Did You Know – Honey
My husband told me that my Honey turned into a large clump and I may want to get some new Honey from the store. I had to chuckle because I thought everybody knew HONEY NEVER GOES BAD.
If you do get that clump inside your Honey jar, all you have to do is heat it up, stir and it’s ready to eat. I put my Honey in the microwave for about 30 seconds at a time stirring until it dissolves.
You can also heat the Honey container in hot water. DO NOT heat the Honey in a plastic container, it should be done in a glass container. If your honey is in a plastic container, take the Honey out of the container and put it into a glass bowl.
According to MentalFloss.com, the reason Honey doesn’t spoil is because of its low moisture content and high acidic values that it has. Bacteria can’t live in that kind of environment.
MentalFloss.com stated that the way Honey is made by the bees is that the nectar is transformed into Honey by the bees flapping their wings to dry out the moisture. Then they use a special enzyme in their stomach that breaks down the nectar and keeps the Honey free of bacteria.
The typical hive produces 30-100 pounds of Honey per year. For every one pound of Honey it takes a colony of bees collecting from about 2 million flowers. They travel over 55,000 miles! This one pound of Honey is the lifetime work of about 800 bees. One bee produces 1/12th teaspoon of Honey in its lifetime.
The bees eat their Honey to survive throughout the winter. That’s why bee keepers will never take all of the Honey from the hive. People use Honey for dandruff, stomach ulcers and allergies too.
There are different flavors and colors of Honey depending on the source of the nectar. Not all bees can make Honey. There are about 20,000 species of bees and only seven known Honey bee species.
So now when you see the Honey bees pollinating your flowers or garden, you can appreciate what hard workers they really are. They aren’t there to sting you or annoy you, they are just doing their job.
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Interesting info “behind the scenes” with honey, Diane. Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome, I would love to have a bee house someday.
Honey is such a natural sweetener and so much better for you than sugar. Great on toast with peanut butter. I tea with lemon it is great for colds.
Natures healer!
Great info about honey here! I read with much interest. My favourite flavoured honey is from Pike Place Market in Seattle where we have family.
Thank you! I would love to do a taste test of honey from all the different honey flowers. I just Googled Pike Place Market, WOW! I wish I had relatives there too!
Honey for me has many uses include medicinal. When I brew beer often use honey in the carbination process, if I pock a hole in a tomato – fill with honey to help prevent rotting, lather on ribs when smoking them, and if I can’t find an antibiotic ointment – a dab on a scratch words great until a better solution is found.
That is awesome Danny! I have never heard the tomato one, how interesting. Thank you for teaching me something new today. A local bee keeper makes a honey insect bar in a small container like deodorant. My granddaughter’s skin blows up when she is bit by any insect. She rubs it over the bite and it really helps.
The tomato thingy was just dumb luck. “Honey has antibacterial, antifungal, and antioxidant properties, which is why honey is used for healing wounds. After any skin injury, bacteria that live on your skin can infect and penetrate the wound site. Honey, has been found to destroy these bacteria.” So I gave it a go and the tomatoes I’ve done this too have fared well
I sure will I am always cutting myself on all my plants and our garden. I bet it would work on any fruit too.
Now I know how the saying ” busy as a bee” came to be! We put a bee house in our backyard to attract them and I try to plant flowers/bushes that they like. I use a lot of honey in baking and cooking, (as well as maple syrup). And honey is great in tea when I’m sick!
I’m so envious! My husband talked about doing that but never did. I went to a class on how to take care of the bee hives and I really was interested. Maybe someday we will put one in the yard.
Friends of ours just started bee keeping this past year in their backyard. They sold out of their honey right away.
I bet! We have a few stands around town but I don’t know how well the do, it’s self serve.
Aren’t bees so interesting, Diane? One of our sons is a beekeeper. He has 20 hives. The honey is delicious!
