Acacia, in the Sava valley
The first flow, from the black locust trees along the river at 420 m. Pale as white wine and slow to set — it stays runny for a year or more.
Lime blossom on Jelovica
Ten days when the old lindens on the plateau hum from dawn. Mint and lime peel, a cool finish, and the jar we open first every summer.
Sweet chestnut, by the woods
Dark, tannic and faintly bitter, from the chestnut groves on the valley edge. We wait until it loses its green note before we lift a frame.
Silver fir honeydew, at 1,130 m
Not from flowers at all: the bees gather the sweet dew of the fir forest. Resinous, malty and nearly black, it comes in good years only.