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Honeyed pleasures
Golden or amber, floral or woody, add a touch of Versailles to your gourmet breaks with Trianon and Marly honeys.
Since 2019, twenty beehives have been set up on the Trianon and Marly estates, offering two honeys with a unique range of flavors! Get a taste today of the 2023 harvest, symbolic of the botanical richness of the estates linked to the Palace of Versailles’ history.
Produced by Ile-de-France black bees, a local breed of bee, these honeys contribute to the preservation of local species and biodiversity.
Trianon Honey
In 2019, as part of its estate management plan and environmental approach, the Palace of Versailles installed nine beehives in the Queen’s Potager at Trianon.
THE 2023 HARVEST
This honey, with its golden, crystallized hue, blends several notes of lime blossom and wild flowers with a spicy hint of chestnut and bramble in the background, perfectly complementing a dominant fresh, mentholated aroma.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Price: €20
Composition 2023 : Lime, Bramble, Chestnut, Hawthorn, Elder, Maple, Roses and meadow wildflowers.
Exclusively on the online store and in limited production.
"These hives will be used to analyze pollen diversity, the dynamics of flowering on the estate and the food sufficiency of bees, the main pollinators.
Marly Honey
After the installation of twelve beehives at the Trianon Estate, eight others were installed at the National Estate of Marly in 2022 to acquire new knowledge about the environmental provisions of the Palace of Versailles.
THE 2023 HARVEST
Sweet, strong, liquid and licorious, this amber-tinged honey blends notes of chestnut and bramble, giving it a dominant woody, slightly strong taste that contrasts with the subtlety of lime blossom in the background.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Price: €20
Composition 2023 : Chestnut, Bramble, Lime, Broad Bean, Maple, Chestnut, Ivy and wild meadow flowers.
Exclusively on the online store and in limited production.
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