Mellonia was an ancient Roman goddess associated with bees and the sweetness of honey—a fitting namesake for this distinctive corked glass honey bottle.
 
With its elegant, narrow-neck design, The Mellonia holds 1.15 pounds of raw Iowa honey and makes a beautiful gift—or an eye-catching bottle for your own table.
 
Choose Your Honey
Each Mellonia is filled with raw honey from one of our central Iowa apiaries. Choose from the honey varietals currently available.
 
Hyper-Local Iowa Honey
Our bees gather nectar within roughly three miles of each apiary. The resulting honey reflects the local flora, weather, bloom periods, and growing conditions unique to that place and season.
 
Because we keep honey from our apiaries separate rather than blending them together, each offers its own taste of the flowers and trees growing within the surrounding area.
 
Our varietals are not monofloral. We identify them by apiary and primary nectar source when one can be determined, while recognizing that our bees may also gather nectar from clover, wildflowers, and other blooming plants nearby.
 
Black Locust honey is delicately sweet and pale in color, with subtle vanilla notes. Linden/Basswood honey offers a distinctive medium sweetness with fruity notes and hints of citrus or mint. Wildflower honey reflects the changing mix of nectar available throughout the season.  Notably, our Indianola Wildflower is very dark and sweet this year.
 
When you select Black Locust or Linden/Basswood honey, we’ll also include food-pairing suggestions to help you explore its distinctive flavor.
 
Explore our honey varietals
Meet our central Iowa apiaries