Honey

[Grog]

I've been addicted to honey since I was a kid. I eat some every day, usually on my toast.

Can't live without it.

[SalsaMTB]

lol...I can't believe I just read this. I had a huge craving for honey earlier today and attacked the lemon honey I have for tea!!

There is some honey lip balm they sell at bath and body works I picked up the other day. It's very honey smelling, I didn't care for it much though.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

There is some honey lip balm they sell at bath and body works I picked up the other day. It's very honey smelling, I didn't care for it much though.

At this point if I got some I'd probably EAT it.


P.S. I want a biking helmet just like the one above.

[makbike]

I too love fresh honey. The lady who runs our computer labs at school has several active hives and sells the fresh honey every year. Everyone on staff looks forward to her harvest and buys several bottles at a time. It is so much better than what they sell at the local grocery stores. I love it on apples, toast, home made bread (she makes this too!).

[emily_in_nc]

Lisa, have you tried honey stingers on your rides? I haven't tried them, but I love honey too!

Emily

[DarcyInOregon]

This is my favorite honey in the whole world.

http://www.volcanoislandhoney.com/

It is the Rare Hawaiian White Honey. I love to eat a teaspoon of this honey on a piece of whole grain toast.

I don't eat it every day because I am trying to lose weight. But gosh, when I do, it is like eating a little piece of Heaven.

Darcy

[mimitabby]

I have a source for honey from an organic farm in Arkansas. It is DELICIOUS!

if anyone is interested, I could find out if the bee guy has some to sell. I know he ships.

[Pax]

I'm drinking peach oolong tea with honey right now, it is SO good!

So, tell me...what is bee pollen and how do you eat it (plain, on food, in food)???

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

So, tell me...what is bee pollen and how do you eat it (plain, on food, in food)???

It's little pellets of actual flower pollen, collected by honeybees. They go from flower to flower, getting more golden powdery pollen and patting it into balls which they pack onto their back legs. When they get a big pellet gathered, they head back to the hive, where the pollen is made into honey.
Beekeepers who collect and sell pollen have special little contraptions they put on the hive doorway that lets the bee enter, but knocks the pollen ball off their hind legs as they enter, the pollen pellets falling into a collection tray. (My daughter told me about this). Of course they don't take ALL the pollen or the bees would die off!
Here's a random website describing and selling bee pollen:
http://www.draperbee.com/info/beepollen.htm
(I have not ordered from them, I don't know them)

My first taste of the little grains of pollen was years ago- it has a unique honey/fruity/chewy/grainy taste, somewhat strong. I just toss a 1/4 teaspoon at a time on my tongue and chew it up. You only eat a teaspoon or two a day- it's not the kind of stuff you'd eat a bowl of! I developed a real liking for the taste and texture. It's not for everyone, so one should order a small amount the first time- look for it in a big health food store. It's usually kept refrigerated (or should be).

[Pax]

It's little pellets of actual flower pollen, collected by honeybees. They go from flower to flower, getting more golden powdery pollen and patting it into balls which they pack onto their back legs. When they get a big pellet gathered, they head back to the hive, where the pollen is made into honey.
Beekeepers who collect and sell pollen have special little contraptions they put on the hive doorway that lets the bee enter, but knocks the pollen ball off their hind legs as they enter, the pollen pellets falling into a collection tray. (My daughter told me about this). Of course they don't take ALL the pollen or the bees would die off!
Here's a random website describing and selling bee pollen:
http://www.draperbee.com/info/beepollen.htm
(I have not ordered from them, I don't know them)

My first taste of the little grains of pollen was years ago- it has a unique honey/fruity/chewy/grainy taste, somewhat strong. I just toss a 1/4 teaspoon at a time on my tongue and chew it up. You only eat a teaspoon or two a day- it's not the kind of stuff you'd eat a bowl of! I developed a real liking for the taste and texture. It's not for everyone, so one should order a small amount the first time- look for it in a big health food store. It's usually kept refrigerated (or should be).

Very cool! Thanks for the info, I'll have to look for it at my local natural foods store.