BK:
I am quite sure there are checks against gross impurities in honey by importing
countries' health depts.
For example dead bees, larvae, ash, debris etcv. are very easily detected and
could not get thru.
The real bad stuff are the antibiotics and sugary syrup adulterants, like
high-fructose corn syrup
which are hard to detect. High fructose corn syrup is widely used by Chinese
and Indian exporters
as well as re-sellers in the USA or Europe.
Health and nutrient benefits of honey, at best, are not quite measurable. But
what sets honey apart from other sweeteners is
its flavor. That is one of the most significant attributes of pure LOCAL honey,
its unique flavors. There is nothing to beat that.
Bees forage in a small area surrounding their hives. It is no farther than
1.5 miles to 2 miles at most. And the flavor of the honey
is dependent on the type of nectar producing plant in a particular area.
Therefore they also vary widely from neighborhood
to neighborhood. This unique characteristic of LOCAL honey is lost in
commercially sold honey, because the packers mix up
honey from many different areas and promptly lose their unique flavors. And to
make matters worse, when they add
adulterants like high-fructose corn syrup, it is entirely destroyed.
c
On Aug 30, 2011, at 3:24 PM, bbar...@aol.com wrote:
Dear Chandan
I am no longer interested in bee-keeping but the following piece followed the
earlier one and I have to forward it to you. I had to edit it a little in
order to
shorten it without damaging the core.
A question. As you know, honey is collected from the forests of Nepal, West
Bengal, Assam and rest of India by contractors of the Forest dept.
This is not the same honey as produced by bee-keepers.These wild bees build
their hives on top of very tall trees of the forests. Their honey is full of
dead bees, larvae, ashes and all sorts of impurities. Is this honey also
exported? Is there any quality check somewhere?
-bhuban
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It is a step that will strike many as eccentric, both in the City and
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Honey bee numbers across Europe and North America have been falling in recent
years, raising concerns for their future. It is hoped that the LSE's warmer
central London location, overlooking St Paul's, will help its new colonies
survive the winter.
According to the London Beekeepers Association: Urban bees have a wide range
of forage, as the gardens and green spaces in cities contain a rich variety
of trees and flowers. This, and the slightly milder weather, means that the
beekeeping season is longer and usually more productive than in rural areas.
With concern mounting over bee populations, the number of hobbyist beekeepers
is on the rise, and the LSE is only the latest business organisation to
install apiaries on its premises. Mr Rolet, 51, keeps 50,000 bees at his
private estate in Provence. The former Bank of England governor Robin
Leigh-Pemberton and the Business Secretary Vince Cable are beekeeping
enthusiasts, and the Japanese investment bank Nomura has installed two hives
at its London site.
Like the new LSE project, Nomura's apiary was set up in partnership with a
not-for-profit social enterprise, The Golden Company, and offers
underprivileged young people the opportunity to help sustain the hives and
learn business skills.
The Exchange hopes that employees will get involved. A spokesman said: Local
people and communities, including underprivileged children, will be able to
help look after the hives, and employees will also have the chance to help.
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