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Dark Honey vs Light Honey

Look at the picture above. I could have put in more pictures to show you at least 4 more distinct colours. One of the joys of working with honey is to stare in amazement at the colours of the honey in their glass jars, when the sunlight filters through them. Colours of Raw Honey If you are familiar with different varieties of Raw Honey, you will note that the colour of raw honey can range from the colour of water, white honey, light golden amber, orangey amber, reddish amber, brown,… Read More »Dark Honey vs Light Honey

10 fascinating facts about Raw Honeydew Honey

Honeydew Honey, what a lovely name! Brings to mind, morning dew, sunshine and deep forests. Raw Honeydew Honey is all of this and more. The Honey Company® raw Honeydew Honey comes from the forests of Lahaul and Spiti valleys in Himachal Pradesh, and also from the forests of Ladakh, Kashmir. Fascinating Facts about Raw Honeydew Honey What is Honeydew Honey? 1. Honeydew Honey is made by bees foraging for nectar in forests. 2. During the non-flowering season, honey bees create honey from a non-floral source. How? Before we get to that… Read More »10 fascinating facts about Raw Honeydew Honey

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Delicious Raw Mustard Honey- Spread, Sauce or Simple Honey?

Due to a lack of familiarity with raw Mustard honey, there is lot of confusion about what raw Mustard honey is. We know this through first hand experience with customers on Amazon. One of whom said “…70% wax and 30% honey.” This is with reference to the fact that owing to the long journey to his/her destination, the originally crystallised honey had dissolved a bit creating two distinct layers of solid honey at the bottom and liquid honey at the top. We really wanted to reach out to him/her and… Read More »Delicious Raw Mustard Honey- Spread, Sauce or Simple Honey?

Little Bee vs. Stingless Bee

There prevails a basic misunderstanding of Little Bee Honey and Stingless Bee Honey. Little Bee Honey is being sold as Stingless Bee honey and vice versa or the names are being used interchangeably. If you are among those who don’t know the difference, there is no shame in that. We all start off not knowing. 🙂 The only two similarities between Little Bee and Stingless Bee are- 1. They are both honey bees. 2. Their honey is preferred by ayurvedic practitioners and is considered medicinal honey. The Little Bee is… Read More »Little Bee vs. Stingless Bee

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