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Padmavani Karkera

Founder of TheHoneyCompany. The brand sources 20+ pure raw honey varieties from the incredible geography that is India. From the delicate golden Clover honey to the almost black- Black Wild Forest Honey, colours and tastes not experienced by most people. This is not the uniformly brown honey, all of them tasting the same, available in supermarkets. This brand stays true to the following - NO aggressive heating or filtration, No blending, NO Added Anything. Just honey as the bees made them. This obvious commitment to quality makes us the brand of choice for some of the top hotels, restaurants, and Health and Fitness centers in India.

Bee-yond Ordinary: The Magic of Royal Jelly!

Royal jelly is a nutrient-rich secretion produced by worker bees, primarily to nourish their queen bee throughout her life. (In case you are wondering how do they which one is a potential queen, click here) It makes her bigger and fertile. On the other hand, the worker bee larvae are fed royal jelly only for 2-3 days after they hatch, thereafter they are fed bee bread. Royal jelly is a creamy, milky substance composed of about 60-70% water, 12-15% proteins, 10-16% sugars, 3-6% lipids, and 2-3% vitamins, minerals, and bioactive… Read More »Bee-yond Ordinary: The Magic of Royal Jelly!

BENEFITS OF APPLE CIDER HONEY VINEGAR

You have heard of people consuming diluted Apple Cider Vinegar everyday in a glass of warm water first thing in the morning. You would have seen Apple Cider Vinegar being advertised as nothing short of the elixir of life. If you aren’t sure how much is fact and how much hype, read on. Here is basic information you should know about Apple Cider Vinegar or Apple Cider Honey Vinegar: HOW IS APPLE CIDER VINEGAR MADE? Apple Cider Vinegar is made in three steps: Step 1: Apple juice is extracted from… Read More »BENEFITS OF APPLE CIDER HONEY VINEGAR

A BEE COLLECTS POLLEN? HOW? WHY?

FIRSTLY, WHY DO BEES COLLECT POLLEN? Pollen from flowers is precious package made of protein, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, and minerals for the larva. Without pollen, the larva would die. The workers bees are responsible to collect pollen to take back to the hive. HOW DO BEES COLLECT POLLEN? The worker bee has spiky hair on her hind legs that are called pollen baskets or corbiculae. When she alights on the anther of a flower, the pollen gets attached to the hair in her eyes and body, she uses her fore… Read More »A BEE COLLECTS POLLEN? HOW? WHY?

HOW DOES A BEE MAKE HONEY?

THE WONDOROUS WORKER BEES The bee that actually makes honey is the worker bee. She collects two different kinds of food- nectar and pollen. She either collects nectar or she collects pollen on separate trips. Worker bees travel anywhere between 1 to 6 kilometer radius to forage for nectar and pollen. HOW MUCH HONEY DOES A WORKER BEE COLLECT DURING HER LIFETIME A worker bee will collect less than a gram of honey in her lifetime depending on how close the access to nectar is. Typically it would be 1/12… Read More »HOW DOES A BEE MAKE HONEY?

THE QUEENDOM OF HONEY BEES

WHAT DOES THE QUEEN BEE DO? THE QUEEN; THE PROCREATOR: There’s the queen bee, the only one for the entire hive of anywhere between 10,000 to 60,000 bees. She is the largest bee in the hive and lives the longest (2 to 3 years) and is known on occasion to live for 6 years. She lays eggs constantly and is responsible for the birth of new generations of bees to ensure a robust thriving colony. She controls the behaviour of the bees in her hive by releasing pheromones. THE QUEEN… Read More »THE QUEENDOM OF HONEY BEES

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