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I had a chuckle at it is a large lump.. Add heat and eat. This was great
That’s my hubby! Lol Thank you Kelly. 💕
Great tip, honey does indeed have a very low water activity, so does keep well. I didn’t know about this heating up to dissolve lumps tip though, so thanks
You are very welcome! ❤️
A nice overview Diane!
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Oh I know! That’s why I check it most days. I often find my friends hanging out in the trash!
We all have some trashy friends. 🤣
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We love our honey and bees!
Knowing how hard they work makes you appreciate them so much more!
Although I knew honey never goes bad, I didn’t know why. Thanks for the info!
I found it quite interesting, you’re welcome.
Amazing!! Thank you for sharing this, Diane!!
You’re welcome Anita! 🥰
This is very timely for us. We have at least one jar of honey that has clumped. I also have some tiny jars over a year old; I know now not to pitch them.
Wonderful, those bee’s worked hard for those little jars! Lol
These are great tips I’ve never heard of before, Diane – including honey for dandruff. Who knew! Maybe wash it off though before going out or bees might sting you!
Bees really are miracles of nature and we need to do more to protect them.
Absolutely Ab! They have decreased in numbers already. Thank you Ab. 💕
If I had known this I would have saved so much money on buying new honey over the years! Thank you so much for sharing! I learn the best food tips from you!!!
Thank you so much Mackenzie!
So honey never spoils – awesome! I so appreciate this series of posts you are doing on food education!
Thank you Tierney I am really having fun with it too! ❤️
Bees are absolutely amazing creatures! Great information in your post today — as usual. I always look forward to whatever you have in store for us with each post, Diane.
Thank you so much Janet! 🥰
Wonderful expositions about honey. Now I know some things I didn’t. Thanks for this, Diane.
You are very welcome Lamittan!
Diane thank you for sharing this informative blog on honey and why we need to protect the honey bees who also pollinate our fruits
You are very welcome 💕
This is a great educational post, Diane! My sister in law volunteers at their local nature center and teaches the little kids in one of their programs about bees. I’m going to send this to her; I know she’ll be delighted to read it. And great tip about the honey, too! Thanks! 🐝 🍯
Kudos to her! Maybe educating our children will someday save the honeybees! You’re welcome and thank you for sharing it with her.
I buy local honey never from stores unless it is actual local honey costs more but it’s the real thing.
And it’s supporting your local area, win-win!
Yes, we know the beekeepers they were neighbors now they live down south during winter up here then come back up and hang out on a local lake.
We normally buy small bottles of honey, so we rarely have to heat them up to get them back to syrup again (which we knew by the way 😉). But your post made me think, all those sayings, such as “as busy as a bee” and “working as hard as a bee” … these are all very true! And then there’s this story of archaeologists that excavated tombs in Egypt in 2015 and found 3000-year old honey … still edible. Honey must be good!
I would love to taste 3000 year old honey, just to see if it tasted any different. Lol
Awesome post my friend! I just warmed up some old honey the other day! Great minds think alike!
Isn’t it amazing warm? Oh heck it’s amazing anyway!!! Thank you Nancy!
Personally, I love honey that’s been crystalized. I actually look forward to that last little bit in the jar that’s solid like a piece of candy … until someone decides to “help” and microwave it. -_-
Wow, I just realized I have never tried it crystallized! I guess I will have to do that next time. Thank you!
(It’s delightfully crunchy. 🙂 )
Honey is an amazing substance, isn’t it? They say honey that is buried with Egyptian Pharaohs is still good to eat. I’m not convinced, but if any substance could be good after thousands of years, it would definitely be honey.
Love to try it!
Good to know that honey keeps forever Diane. I did know it is amazing for its healing properties as well, not by ingesting it per se, but applying it on a cut/abrasion. Give the bees an “atta boy/girl!”
Yes honey is amazing Linda. A local bee keeper makes a bar out of it that helps my grandkids when they get bit by a mosquito. Bee’s are amazing!
That’s amazing to know it helps with mosquito bites Diane. I didn’t know that!