Description

Food community Wondo honey comes from southern Ethiopia and is collected at 2,000 meters above sea level in an area between the Omo and Billate rivers, inhabited by the Hadiya, about 11 kilometers from Shellala. Currently 34 beekeepers belong to this community. The reddish-amber honey is collected between April and June and between November and December. A viscous liquid when harvested, about a month after extraction it crystallizes and solidifies. The honey comes from the flowers of several different species: Syzygium guineense (a temperate forest plant from the myrtle family), red eucalyptus, Rhamnus prinoides (an African shrub from the Rhamnaceae family), Grevillea robusta (southern silky oak), Dovyalis caffra (a small evergreen tree) and Cordia africana, from the borage family.