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🍯 **Taste Honey Differently: A Guided Varietal Honey Tasting**Honey is so much more than something sweet. Every jar tells a story of **flowers, landscape, season, place—and the honeybees that created it.**
Join The Giddy Bee at **UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens** for an intimate, guided sensory tasting exploring the remarkable diversity of varietal honey.
Together, we’ll taste a curated collection of honeys while learning how botanical source and geography influence **color, aroma, texture, flavor and finish.** You’ll discover why two jars of pure honey can look, smell and taste dramatically different—and begin learning how to taste honey with a more discerning palate.
🍯 **WHAT YOU’LL EXPERIENCE**
✨ A guided tasting of curated varietal honeys
🌼 Discover how different flowers and regions shape honey's flavor
👃 Learn a sensory tasting process inspired by professional honey evaluation
🐝 Explore how beekeepers identify and harvest varietal honeys
🍯 Understand the difference between varietal and infused honey
🏷️ Learn how to read a honey label and what common honey terms really mean
🌎 Explore local honey alongside honeys from other regions—and why both have a place at the tasting table
🌿 Connect each honey to the plants, pollinators and ecosystems that make it possible
No honey expertise required. **Just bring your curiosity and your taste buds.**
### MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
**Anne Marie Katalenas** is the founder and beekeeper behind **The Giddy Bee**, a Greater Charlotte-area business rooted in honey, bees, pollinators, education and the products and experiences they inspire.
A **South Carolina Certified Beekeeper and Level 1 Honey Sommelier through the American Honey Tasting Society**, Anne Marie combines hands-on beekeeping experience with sensory education and storytelling to help people discover the extraordinary diversity found in a jar of honey.
📅 **Friday, November 6, 2026**
⏰ **6:00–7:30 PM**
📍 **UNC Charlotte Main Campus | McMillan Greenhouse**
🎟️ **$75 per person**
Come experience honey beyond “sweet”—and discover just how much there is to taste in a single spoonful. 🍯🐝
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