Michigan Star Thistle Honey

Joel and Susan Schaeffer retired to one of the prettiest pieces of land around: a farm on the Mission peninsula of Traverse City, Michigan, which they appropriately named Ona Mission Farm.

It’s the perfect setting for Joel to indulge his love of bees. He manages twenty-five hives and during the summer, the bees feed exclusively on the purple flowers of the star thistle growing in the sandy landscape.

Light in color, thick in texture, long on flavor, with soft hints of anise in the finish.