Asked often.

Yes. We own no hives. Every comb we sell was built by a free-living colony in a cave, a hollow tree or a rock face in the mountains of Anatolia, Türkiye, between 1,800 and 2,600 metres.

About four kilograms a year. That is the entire harvest from every colony we follow, across all three origins. It is why jars are numbered, why there is a waiting list, and why we will never be in a supermarket.

Because the whole mountain gives about four kilograms a year, and reaching each colony takes days on foot and rope. You are paying for the climb, the restraint and the laboratory, not the jar.

No. The honey leaves the comb by gravity, passes through a coarse cloth to catch wax, and settles in stone-cool rooms. It is never warmed, never fine-filtered, and never blended across origins or seasons.

Nothing. Raw honey crystallises; it is the clearest sign that it has not been heated. Meadow honey sets early into a fine cream, cave honey more slowly. If you prefer it liquid, stand the jar in warm water, never above 40 °C.

Every batch is sampled, sealed with its own number and tested by an independent, accredited laboratory for adulteration, HMF, diastase, moisture, residues and pollen before it is offered. Write to us with your batch number and we will send the report for your jar.

Cool, dark, sealed. Honey does not spoil; it only changes texture. Keep the wax seal on until you are ready, and use a dry spoon.

For children over one year, yes. Like all honey, raw or not, it must not be given to infants under twelve months.

We ship worldwide from Türkiye, in a rigid box with the jar cradled in moulded pulp. Express delivery reaches most of Europe, North America, the Gulf and East Asia within a week. Duties at destination are the recipient's responsibility unless stated at checkout.

The identity of the harvest: which origin, which colony group, which weeks. It links your jar to a laboratory report. Keep it; it is also how we would trace any question you had.

Not the colonies; their locations are the one thing we keep to ourselves. The valley, yes. Write to us and we will find a date when someone is not on the mountain.