<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing fermented honey having a high honey content and good fragrance, fermented honey, fermented honey vinegar, dried honey, fermented honey-containing material and yeast exhibiting honey fermentation action. <;P>;SOLUTION: Sterilized hydrated honey is fermented with yeast Zygosaccharomyces mellis KYU 0402 strain (FERM P-21803). Fermented honey having alcohol concentration of <;1.0 mass% is produced by addition of sterilized hydrated honey or fermented honey having alcohol concentration of <;1.0 mass% fermented with yeast Zygosaccharomyces mellis, before the alcohol concentration reaches &ge;1.0 mass% in a fermentation stage of hydrated honey. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT