For example, I learned this recently, most honey is processed in China. It is of poor quality, because all of the pollen, that gives honey it’s nutritional qualities, has been filtered out so you cannot prove the origin of it. All you’re putting on your bread or pancakes is liquid sugar.
To ensure you’re getting real honey, you gotta read labels to ensure the pollen hasn’t been filtered out.
see i don’t even go there. i just stick my hand into the local beehive like Pooh Bear and slap it on a piece of Wonderbread. :-D.
Buy local. The Menonites have some great local honey in my locale
To be sure you are getting real honey with what should be in it, find an aviary that sells to the general public- that in the store is flavored and that is all that can be said for it.There is a very good article in the January/February 2012 issue of Countryside & Small Stock Journal about honey and how to buy what you think you are getting.
Buy local from a farm stand. I think what I buy is called unfiltered and it is from bees in our area. My husband uses it to prevent allergies and I’m pretty sure it works because he hasn’t used his inhaler in years.
From the website:Really Raw® Honey is totally unprocessed honey. It still contains pollen, propolis, honeycomb and live enzymes -- all the goodness the bees put in! That's why Really Raw® Honey is creamy, smooth and spreadable with sweet and crunchy cappings. Really Raw® Honey is gathered from fields of wildflowers planted by nature.
We get our honey from a local. Usually Buckwheat.
The only reason it was “confirmed” that Black bears were moving back into the Ozarks was when he shot and killed one when it was getting into his hives.
Numerous sightings were always ignored until then and the rangers always told people they were crazy. Same with the mountain lions. Bunch of idiots.
I only buy local honey now. The first time I bought it, I was shocked at the difference (for the better). I’ll never buy honey at the grocery store again. Luckily, we have several apiaries in our area.