Everything About Weed Honey And How It Feels

Written by Brandon Topp

December 8th, 2025

Weed honey is regular honey mixed with cannabis extract containing cannabinoids like THC and CBD. Whether it gets you feeling different depends entirely on the THC content. CBD-only versions won't produce any intoxicating effects.

Here's the truth that might surprise you: bees don't actually make psychoactive cannabis honey.

Female cannabis plants are wind-pollinated and produce no nectar, which means true "bee-made cannabis honey" doesn't exist. What you're buying or making is honey that's been infused with cannabis oil or extract after harvest.

The appeal of weed honey lies in its versatility and natural feel, but that same naturalness creates the variability that makes precision alternatives valuable. You can drizzle it on toast, stir it into tea, or use it in recipes.

Without lab testing, you're accepting some unpredictability in your THC amount. All of Mood's hemp-derived products include third-party lab testing for guaranteed potency.

Table of Contents

• What Weed Honey Actually Is (And the Bee Myth Everyone Gets Wrong)

• Does Infused Honey Get You Feeling Different?

• How Long Does Weed Honey Take to Kick In?

• How Much Weed Honey Should I Take for My First Time?

• Why Your Homemade Honey Won't Match the Recipe

• How Long Is Weed Honey Good For?

• Can I Add Weed Honey to Hot Tea?

• Making Weed Honey Without the Chemistry Degree

• Buying Weed Honey Products and What You're Really Paying For

• When You Want the Honey Experience Without the Guesswork

• Flavor, Terpenes, and Making It Your Own

• Why People Choose Honey and Required Reality Checks

• Your Next Move With Weed Honey

• Explore Mood's Precision-Measured Options

What Weed Honey Actually Is (And the Bee Myth Everyone Gets Wrong)

Weed honey is regular honey that has been combined with cannabis oil or extract after harvest. 

The extract contains cannabinoids like THC and CBD, which give the honey its effects. The THC content determines whether you'll feel intoxicated, while CBD-only versions offer potential wellness benefits without any feeling of being altered.

The Bee Myth Busted

You might have seen viral claims about bees making psychoactive cannabis honey on their own. 

This is biologically impossible for a simple reason: female cannabis plants don't produce nectar. Cannabis is wind-pollinated, relying on air currents rather than insect attraction for reproduction.

Bees may collect cannabis pollen from hemp fields, but pollen collection for protein doesn't create psychoactive honey. Any "cannabis honey" you encounter has been human-infused after extraction.

The bees aren't getting involved in the cannabis part of the equation.

Not the Same as Mad Honey

Some people confuse cannabis honey with "mad honey," which is a completely different product. Mad honey contains grayanotoxins from rhododendron nectar and can cause intoxication for entirely unrelated reasons. 

Cannabis honey and mad honey are not interchangeable terms and involve totally different plants and effects.

Does Infused Honey Get You Feeling Different?

Cannabis-infused honey can produce a feeling if it contains THC, while CBD-only versions offer potential wellness benefits without intoxication.

The strength of the feeling depends on the THC amount in your honey. A honey with 10mg THC per teaspoon will create a much different experience than one with 2mg per teaspoon.

THC versions may help you feel relaxed or uplifted, depending on the cannabinoid profile and your individual response.

Some people describe a sense of calm that washes over them, while others notice enhanced creativity or a more sociable mood. Your metabolism, body weight, and whether you've eaten recently all influence how the honey affects you.

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How It Compares to Other Edibles

Weed honey produces effects similar to gummies or baked goods since all edibles go through your digestive system. The main advantage honey offers is flexibility in how you consume it.

You can adjust your serving size more gradually than with pre-measured gummies, integrating it into your existing routines like morning tea or evening snacks.

How Long Does Weed Honey Take to Kick In?

Weed honey typically takes 30 minutes to 2 hours to produce effects, depending on your metabolism and whether you've eaten recently.

This onset window matches other cannabis edibles since the cannabinoids must pass through your digestive system before entering your bloodstream.

If you consume honey on an empty stomach, you'll usually feel the effects faster than if you add it to a meal.

The gradual onset is why starting with a small THC amount matters so much. You might feel nothing after 30 minutes and be tempted to take more, only to have both servings hit you an hour later.

Patience prevents overconsumption and the uncomfortable experience that comes with taking too much THC at once.

Variables That Affect Timing

Your individual metabolism plays the biggest role in onset time. Some people consistently feel edibles within 45 minutes, while others need 90 minutes or longer.

Recent food intake slows absorption, as does higher body weight. The way you consume your honey also matters.

Holding it under your tongue for sublingual absorption may produce faster effects than immediately swallowing it. Most people simply swallow it with food or beverages, which means full digestion before effects begin.

How Much Weed Honey Should I Take for My First Time?

