HONEY, its good stuff
 

Just got my favorite Orange Blossom Honey from a Bee Lady who has her Hives in some Navel Orange groves. Absolutely the sweetest Honey until proven otherwise.

Tell me about your regional Honey flavors?
How many old tree huggers do you know that raise Bees?

https://facts.net/bee-facts/

I think this sums it up

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I have some local honey that was aged in a bourbon barrel. It is super yummy on a hot buttered biscuit!!!

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I don't really believe the supposed benefits of local honey for hayfever allergies - but our local stuff here in New Mexico is darn awesome. Once you get away from the tourist areas like Taos and Santa Fe, it's even very well priced and far better than the "fancy" stuff you'll find at a grocery or WF.

Anyway, everyone knows that the homeopathic remedy for juniper allergies isn't honey, it's gin...

I like honey on a freshly cooked biscuit.

After reading rfuerst911sc’s post on septic systems, and reading the title to this thread about honey, I thought it was going to be about honey dippers… 💩

We have Orange Blossom, Sage, Avocado, Clover, Buckwheat and Wildflower.

https://www.bennetthoney.com

I put honey on my Grape Nuts every morning, and sometimes on my vanilla ice cream.

We used to get honey from a place that mostly sold "Texas wildflower honey". The honey is really dark and has a very rich flavor.
The same lady often had other flavors
Guajillo
Horsemint
etc...
And a couple of times she had Cotton blossom honey.

I love, love, love the rich/complex flavor of the wild flower honey, but the cotton blossom was a contender for favorite.
I tried some Manuka honey once. It was meh, but I may try some again sometime because there can be a big difference between 2 similar honeys.
Orange Blossom honey is excellent.
Clover honey is popular, but to me, just meh.

We? Are you "Bennett"?

Cool story about the bees taking up residence in the siding of our historic church building. Eventually relocated to Beaufort and the honey was sold as “Holy Honey”.

https://www.locallifesc.com/divine-delicacy-holy-honey/

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"Honey, I'm home."

In NZ's south there is a place (Takaka/Golden Bay) where a lot of German hippies setup in the 1980's. All the flee the bomb stuff. But anyways, they make excellent honey. A place I buy it from it's that Manuka stuff but it has all sorts of other ingredients from the surrounding forest. And she doesn't call it Manuka (expensive) because she can't be bothered with all the certification stuff.

And it has flavour. I buy it in bulk so I can hand it out as mini gifts to friends who like honey.

My wife plants flowers for the pollinators. Honey bees, bumblebees, butterflies and moths, even hummingbirds. LOTS of bees. She found a local beekeeper just a mile from us that agreed, it is likely his bees are coming to our flowers.

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This bush sometimes sounds like a transformer from all the buzzing of the bees.

The bee keeper gave us a couple of bottles of raw honey.

Pretty much all honey that you get from a beekeeper is "raw" and "unfiltered", at least, that's my understanding.

I have heard that some of the stuff that you get in huge chain stores, from huge outfits or that comes from overseas may be adulterated.

I believe the usual is to get the comb, cut the caps off the comb, and then either let it drain out or spin/centrifuge it to separate the honey from the comb, and from there it goes into containers. I believe it's not normally run through any sort of filter or processed (other than if you want flavored or maybe creamed honey).

I have some patients that are beekeepers. Interesting hobby

Our Father used to bring honeycomb home from a local beekeeper.
We fought for the comb....delicious.

I buy a locally produced honey at a farmers market. It comes from upstate NY and tastes of flowers. Just had some in tea to try to relieve my allergies.

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I've had honeycomb before. How is honeycomb any different than taking a spoon full of honey? It has always just seemed like a novelty to me.

Stupid question, but what is the comb made of, in honeycomb?

Wax...perfectly safe to eat.

I have aged honey from Korea. It can be a little spicy at times and too much to handle.

I think it's just a carrier for the honey...fully saturated.
Kinda like using crackers for dip...or eating dip with a spoon. :)

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hence the term "bee's wax"

I used honey to wean myself off (cane) sugar.

My inner self would say "Pleeease, I beg of you, some sugar please." My outer self would say "I'll meet you half way Mate, how about some honey instead?" And it worked.

Ahh, it is like those wax tubes with flavored sugar water we had as kids!

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^^^ I don't remember those....thankfully. :)

Grew up helping my dad with his bee keeping hobby and last year, I found one of my neighbors has 11 hives hidden in his backyard. That explains the honey bees in the yard. Not sure what the bees are using to make honey since we are surrounded by oak trees, maple trees and peat bog. They make good honey.

You boys are so lucky you live where you can get a good biscuit! Most of the country outside of the south has no idea, especially here in NM..

I go to Popeye's for my biscuits.

Many years ago I worked at a Popeyes. A section of the back was devoted to biscuit making. There was one guy whose only job was making biscuits from scratch. They made great biscuits. We got to take home any leftovers at the end of the night. My parents loved it.

No idea if things are the same now 35-40 years later.

Great story about Honey, Bee's and veteran's as seen on RFD TV.

https://hivesforheroes.org/pages/about-us

There is a local chain, Biscuitville (been around forever) and the buiscuit maker is right up front next to the register...

When they started charging .25 for a cup a couple of years ago... they lo$t a customer tho' :(.

Gravy biscuits will make you FAT .... so there is that :D!

If you have allergies, local honey is supposed to help .... I dunno?

edited: As a kid, a chunk of honey comb freshly sliced off the rack in front of your eyes was awesome :)

I have NEVER had gravy with biscuits. I love a good biscuit, but eat them with butter, honey, jam/jelly/preserves, or as a savory sandwich (cheese, eggs, meat, etc...).

And my mom's side of the family is from the South. I had a buddy that used to get biscuits and gravy from the cafeteria in college. The gravy looks nasty to me.

Yumm....

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At work, we have acres of green space around the test track. I want to see if Kia would grow wildflowers in the space to help the pollinators, not to mention it would beautify the space.

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Hey, if VW has sausages...

Where does one get a good plant that can help bees? I was told Lowes and HD are pretty toxic for bees. People complain about the environment but they all want perfect lawns and love golf. Amazed Roundup is still around.
Back to honey, add to wife’s tea every morning.

We have a " bee guy " right around the corner from us . We have planted various flowers that the bees/butterflies/hummingbirds like . His bees are at our house all the time . Our above ground eco system :D we buy his honey , it's good stuff .

I would try to find out what pollinator plants are native in your area first, because those will be the healthiest and happiest and require the least maintenance. Check the links below, especially the second one. And you can also search google for "plants for pollinators" or maybe add your location to the search to find out what would be good in your specific area. The bottom link below does include some rough geographic area specifics.

https://www.fws.gov/story/how-build-pollinator-garden

https://www.fws.gov/story/top-plants-your-pollinator-garden

Thank you.