Did you know honey bees are the only insects that produce a food that is consumed by humans?
A honey bee hive is the busiest and most efficient factory in the world. Honey bees are very social insects. Every member of the hive has a very special job to perform.
The queen is the matriarch, and only one honey bee can be the queen. However the drones or husbands, can number 500 to 1000 per hive. From these honey bees a very large family is formed, 30,000 to 60,000 workers also live and work in the same hive.
Only the queen honey bee is sexually developed and is nurtured on a special diet of royal jelly. The queen is very unique insect; she mates with drones while in flight. Drones have no stingers, and their only job is to mate with the queen. Queens can lay up to 3,000 eggs in a single day.
Sexually undeveloped females are the caretakers of the eggs and the hive. They do the cleaning, feed the larvae, collect nectar, make wax combs, and fan the hive with their wings to keep it cool for the larvae to survive.
The honey bees make much more honey than they could ever use for the colony. About 80 pounds per hive is extra and can by harvested by humans.
The beekeepers remove the wax honeycomb and scrape the wax covering off the chambers to expose the liquid honey. The beekeepers use a honey extractor to spin the honey out into large drums for transport to the honey packers.
Some of the honey is kept by the beekeepers and jarred to be sold at roadside stands or small privately owned grocery stores.
Honey is unlike other sweeteners, honey contains small amounts of many different vitamins, minerals, amino acids and antioxidants.
Did you know bee honey has been used way back in ancient times to soothe sore throats, heal wounds and also treat stomach problems.
Today we also breed special honey bees that are hand fed therapeutic herbs and natural extracts to substitute pollen. These honey bees produce a type of honey with therapeutic properties that are used to support the immune system and also to decrease the side effects of chemotherapy.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Honey Bees Help Health Problems
In this blog I will be talking about the benefits of Honey.
I found this really cool site about honey bees. I didn't realize honey bees were so helpful for your health.
My friends and family that have had cancer and been given chemotherapy say that the hardest part of it is the side effects.
This bees honey is the only one available that has had a clinical study done to determine the effectiveness in decreasing the side effects of chemotherapy. It also showed to be effective in decreasing the incidence of anemia.
Your immune system is the first line of defense in maintaining health, preventing illness and getting you up and going after an operation or serious illness. Healthy immune systems become more resistance to colds, flu, allergies and disease.
These honey bees are really unique. These bees are fed therapeutic herbs and natural extracts to substitute pollen. Therefore these honey bees produce a new type of honey with therapeutic properties. These bees are pampered by being hand fed, so they can make the best honey available to keep us healthy.
You can eat this honey without side effects and also it can be taken with any other medication you may be taking. However, people that are sensitive to bees or honey are advised to avoid its use.
Do you know that honey bees honey, has been used in ancient history to soothe sore throats, heal wounds and treat stomach complaints???
I was very excited about this site, and the best part is it tastes really good. I use honey in my tea and on my toast or English muffins. It's really great.
I found this really cool site about honey bees. I didn't realize honey bees were so helpful for your health.
My friends and family that have had cancer and been given chemotherapy say that the hardest part of it is the side effects.
This bees honey is the only one available that has had a clinical study done to determine the effectiveness in decreasing the side effects of chemotherapy. It also showed to be effective in decreasing the incidence of anemia.
Your immune system is the first line of defense in maintaining health, preventing illness and getting you up and going after an operation or serious illness. Healthy immune systems become more resistance to colds, flu, allergies and disease.
These honey bees are really unique. These bees are fed therapeutic herbs and natural extracts to substitute pollen. Therefore these honey bees produce a new type of honey with therapeutic properties. These bees are pampered by being hand fed, so they can make the best honey available to keep us healthy.
You can eat this honey without side effects and also it can be taken with any other medication you may be taking. However, people that are sensitive to bees or honey are advised to avoid its use.
Do you know that honey bees honey, has been used in ancient history to soothe sore throats, heal wounds and treat stomach complaints???
I was very excited about this site, and the best part is it tastes really good. I use honey in my tea and on my toast or English muffins. It's really great.
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