HONEY

How to store honey

Where can I buy locally made honey?

• keep it in a cool location, away from direct sunlight
• tightly covered container
• not necessary to refrigerate honey, but you can freeze it
• indefinite shelf life, because of high concentration of sugar

Foods to eat with honey

Melomakarona

• 100s of places in the GTA
• a few names are: The Honey Store, Bees are Life, and Fred D's Bees

Types of honey

• egg shaped Greek desert
• made mainly from flour, olive oil, and honey
• traditional Christmas desert
• often filled with ground walnuts

ENJOY!

• sauces salad dressing
• soups
• baked beans
• homemade granola
• desserts
• green apples
• tea
• pancakes and waffles
• strong cheese

Ever wondered where honey was made?

• crystallized
• filtered, raw
• dried
• chunk
• organic
• medicinal grade

Locally grown vs Internationally grown

Farming Honey

Health Benefits

• honey can be made anywhere
• there are some guidelines:
• face the hive to the southeast
• put the hive in a but of sunlight
• good ventilation is important
• put the hive on firm, dry land

• We called one of the farms, and they told us that they do not add anything to their honey
• it is 100% pure
• they make approx. 2000 lbs of honey a year

• prevents cancer and heart disease
• it is anti-bacterial and anti-fungal
• can treat ulcer and bacterial gastroenteritis
• increase athletic performance
• reduces cough and throat irritation
• remedy for ailments
• treats yeast infections, athlete's foot, arthritis pains
• used to treat wounds, burns, cuts
• reduces swelling, pains, scarring

Ever wondered how honey is made?

Nutritional Benefits

How is honey made?

• contains vitamin B6, thiamin, niacin, riboflavin, and some amino acids
• contains the minerals calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, zinc
• fat and cholesterol free

• flower nectar is collected by honey bees
• the bees cap the honeycomb with wax, then move on to fill the next honeycomb
• beekeepers harvest the honey by collecting the honeycomb frames and scraping off the wax cap

FUN FACTS

What people know vs what they want to know

• used to be used to make cement or furniture polishes
• honeybees must tap over 2 million flowers to make 1 lb of honey
• the average worker bee will make only 1/12 of a tsp of honey during its life
• it takes one ounce of honey to fuel a bees flight around the world