Start with a quarter to half teaspoon of weed honey for your first time, then wait at least one hour before considering more. This cautious approach helps you understand how your body responds without risking an overwhelming experience. 

Most commercial cannabis honey contains between 5mg and 15mg of THC per teaspoon, making a quarter teaspoon roughly 1.25mg to 3.75mg.

If your honey contains 10mg THC per teaspoon, starting with a quarter teaspoon gives you approximately 2.5mg. This is a mild introduction that lets you gauge your sensitivity. If you feel nothing after 90 minutes, you can increase to a half teaspoon next time. 

For comparison, Mood's gummies offer precisely measured amounts ranging from 5mg to 25mg per gummy.

Why "Strength" Matters More Than "Amount"

We use terms like "THC amount," "strength," and "potency" rather than medical terminology. The key is knowing how many milligrams of THC you're consuming per serving. 

Without this information, you're guessing, which is why commercial products with lab testing or Mood's precision-measured options appeal to people who want predictable experiences.

Your ideal THC amount is personal and discovered through careful experimentation. What works for your friend might be too much or too little for you based on tolerance, metabolism, and desired effects.

Why Your Homemade Honey Won't Match the Recipe

Homemade weed honey rarely delivers the exact potency the recipe promises because too many variables affect the final THC amount. 

Starting material strength varies from batch to batch and plant to plant. Two people following identical recipes with different types of cannabis will end up with different results.

The heating process introduces another layer of uncertainty. Temperature and duration both affect how much THCa becomes more potent and how much it degrades entirely.

Too little heat leaves potency on the table, while too much heat destroys cannabinoids you wanted to preserve.

The Straining Tradeoff

Many recipes recommend straining out plant material for a smoother texture, but this also removes some cannabinoids stuck to the solids. 

Leaving plant material in preserves more potency but changes the texture and appearance of your final product. There's no perfect answer, just tradeoffs based on what matters more to you.

Why Lab Testing Changes Everything

Without access to lab testing, calculating the exact THC per teaspoon becomes educated guesswork at best. You can estimate based on your starting material's label, but multiple conversion losses along the way make precision impossible. 

This variability is expected rather than failure, which is why commercial products and alternatives like Mood's measured tinctures appeal to precision-seekers who want to know exactly what they're getting. 

Compare this to Mood's precisely-dosed gummies, which eliminate all guesswork.

How Long Is Weed Honey Good For?

Homemade weed honey maintains optimal potency for 1 to 3 months when stored in a sealed glass jar in a cool, dark place. Natural honey itself lasts indefinitely due to its antimicrobial properties, but cannabinoids degrade over time when exposed to light, heat, and oxygen.

Your honey won't spoil in the traditional sense, but the THC amount will gradually decrease.

Commercial cannabis honey often includes preservatives and professional sealing that can extend shelf life to 6 to 12 months. 

Always check the expiration date on purchased products. Even within the safe consumption window, storing your honey properly makes a significant difference in how long it remains potent.

Storage Best Practices

Keep your weed honey in an airtight glass jar rather than plastic, which can absorb cannabinoids over time. Store it in a kitchen cabinet or pantry away from your stove or any heat source. Direct sunlight accelerates cannabinoid degradation, so a dark storage spot is ideal.

Label your jar clearly with the date you made or opened it, along with estimated THC content if you know it. This helps you track freshness and prevents confusion if others in your household encounter the jar.

Can I Add Weed Honey to Hot Tea?

Adding weed honey to very hot beverages can degrade cannabinoids and reduce potency, so let drinks cool slightly before stirring in honey. 

High heat breaks down THC and other cannabinoids, throwing off the THC amount you intended to consume. This is the single most important detail that many product pages and recipes fail to mention.

The temperature issue particularly affects morning tea and coffee routines, which is exactly how most people want to use cannabis honey. 

Nobody wants to wait for their coffee to cool to lukewarm, but consuming your honey in boiling liquid wastes product and creates unpredictable effects.

Smart Workarounds for Hot Beverages

Let your tea or coffee sit for 2 to 3 minutes after pouring to cool down from a boiling temperature.

The beverage will still be pleasantly warm but won't destroy cannabinoids. You can also add honey to the bottom of your cup before pouring slightly cooled water or coffee over it.

For cold brew coffee or iced tea, honey dissolves less readily but preserves full potency. Warm your honey jar in warm water for a minute to make it more pourable, then stir vigorously. 

Some people prefer to mix their honey with a small amount of warm water first, creating a liquid that blends more easily into cold drinks.

Other Use Cases That Preserve Potency

Drizzle weed honey on warm toast, oatmeal, or yogurt at eating temperature rather than cooking temperature. Use it in salad dressings mixed with olive oil and vinegar. Add it to smoothies for a natural sweetener with benefits. 

