Make your corporate event oh so sweet with a honey tasting

Tasting menus for corporate events and cocktail hours are moving beyond trends that were hot just a few years (or even months) ago.  Been there, done that with city wineries, breweries and distilleries? 

Sweeten up your cocktail hour or corporate meeting break with a honey tasting.

Ask most New Yorkers about urban bees and they will tell you some kind of "stinging" story about why it's a mistake to ask for mustard when grabbing lunch at a hot dog food truck.  But the idea of tending to a city of bees amid the skyscrapers, traffic, bustle, and the pollution of the modern metropolis is truly incredible.

And people doing the eating love it.  Urban legend has it that New York City beekeeping got its start somewhere in the Kew Gardens neighborhood in Queens.  It has now evolved into a major industry above everyone's heads and rivals the rooftop gardens chefs are creating above their restaurants.

Why is urban honey so good?  The principal difference between honey produced in the city and honey from country bees is that the rural ones typically pollinate only one kind of flower.  For example, you typically see lots of clover honey jars on the supermarket shelf.  Conversely, city bees have a smorgasbord of flowers to choose from and ironically might be exposed to fewer chemicals.

That's a pretty sweet argument for a very unique tasting event idea!