• purepicked Wild Honey from stingless bees in a glass jar, harvested from the forests of Chinnar and Marayur.
  • purepicked Wild Honey from stingless bees in a glass jar, being drizzled onto toast by a woman in a bright kitchen.
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Wild Honey

Wild Honey

₹360.00(₹1.20 per gram)
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Single originVegetarian mark, 14-month shelf lifeWild harvestedStingless bee
Clean

Rare, well-sourced honey.

Reviewed by PurePicked

Honey from stingless bees — cheruthen — harvested from wild cavities in the rain shadow forests of Chinnar and Marayur by forest-dwelling communities. It is a genuinely different thing from ordinary honey: thinner, tangier and distinctly acidic rather than simply sweet, and produced in tiny quantities. Stingless bee colonies yield a fraction of what a rock bee comb gives, so scarcity here is real rather than marketed. Expect it to pour more loosely than the honey you are used to.

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Why We Like It

  • It's sourced from a named bee, a named forest, a named harvesting community.
Forest Post Wild Honey versus other honeys
What to comparePurepickedRegular honey
Bee speciesStingless / dammer bee, namedUsually unstated, often Apis mellifera
SourceWild cavities, named forest regionApiary or blended, origin rarely given
HarvestForest-dwelling communitiesCommercial apiaries
TasteTangy and acidic, thinner setUniformly sweet, thicker
Syrup testingNo published resultRarely published

Is It For You?

Good for

Taken by the spoon, where the tangy character is the point

Supporting forest-dweller harvested produce

Drizzling over curd, fruit or warm dishes

Anyone who wants a single-origin, single-species honey

Avoid if

Infants under 12 months

Anyone needing a lab-confirmed purity test on file before purchase

How to use
01

Use a dry spoon; moisture encourages fermentation, and stingless bee honey is already high in moisture

02

Taste it neat first — the acidity is the character and it is easily lost in cooking

03

Drizzle over curd, fruit or warm dishes rather than baking with it

04

If it thickens or crystallises, stand the jar in warm water; do not heat directly

What to look for in Wild Honey?
01

Check which bee. Apis dorsata rock bee honey, Apis cerana honey and stingless bee honey are three different products with different taste, texture and price.

02

Stingless bee honey is naturally thinner and more acidic. A runny, tangy honey is correct here, not a sign of dilution.

03

Crystallisation is normal in raw honey and a good sign. Warm the jar in water rather than heating it directly.