[Sca-cooks] It's Not Honey??

[K C Francis]

I have a jar of honey from last year and one from this year produced by our two hives.  Different colors.  Thank you for the warning. Thank goodness our beekeepers are aware of the problem plants.  Who woulda thought?  I keep borage (love volunteers) growing all around the garden and our bees love it.  Could almost label our honey as borage honey.
 
Katira
 

> From: Yaini0625 at yahoo.com
> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:07:03 -0800
> To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] It's Not Honey??
> 
> My Viking Husband and I also keep bees. We are very watchful on the various colors of pollen in our hives. We discovered that there are varieties of plants, like agapanthas and oleanders, that will taint the honey and make it bad for human consumption. The demand for quality honey is still high and with colony collapse still not solved it is easy for the charlatans to play on this demand. 
> In a recent articles there could be a connection between GMO fields and poor hive production.
> We are strong supporters of non-GMO gardens and produce.
> Bless Bless
> Aelina the Saami
> 
> Sent by the Collective
> Resistance is futile.
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 10, 2011, at 3:49 PM, Dan Brewer <danqualman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > If you read the news about honey there are many ways to take corn surup
> > and blend it to act and taste something like honey. Honey that has had the
> > polen removed has been heated to almost the boiling point. This negates
> > the healthy effects of the honey. Also if the pollen has been removed or
> > can not be found it is to hide the point of origin. I raise bees, and have
> > had a hive for about 10 years . Honey at its best would be just extracted
> > from the comb. Raw honey is only run through enough filtering to remove
> > wax and bee parts. To remove any more from the honey you need to heat it
> > to force it through filters. So if you want a better quality honey buy
> > from a local aviary and look to see if the country of origin is the US.
> > Honey from Canada is considered safe but all other countries are considered
> > suspect. If you have honey from a community garden more likely than not
> > the honey will be safe. If your garden is next to a busy road the honey
> > might be suspect because of the road dust. Contamination of honey comes
> > from the location or point of origin of the nectar and the processing
> > equipment. So if you can keep the source of the honey local and the
> > processing to a minimum. the honey will be better for you. Some of the
> > processing keeps the honey from crystallizing. And makes the honey a
> > little clearer.
> > 
> > Dan in Auburn
> > 
> > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:48 PM, K C Francis <katiracook at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> 
> >> This is really disturbing! I currently have two jars of honey from hives
> >> in our community garden, but in future I will be sure to buy honey
> >> from realiable sources. Thank you for the heads up and the good sources.
> >> 
> >> Katira
> >> 
> >> 
> >>> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:44:33 -0500
> >>> From: alysk at ix.netcom.com
> >>> To: mk-cooks at midrealm.org; sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
> >>> Subject: [Sca-cooks] It's Not Honey??
> >>> 
> >>> Greetings! Found this article this morning about problems with honey
> >>> which is a bit dismaying. Maybe health food stores would be better
> >>> sources for honey? (Or the honey merchant at Pennsic!) Take a look at
> >>> http://tinyurl.com/86aemt7 .
> >>> 
> >>> Alys K.
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