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Big Island Bees produces some of the best honey here on the Big Island. Based in Kealakekua, Big Island Bees has been keeping bees and producing honey since the early 1970s. They recently began selling their artisian organic honey online. You can have three varieties of honey shipped direct to your home. I highly recommend the Honey Sampler. The sampler includes one jar of the ‘Ohi’a Lehua Blossom, Macadamia Nut Blossom, and Wilelaiki Blossom Honey. All very tasty!

Don’t forget the Big Island Bees Recipes, which feature recipes that use their wonderful honeys. Here’s one that I enjoy making:

Whendi’s Honey Cake
½ cup butter
¾ cup sugar
1 generous cup Macadamia Nut Honey
3 eggs
1 cup dark, strong, warm coffee (Whendi uses Kona)
3 cup flour
3 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoon dried ginger
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon cloves
½ teaspoon allspice
½ cup Macadamia nuts, chopped
½ cup candied ginger, diced

Cream butter and sugar together. Add honey and eggs, and mix well. Sift dry ingredients together and add to butter/sugar mixture alternately with coffee. Fold in candied ginger and nuts, and pour into greased 10-inch bundt pan or two greased loaf pans. Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes.
(Recipe from Big Island Bees)