Look at what may really be in the "honey!"
Posted by DanielleMC (Member # 22997) on :
I saw an article the other day that said most honey is full of heavy metals.. not sure what that means and didn't get a chance to read the article but thought it sure doesn't sound good.
I'm lucky enough to have a boss that has a bee farm at his home and he brings the honey to work and sells it.. Its so good. very interesting article Lymetoo!
Posted by nefferdun (Member # 20157) on :
It sure tastes a lot different. I don't know if not having pollen means it isn't honey. A lot of the time production is boosted by feeding the bees sugar syrup. My husband feeds sugar syrup in the spring when the hives are low on honey to make sure they survive.
The bees will also gather the sugar from damaged apples in the fall. They even look for nourishment in bird seed when it warms in early spring. They gather the dust which has protein.
It is best to buy local honey than mass produced. It is much more healthful.
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- nefferdun,
Yes, not having pollen means it isn't honey (according the articles I saw about this).
There's a big difference in supplementing bees (who still do frequent plants) with fruit or sugar water during "emergency" times
and the kinds of straight colored sugar syrup that is being marketed as honey. I'm not sure any bees even got close to some of the sugar goo that is labeled as honey.
There's another tread on this with 3 other links, each one has a bit more detail. -
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :