On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Bruce Johnson <[email protected] > wrote:
> > On Aug 15, 2011, at 6:21 AM, richardsan wrote: > > > an interesting read...but i wonder...it seems as though they have > invested > > considerable capital to make a product. why don't they work it the legal > > way, instead of 'counterfeiting' ? > > It's cheaper to make it than grow it. HFCS is cheaper than honey, water and > sucralose are cheaper still. Until the FDA was equipped with the equipment > to detect it, adulteration of honey with HFCS (which is itself an industrial > 'fake honey') was common in the US. > > > > > wouldn't honey making be profitable without the illegal angles? do the > > chinese love intrigue more than profit? > > did you read the article? aye! i was trying to understand the occidental mind i suppose. without leaving room for greed..."burp"...okay, now i have room...; ^) i > The honey making isn't profitable when your hives are being wiped out > diseases..and they're not willing to burn the hives to eradicate the spores > (the only way to truly eliminate a foulbrood infection of a hive. If you're > not careful sloppy handling can spread foulbrood through an entire apiary > quickly, and from the descriptions it sounds like their beekeeping practices > were horrible.) > > They were using cheap, largely ineffective animal antibiotics to try to > treat infected hives, and recycling drums with lead-based solder to store it > (honey is very mildly acidic and an oxidizing agent, not a good combination > with heavy metals. We always used polypropylene drums for honey storage at > the bee labs where I worked. < > http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=53-42-03-00>) > i understand this, too...are metal barrels cheaper than [food safe] plastic? > This is why you should support your local beekeepers...their honey also > tastes like honey, not thick sugar water. > have probably a gallon[mixed pints] of several local growers, bought at local markets...i 'trust' they aren't stomping on their product. this year, i haven't noticed many bees around my bottle brush plants, and the hummers haven't been around either... i did buy some canadian honey once[i think i even posted about it here]...no ill effects and my hair was let down long before...; ^) > > <http://www.crocketthoney.com/About_Us.html> > > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "StrataList-OT" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. > > -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
