10 Quick Facts About Honey
#1. Honey is the only food produced by insects that is eaten by man!
#2. The color and flavor of a honey differ depending on the bee's nectar source. There are more than 300 different varieties of honey in North America.
#3. Honey is primarily composed of fructose, glucose and water. It also contains other natural sugars aswell as trace enzymes, minerals, vitamins and some amino acids.
#4. Honey is a natural energy restorer. Try drinking a teaspoon of honey mixed with warm water. This will not only restore your energy, but it will help your digestive track too!
#5. Honey was the most used medicine in ancient Egyptian times. Out of more than 900 medical remedies known about for that time, more than 500 were Honey based.
#6. Honey will never spoil. There is no need to refrigerate Honey it can be stored unopened, indefinitely, at room temperature in a dry cupboard.
#7. Honey is full of natural antioxidants such as chrysin, pinobanskin, vitamin C, catalase and pinocembrin.
#8. Honey is actually manufactured by the Honey Bee as a food source to sustain the hive through the winter when there are no flowers blooming for them to collect nectar.
#9. Honey is 25% sweeter than sugar because of its high fructose content
#10. Honey absorbs and retains moisture readily so baked goods will not dry out or become stale as quickly as products made with sugar.
Rose & Ernie Fuhr.
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Phone: 250-785-4808
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PS... Our Honey and Bee Pollen is some of the best tasting in the world. Our bees are free-ranged on thousands of acres of Alfalfa and Wildflowers. This sweet combination of pollens creates a very sweet great tasting honey and 100% pure Bee Pollen.