When baking, avoid recipes that require high-temperature ovens, or add honey as a topping after baking rather than an ingredient that goes through the oven.

Making Weed Honey Without the Chemistry Degree

You have two main paths for making weed honey at home: infusing honey directly with cannabis material after the heating process, or mixing honey with pre-made cannabis oil or tincture. 

Both methods work, but they offer different tradeoffs between effort and predictability.

Path One: Direct Infusion

Direct infusion involves gently warming honey with cannabis material after the heating process, which makes THCa more potent. This creates a true fusion where cannabinoids bind to the honey's natural sugars and compounds. 

The advantage is authenticity and the ability to use your preferred cannabis strains to influence flavor.

The heating process itself requires careful attention to temperature and timing without going into step-by-step specifics. 

The general principle involves low, slow heat that activates cannabinoids without destroying them. You'll need a double-boiler setup or slow cooker to maintain consistent, gentle heat over several hours.

Path Two: Mixing with Pre-Made Extract

Mixing honey with cannabis oil or Mood's THC tinctures offers more predictable strength since you're starting with a known cannabinoid content. This method requires no heating process; instead, simply stir the oil or tincture thoroughly to incorporate it evenly throughout the honey. 

You can calculate the approximate THC per teaspoon based on how much extract you add to how much honey.

For example, adding a tincture with 300mg total THC to 10 ounces of honey (roughly 60 teaspoons) gives you about 5mg THC per teaspoon. 

This math works when you know your starting extract's potency, which is why using lab-tested products like Mood's tinctures simplifies the process considerably.

The Equipment You'll Need

For either method, you'll want a clean glass jar with a tight-fitting lid, a way to gently heat if doing direct infusion, a fine mesh strainer or cheesecloth if you plan to strain, and labels for your finished product. Silicone spatulas help with transferring sticky honey without waste.

To Strain or Not to Strain

Straining removes plant material for a smoother texture but reduces potency by leaving cannabinoids behind on the plant matter. 

If you value a clear, smooth honey, strain thoroughly. If you prioritize maximum potency and don't mind small particles, skip straining or use a coarser filter that allows more cannabinoid-rich material through.

Buying Weed Honey Products and What You're Really Paying For

Commercial cannabis honey ranges from $12 for small honey sticks to $60 for full jars, with most products featuring pre-measured THC amounts and often 1:1 THC to CBD ratios. 

Popular formats include individual 10mg honey sticks for convenience and 6-ounce to 8-ounce jars for regular use. 

You'll find these at licensed dispensaries or through online retailers selling hemp-derived versions that comply with federal regulations. Learn more about how to buy edibles online safely.

What you're actually paying for is consistency, convenience, and compliance. Every serving contains a verified THC amount backed by certificates of analysis from third-party labs.

You skip the entire heating process, infusion time, and guesswork about potency. The premium over making your own honey at home covers quality control that's impossible to replicate in your kitchen. 

Read more about edibles' legality and compliance.

Understanding the Price Breakdown

A $40 jar containing 250mg total THC provides roughly 25 servings at 10mg each, making the cost about $1.60 per serving. Compare this to making your own with $30 worth of cannabis and $5 of honey, where you might get 30 servings, but with an unknown exact potency. 

The commercial product's higher upfront cost buys you certainty.

Drug Testing Disclaimer

Even cannabis honey products marketed as containing trace or near-zero THC can trigger positive drug test results. If you face workplace drug screening, professional licensing requirements, or situations involving testing, understand that any THC consumption carries risk. 

Hemp-derived products with less than 0.3% THC content can still accumulate in your system over time.

When You Want the Honey Experience Without the Guesswork

If you love the idea of adding cannabis to your tea or drizzling it on food but want predictable THC amounts, Mood's tinctures deliver the honey experience with precision measurement. 

Our 1:1 THC & CBD Tincture combines 10mg of THC and 10mg of CBD per dropper in a 900mg bottle for $69, giving you the balanced effects many honey users seek.

The ritual feels remarkably similar: add drops to your morning tea, drizzle onto toast or yogurt, or mix into recipes exactly like you would with honey. 

The difference is knowing precisely how much THC you're getting every single time. One dropper equals one measured serving, eliminating the variability that comes with spooning honey. 

Learn more about the differences between Delta-8 and Delta-9 THC.

Why Tinctures Work for Honey Lovers

Tinctures integrate into your existing routines just like honey does. You're not popping a gummy or smoking flower, you're enhancing food and beverages you already enjoy. 

The sublingual absorption option also offers a faster onset than digesting honey if you hold drops under your tongue for 30 seconds before swallowing.

Our Sleepytime THC Tincture provides an oil tincture for restful feelings with 2mg of Delta-8 THC and 1.25mg of Delta-9 THC per dropper, plus CBN, CBD, CBG, and CBC for $69. 

