A closer look at the hives, the places we forage, and what the honey looks like before it reaches the jar.
A row of Rauma Honning beehives on their stand in the Romsdal valley, mountains behindBeekeepers in full protective suits inspecting a hive togetherA child in a beekeeping suit and gloves helping out at the hivesSelling Rauma Honning jars, honeycomb pieces and honey-drizzle tasting bites at a local market standBees at work on an open honeycomb frame fresh out of the hiveClose-up of honeybees capping and tending a honeycomb frameA capped honeycomb frame lifted from the hive, with the Isfjorden shoreline in the backgroundA jar packed with raw honeycomb straight from the hive, held up outdoorsA jar of fresh honeycomb resting on the hive box among the flowering meadowFresh honey being strained through a mesh sieve after extractionFreshly filled jars of raw honey, not yet labelledShelves stocked with finished jars of Rauma Honning Sommerhonning and LynghonningA honeybee gathering pollen from a dandelion, an early-season forage plant in RaumaRed clover in bloom, one of the summer forage plants for Rauma Honning's beesWhite clover flowering in a Rauma meadow, a key source for Hvitkløver Lyng honeyWild yellow iris (Iris pseudacorus) growing near the hives in the Rauma valleyWild angelica in flower, part of the summer meadow forage around ÅndalsnesWild angelica in full bloom, a pale pink-and-white umbrella flower common in the Rauma valleyChecking a long row of hives at dusk in the Rauma valleyLifting a frame for inspection, hives and mountains in the backgroundA queen-rearing frame with grafted cell cups, tended by worker beesBees building and capping natural comb across several framesHives in a fenced meadow with a view toward the fjordClose-up of bees working a comb next to the hive toolA fully capped frame of honey held up in the sunshineInspecting a frame with darker, reddish-toned stored pollenHolding up a capped honeycomb frame with the mountains behindHeather (Calluna vulgaris) in bloom on the coastal moorlandClose-up of flowering heather, the source of LynghonningHoney with a naturally thick, pale texture being poured before jarringFilling a small jar by hand with thick, freshly extracted honeyCases of empty glass jars ready for the next batch of honey
