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Food and Drink Essential to sustain life; near the top of the hierarchy of needs |
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07-22-2013, 03:40 PM | #1 |
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Eat your honey
Ok, minds out of the gutter ... Pulled supers from my largest hive on Saturday and extracted about 45 pounds of nice, light honey. I'll post a picture once I finish designing and printing the labels. MMmmmm - peanut butter and honey sandwiches...
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07-22-2013, 03:46 PM | #2 | |
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Oh how lovely!
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07-22-2013, 06:35 PM | #3 |
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Yum!
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07-22-2013, 06:51 PM | #4 |
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About to post ...
... Hmmm. I see I am becoming predictable. I'll need to work on my beehivior.
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07-22-2013, 09:54 PM | #5 |
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Sounds wonderful!
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07-28-2013, 02:57 PM | #6 |
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Can you explain what the medicinal reasons are behind bee pollen? I see it at the health food store; it's so expensive. Is it for libido...energy...or what? Just curious
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07-28-2013, 06:08 PM | #7 | ||
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Like most supplements, it's advertised for a number of things. The main thing it seems to have going for it is that it usually has a good amount of bacteria in it, some species of which may be probiotic, though sometimes others may be detrimental. The problem is that the actual composition varies dramatically not just from hive to hive, where obviously the bees will be collecting from different local plants, but even from bee to bee within the hive. You cannot possibly know or standardize what you're getting when you take it.
That being said, the loose pollen in honey (not the coagulated granules the bees make to feed their young) is quite important, as a guarantee of where your honey came from: Quote:
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07-29-2013, 12:54 PM | #8 |
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This is tangential but right in Clod's wheelhouse. I heard a really interesting story on Living on Earth on my way home from work today. It was about gut microbes influencing evolution.
http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.ht...30&segmentID=1
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08-01-2013, 09:34 AM | #9 |
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Finally got it bottled. Beautiful color! 42 lbs.
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08-01-2013, 09:44 AM | #10 |
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lovely!
That looks like a lot of delicious mead, right there. mmmmmmmmm, mead.
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08-01-2013, 09:50 AM | #11 |
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Excellent! I am envious. What are you going to do with all that honey? Christmas presents?
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08-01-2013, 10:06 AM | #12 |
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Mead, man! But it's not gonna be ready for Christmas though.
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08-02-2013, 08:10 AM | #13 |
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I'll sell some, but mostly give it away to my friends and neighbors who love my bees. Probably make a few honey cakes.
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08-02-2013, 12:45 PM | #14 |
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How long have you been bee keeping? I'm tempted to send the goats packing and try something new.
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08-02-2013, 10:24 PM | #15 |
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PICK ME!!!!
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