About this Honey
True Fig honey is rare, as figs are effectively inverted flowers pollinated by wasps. However, bees often forage on the sugary juices of ripe, open figs or the nectar of related Figwort plants. The resulting honey is dark, rich, and exceptionally fruity, often with fermented or molasses-like notes similar to the fruit itself.
Honey Characteristics
Ficus carica / Scrophularia
Summer
Rare
California & Mediterranean
Rich baked fig, dark brown sugar, light balsamic, jammy musk
Luxuriously thick, slow-gliding sticky body with fine graining
Honey Profile Chart
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The Story
The production mechanics of true Fig honey represent a unique apicultural anomaly, as Ficus carica produces syconiums—inverted flowers that secrete no accessible nectar for honey bees. Instead, bees must wait for the exact moment when sun-ripened orchard fruits split open from internal sugar pressure, allowing them to forage directly on the highly concentrated, exposed juices or ambient Scrophularia undergrowth. This unusual foraging source results in a dense, low-moisture fluid that exhibits high levels of complex, heavy-chain polysaccharides and ambient fruit sugars. Its structural viscosity is thick and slow-gliding, performing exceptionally well under direct heat reductions where it resists scorching and acts as a glossy, stable binder for balsamic glazes and cheese coatings.
Sensory Profile
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Where Fig Honey is Produced
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At a Glance
A Rare variety, harvested in Summer, from California & Mediterranean, derived from Ficus carica / Scrophularia blossoms.