey State. It also happens to be home to the world’s ...

The honey is a head-scratcher, and beekeepers and apiculturists are torn on what gives the sweet stuff its special hue. Suspected reasons range from acidic soil to kudzu flowers to sourwood trees.