This is ideal if you're using cannabis honey specifically for evening relaxation and want the same ritual with verified cannabinoid content. Discover which THC type works best for you.

The Best of Both Worlds

You can even create your own cannabis honey using Mood's tinctures as your starting extract.

Mix a full bottle into a jar of your favorite local honey, stir thoroughly, and you've made precisely potent honey using a measured source.

This combines the customization and naturalness of homemade honey with the accuracy of lab-tested products. 

Browse all Mood products to find the right tincture for your needs.

Flavor, Terpenes, and Making It Your Own

The cannabis strain you use influences your honey's aroma and flavor through terpenes, the aromatic compounds that give different strains their distinctive profiles. 

Strains high in limonene bring citrus notes, while those rich in myrcene add earthy, herbal tones. Caryophyllene contributes spicy pepper hints that complement honey's natural sweetness.

These flavor differences matter more to cannabis enthusiasts than casual users, but they're worth considering if you're investing time in homemade honey. 

Starting with a strain whose terpene profile you enjoy ensures your finished product tastes good in addition to producing desired effects.

Customizing with Add-Ins

You can further personalize your cannabis honey with complementary ingredients. Cinnamon sticks infused during the warming process add a warming spice perfect for fall and winter beverages. 

Fresh citrus zest brings brightness that balances cannabis's earthy flavor. Dried lavender creates floral notes that enhance relaxation-focused honey.

Start with small batches when experimenting with add-ins so you don't commit to a flavor combination you dislike. A 4-ounce jar lets you test vanilla bean, ginger, or dried chamomile without wasting materials if the result doesn't suit your palate.

Vegan Alternatives to Honey

If you follow a plant-based diet, maple syrup or agave nectar replicates honey's texture and sweetness for cannabis infusion. The process works identically, and the thinner consistency of these alternatives actually makes them easier to mix into cold beverages. 

Maple syrup's robust flavor pairs particularly well with cannabis's earthy notes.

Rosin as a Solventless Option

Cannabis rosin offers a solventless concentrate option for people concerned about residual solvents from extraction processes. 

Rosin is made using only heat and pressure to extract cannabinoids, avoiding chemicals entirely. Mixing rosin into honey gives you a clean, natural product throughout, though rosin's higher price point increases your overall cost.

Why People Choose Honey and Required Reality Checks

People gravitate toward cannabis honey for its natural feel, versatility, and easy integration into daily routines. Adding honey to morning tea or evening chamomile feels wholesome and intentional rather than recreational. 

The format appeals to people who want cannabis consumption to feel like a wellness ritual rather than taking medicine or eating candy. For those seeking precisely measured alternatives, explore Mood's full edibles collection.

Honey's multi-functional nature adds psychological value. You're not buying a single-purpose cannabis product, you're getting a kitchen staple that happens to contain cannabinoids. This framing reduces stigma and makes regular use feel more acceptable, especially for people new to cannabis or those who view it through a wellness lens.

Setting Realistic Expectations

That said, cannabis honey isn't a miracle product, and we need to be clear about what it can and cannot do. Weed honey is not medical advice, cannot diagnose or treat any condition, and has not been evaluated by the FDA. 

If you have health concerns or take medications, consult your healthcare provider before using any cannabis product, including honey.

We make these disclaimers not to discourage you but to set appropriate expectations. Cannabis honey may help you feel more relaxed, support your wind-down routine, or enhance your sense of well-being. 

Anyone suggesting honey cures specific conditions or replaces professional medical care is overstepping what we actually know about cannabis.

The Honest Tradeoff

Weed honey offers wonderful flexibility and ritual, but it comes with inherent potency variability that precision-focused products don't have. If you're okay with "roughly this much THC" and value the natural format, honey serves you well. If you need to know exactly what you're getting every time, lab-tested alternatives make more sense for your situation.

Your Next Move With Weed Honey

You now understand what weed honey actually is (honey mixed with cannabis extract, not bee-made), whether it produces a feeling (depends on THC content), and how long it takes to work (30 minutes to 2 hours). 

You've learned how much to start with (quarter to half teaspoon) and why temperature matters (heat degrades cannabinoids).

You've also discovered why homemade potency varies, how long honey stays fresh, and what you're paying for with commercial products.

Your path forward depends on your priorities. Try making your own honey if you value customization and enjoy the creation process.

Buy commercial cannabis honey if you want convenience and professionally-tested potency. Choose Mood's measured tinctures if you want the honey ritual with guaranteed precision. 

No Wrong Choice

There's no objectively best option, only what works for your specific situation. Some people keep all three options on hand, using homemade honey for casual weekend mornings, commercial honey sticks for travel, and tinctures when exact effects matter most. 

You're equipped to make informed decisions based on your needs rather than marketing claims.