Send in the Killer Bees!
Posted on 11/08/2011 9:14:13 AM PST by opbuzz
More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery stores isn't exactly what the bees produce, according to testing done exclusively for Food Safety News.
The results show that the pollen frequently has been filtered out of products labeled "honey." The removal of these microscopic particles from deep within a flower would make the nectar flunk the quality standards set by most of the world's food safety agencies.
(Excerpt) Read more at foodsafetynews.com ...
We buy from The Honeyman here in AZ... the ONLY place for honey!
Idiotic headline mars an otherwise interesting and concern-provoking story.
No such thing as INorganic honey. It’s all carbon-based.
You may find this thread interesting. You could post some of your pictures and educate the masses.
I stopped ingesting honey when I found out it was bee puke.
Send in the Killer Bees!
even throughout the season the honey from a single hive changes a lot. our backyard hive has lighter honey early, and it gets darker and a little heavier as the season gets later, totally depends on what they are working.
pretty astounding little insects. had a problem recently with the hive being attacked and raided by a wild hive. major battle, many casualties all over the ground, bees fighting. i closed the entrance to the hive down pretty small which gave the hive a chance to mount a defense which worked.
just like humans, why work when you can steal? same in the bee world, you need guards to protect.
No, that’s not what it means. Organic farms are controlled and are certified as such. You can’t keep bees from going farms that are not certified as organic. They may get pollen from your organic clover that can be contaminated with bees from outside that area. It’s not where they get pollen (i.e apple or clover) but whether it’s certified organic. Next farm over may not be.
Garden Thread ping?
It’s how you process it as in how it’s filtered and at what temperature. All honey even what’s called “raw honey” is processed in some way to remove bee parts or other contaminants. It’s micro-filtering that removes the pollen because some people are allergic to pollen and they choose to buy honey with the pollen removed. If, as the article states, any additives have to be listed. I have one of the honey manufactures that has the pollen removed and there is no listing of additives other than the statement “contains pure honey”.
We always try to find local honey, even if we have to shop out of the way to find it. If we’re going to eat honey (which lasts us for a long time), why not consume the stuff that’s going to make me healthier and feed the local economy, even if it costs a bit more?
Amazing thing about honey — to my knowledge, it’s the only food that doesn’t spoil. Ever. Even after centuries. Crazy!
‘We buy from The Honeyman here in AZ...’
I tried to buy some off of a local guy driving a honey ‘wagon’. I figured he’d have the best. Boy was I wrong!
I didn’t know that about honey. I’ve had honey in a cabinet for about a year, and I threw it out. I figured it had to be bad by then. Now I know different...thanks.
I went to a fast food place and got a meal with some biscuits and two packages of honey.
I As I was eating it, I read the ingredients on the honey packs.
Sugar, high fruitcose corn syrup, honey flavoring, water. It was not honey at all.
That is one fine bee. I won’t be able to remove that from my mind for the rest of the day.
You have to feed bees sugar if you are going to rob their honey.
Well, no. Otherwise it would have wax, bee parts and other things most people do not care to have on their morning toast mixed in.
It is still honey. This is like saying that tap water isn't water because it isn't exactly what comes from the lake.
I always heard that the honey wagon picked up the night
deposits from the slop jars.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.