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This honey is big and bold, with a nose of incense and leather. It reveals toasted nuts, cloves and nutmeg as it opens up, and finishes with prunes, cooked raisins, molasses and burnt sugar. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRiverdale\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBordered on the West by the Don River Valley, this mature and densely populated neighbourhood offers a variety of natural habitat and backyard gardens for the bees to forage.  Our two apiaries in Riverdale are kept on terraces, and thrive in this vibrant part of the city. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eResin on the nose, this medium bodied honey opens with caramelized bananas and crème brûlée giving way to toasty notes with hazel nut and finishes with a gentle tease of cinnamon and sassafras spice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eO'Connor-Parkview\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBounded by the Don River on one side and Taylor Massey Creek on the other, this triangular-shaped neighbourhood offers an abundance of natural habitat and native plant species for our honeybees and other pollinators to forage. Backing onto the Taylor Creek ravine, our backyard apiary in O'Connor-Parkview is set in a stunning garden paradise. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith a chewy mouth feel this medium bodied honey stimulates the palate, opening with mixed citrus, ginger, cardamom and thyme, and finishes gracefully with cedar, mixed floral and dried raisins. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRouge\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA rich assembly of natural, cultural and agricultural landscapes, Rouge National Urban Park is home to amazing biodiversity, some of the last remaining working farms in the Greater Toronto Area, Carolinian ecosystems, and one of the region’s largest marshes. Situated on the rooftop of a warehouse that's just a short bee flight from the park, our Rouge apiary enjoys strong honey flows throughout the season. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHoney from this neighbourhood shows distinct variation between early and late summer harvests, with later harvests yielding more robust flavour. Full bodied, with bay leaf and rosemary on the nose it opens to tobacco and truffle rounded out by a maple and burnt sugar finish.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWychwood\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHome to Hillcrest Park, Wychwood Barns Park and just a short bee flight to other tree-fill green spaces such as Nordheimer Ravine, Wychwood is an enchanting neighbourhood with stately homes and well-kept gardens. 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