It's Warmer inside
04/12/11 10:10
IT’S WARMER INSIDE
I haven’t been up to the Apiary for a couple of days, instead I have
been sitting in front of the computer browsing round some of the beekeeping sites.
The first one I let on was a commercial site in Texas. As well as trying to sell me stuff (All priced in American Dollars) there was some fascinating reading on the various bee products. Honey, of course but also propolis, beeswax and bee pollen. http://www.texasdrone.com/propolis.htm
I suppose a lot of people would describe it as ‘Useless information” but it is another insight in to the fascinating world of the Honey bee.
PROPOLIS
The late Dave Cushman’s site (http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/propolis.html) is still on line and he talks abou
t propolis curtains at the hive entrance to keep everything very safe, no intruders. I was speaking to Ken Pickles at Adingham last week he has a hive just the same, the entrance blocked from end to end with just a lot of holes just sufficiently large for a bee to get through. This is the sort of thing black bees do, so I have made him promise some eggs from the stock next year.
Another beekeeping blog refers to Gin and propolis (Makes a change from Gin and tonic). They suggested it as a cold cure I leave it to you to decide http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?212576-We-have-been-using-Propolis
HONEY MAKES (YOU) SOME PEOPLE LIVE LONGER
Somewhere, in one of the Slavonic countries, there is a honey producing area where the population live much longer and stay fitter than most. It was suggested that their longevity was due to eating the residue honey after the cleaner stuff had been sold. Their honey contained bits of propolis, wax, pollen and other unmentionables. Which leads us on to comb honey. Although I’m not saying comb honey contains unmentionables, far from it, comb honey does take a lot of skill and effort on the beekeepers part to produce. It’s a bit chewy to my taste if eaten off the spoon but on hot toast or a buttered crumpet, something a bit special. Another blog http://www.honeybeesuite.com/how-to-eat-comb-honey/ Talks about nothing else.
LEGENDS AND FOLK TALES
Then there are the history and folklore sites. http://
paganwiccan.about.com/od/beltanemayday/p/BeeFolklore.htm has some interesting bits and pieces. And did you know how professor Dumbledore got his name? http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-dum1.htm
A website at http://www.beekeeping.com/articles/us/war_bees.htm talks about bees in warfare. On the other hand http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/health-benefits-of-honey.html is all about the benefits of honey. It seems to suggest honey will cure everything. Does this mean if I start eating honey I will live forever? Perish the thought!
CHEERS !
Then there is http://www.meadmadecomplicated.org/ which will tell you more about 
mead than you probably want to know. Or take a look at http://www.honeyrecipes.org.uk/ which is full of all kinds of recipes using honey.
There is some fascinating information about beekeeping out there on the web but the number of sites and pages is enormous. I entered honey bee in Google and it came up with about 25,900,000 results. Just entering honey gave 420 million results but I think ‘Honey’ might also refer to areas other than beekeeping !.
Incidentally, it gave me that information in 0.10 seconds - I wonder how they do that?
If you have found an unusual site or one that contains something a bit different, why not add the link in a comment.
I haven’t been up to the Apiary for a couple of days, instead I have
The first one I let on was a commercial site in Texas. As well as trying to sell me stuff (All priced in American Dollars) there was some fascinating reading on the various bee products. Honey, of course but also propolis, beeswax and bee pollen. http://www.texasdrone.com/propolis.htm
I suppose a lot of people would describe it as ‘Useless information” but it is another insight in to the fascinating world of the Honey bee.
PROPOLIS
The late Dave Cushman’s site (http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/propolis.html) is still on line and he talks abou
Another beekeeping blog refers to Gin and propolis (Makes a change from Gin and tonic). They suggested it as a cold cure I leave it to you to decide http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?212576-We-have-been-using-Propolis
HONEY MAKES (YOU) SOME PEOPLE LIVE LONGER
LEGENDS AND FOLK TALES
Then there are the history and folklore sites. http://
A website at http://www.beekeeping.com/articles/us/war_bees.htm talks about bees in warfare. On the other hand http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/health-benefits-of-honey.html is all about the benefits of honey. It seems to suggest honey will cure everything. Does this mean if I start eating honey I will live forever? Perish the thought!
CHEERS !
There is some fascinating information about beekeeping out there on the web but the number of sites and pages is enormous. I entered honey bee in Google and it came up with about 25,900,000 results. Just entering honey gave 420 million results but I think ‘Honey’ might also refer to areas other than beekeeping !.
Incidentally, it gave me that information in 0.10 seconds - I wonder how they do that?
If you have found an unusual site or one that contains something a bit different, why not add the link in a comment.
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