Honey nutrition – two words that might not often be thought of together. But honey is far from a nutritionally void sweet. In fact, the nutritional value of honey makes it as good for you as it is to you! And these days, when seemingly every time we turn around another delicious food is being […]
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Honey bee swarms can at once evoke both awe and disappointment within a beekeeper. It is truly an awesome sight to witness a colony throwing a swarm of bees. But if the bees swarming happen to be from one of YOUR hives, you are also witnessing the loss of most or all of the honey you
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Honey and weight loss. Does it seem unlikely that the two would go together? Well, here are a couple of popular diets that use honey. Do they work? You’ll be the judge of that! The Hibernation Diet This diet combines a healthy, low-fat diet with a spoonful or two of honey just before bedtime each
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Can diabetics consume honey without being concerned about the effect upon their blood sugar? The short answer is no. In this case, though, the short answer doesn’t quite tell the whole story… Honey IS a Sugar Honey, of course, is a carbohydrate. Therefore it does increase the blood sugar level when consumed. So diabetics must
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Can Honey Really Help? Honey and allergies: Perhaps the most frequently asked question about honey is whether it is useful as a natural remedy for allergies. Or as a natural hay fever remedy. And the answer is… Maybe. Not Much Proof Either Way I know: “maybe” isn’t a very satisfying answer! But there’s very little
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This divinity recipe combines honey and almonds to add a unique flair to one of the most popular of homemade candies. It’s quite fitting to combine the ingredients of honey and almonds. Without honey bees, there would be very few almonds, because almond growers are highly dependent upon honey bees for the pollination of their
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A natural cough remedy using honey is more effective than over-the-counter medications. But this natural cough suppressant comes without any side effects. And you can make this homemade cough syrup yourself; the recipe is very simple. All you have to do is open a jar of honey. Nothing New but the Proof Through the ages,
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Can the bee hive get too hot? by Mary Aldrich (Columbia Missouri) At the start of summer I saw the bees milling about on the front of the hive. Now they are more then one layer deep hanging out on the entire front of the hive and kind of dripping off the bottom. — Hi
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Interested in buying raw honey? Perhaps you’ve read about the wonderful health benefits of honey, and in particular, the benefits of raw honey. Misconceptions About Raw Honey Let’s begin by clearing up a few misconceptions that people sometimes have about raw honey. I read on another website, for example, an article about honey. And the
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Have you heard of beeswax sheets? If you’re not a beekeeper, you may not even be aware that there is such a thing. But if you’re interested in making homemade candles, you’ll want to read on. Sheets of beeswax are manufactured by melting the wax, filtering out impurities, and rolling the wax through a press. The
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