Pea honey

Pea honey honey bees are harvested from the flowers of small-leaved peas, which grow in the steppe regions of Siberia. This honey is transparent, has a delicate aroma and taste. In Siberia, bee colonies bring 5 kg of honey per day to the hives from the peas.

Meadow honey

Meadow honey is golden yellow, sometimes yellow-brown in color, with a pleasant aroma, good in taste. Meadow (“prefabricated”) honey honey bees are made from nectar of various meadow flowers.

Poisonous or drunk honey

Poisonous, or “drunk”, honey is known since ancient times. Ancient Greek commander and writer Xenophon of Athens in the historical narrative “Anabasis” (Retreat of 10 thousand Greeks from Asia Minor) dwells in detail on the episode when the warriors, who ate in the Colchis of honey, got sick: “In general, there was nothing here that […]

Carrot honey

On the apiary of the strong point of the scientific research station of beekeeping, the author conducted experiments on obtaining carrot honey. The doctor successfully applied carrot juice in the treatment of wounds and proved its high bactericidal properties. Red carrots contain a large amount of sugar and is also a good source of calcium, […]

Artificial honey

Academician AM Butlerov wrote that sugary substances in the form as they are given by plants do not yet represent honey; Only when they were processed in the crab of insects and thickened, having lost some of the water, they become real honey. Thus, the nectar of flowers turns into honey only after processing it […]

Lime honey

Lime honey belongs to the best grades. Thanks to an exceptionally pleasant taste, it is highly appreciated. Freshly excreted on a honey extractor, this honey is very fragrant, usually transparent, slightly yellow or greenish in color; contains 36.05% glucose and 39.27% ​​levulose. Ufa (Bashkir) lime honey, the so-called lipstick, is colorless, crystallizes into a white, […]

Getting honey honey by express method

The principle of express method of honey bee production is the natural processing of artificial sweet solutions by honeybees into bee honey according to a certain recipe. The express method, as already mentioned, is economical, since bees receiving artificial nectar in the hive itself need much less food (feed) to cover the energy consumed than […]

Milk honey

Milk contains proteins, fats, carbohydrates, mineral salts, vitamins necessary for the normal functioning of the body. Since ancient times, almost all peoples milk with honey was used for pulmonary diseases, anemia and malnutrition. Milk and dairy products or milk with honey for certain diseases and currently serve as good food for children and adults. However, […]

Reseda honey

Rezedovy honey honey bees are collected from the flowers of odoriferous. This honey belongs to the category of high-grade, has an exceptionally pleasant aroma, and to taste it can compete with lime. Bees receive from the flowers of sliced ​​scented lots of nectar and reddish-orange flower pollen. From a hectare of flowering resids, bees collect […]

Harvesting and storage of honey

Natural honey is usually sold in the market in two forms: sealed in a honeycomb or pumped out on a special honey extractor (centrifugal honey). Freshly pumped honey honey is transparent, with various shades (from light to dark), with a characteristic smell and special taste, a viscous liquid, the physical and chemical properties of which […]