What makes forest honey different from wildflower honey?

Origin: Mount Pangaion, northern Greece
Forage: pine, fir and oak forest
Form: raw, unfiltered, unpasteurized, never heated
Net: 9.5 oz glass jar

Wildflower honey usually means bees foraging from open meadow flowers — lighter, more floral, more predictable. Forest honey includes nectar from trees and shrubs as well as honeydew from insects feeding on trees, which produces a darker, more mineral, more complex result. The forest ecosystem contributes sources that meadow honey does not — pine, oak, chestnut, arbutus — and the result is a honey with more depth and less sweetness.

Why does this honey vary between batches?

Because the source does. A forest ecosystem produces different forage in different seasons and different years — drought, rainfall, temperature, and bloom timing all affect what the bees gather. This variability is the signature of real, place-based honey rather than a standardized commercial product. If every jar tasted identical, it would mean the honey had been blended and processed to achieve consistency. This one has not.