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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Honey
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Honey
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Honey
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Honey

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For 8,000 years, honey has had a place in our everyday lives, but few people know much (if anything at all) about this amazing food. If you have an interest in learning more about this incredible multifaceted ingredient, you have come to the right place!

"Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Honey" not only covers some mind blowing facts about honey, but it also covers the lifespan of honey from nectar to bottling! Whether you just want to know how honey is made from flower nectar, or whether you are interested in the different types of honey, this is the book for you!

But wait, there is plenty more to learn about honey from this all-encompassing book! Did you know of the many different health applications and benefits to including honey in your daily diet? After reading this book you will and you will be headed straight to the store to pick up a bottle of this golden miracle food!

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJan 24, 2019
ISBN9781536558418
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Honey

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    Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Honey - Jack Frisks

    Introduction

    For approximately 8,000 years, human beings have foraged for honey. A naturally produced food, honey has been utilized as a sweetener, a food source, a basic food ingredient, and a medicinal compound. In the following chapters, we are going to take a look at everything you ever wanted to know about this sweet and sticky substance!

    Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Honey takes a look at how honey is produced, following it all the way through to the packaging process. Not only that, but this book covers the differing categories of honey, uses for honey, threats to the honey industry, and the role of bees in the production of honey.

    Chapter 1: Interesting Honey Facts

    Before we begin to look at where honey comes from and how it is processed for human consumption, let’s take a look at some incredible honey related facts. From the history of honey, to the statistics that relate to honey collection and consumption, this chapter has facts that will truly blow your mind!

    In this chapter, you will learn about some interesting honey related facts including:

    Facts about the History of Honey

    Unique and Weird Honey and Honey Bee Facts

    Facts about Consuming Honey

    Interesting Honey and Honey Bee Statistics

    Facts about the History of Honey

    Honey was so popular during the 11th century that German peasants were required to make payment to their feudal lords in the way of beeswax and honey. Most of this honey was used for making beer.

    Ancient Greeks used to believe that eating honey would help you to live longer and they may not have been wrong! The antioxidant and other health promoting properties in honey play a large part in overall health!

    The Hindu religion has long prized honey as an elixir of immortality.

    Edible honey was discovered in sealed tubs inside King Tut's tomb. The honey had been stored in these airtight tubs for more than 2,000 years!

    In 21st century B.C. Babylonia, honey was poured over the bolts used in the construction of sacred buildings. This is because honey was considered to be highly valued and was frequently used in sacred offerings.

    During the 17th century, European settlers to the American colonies used honey in the mixing of cement!

    Unique and Weird Honey and Honey Bee Facts

    Honey never spoils. As long as it is stored in an airtight container, honey will never spoil because it is inhospitable to bacteria growth. Part of the reason that honey is so inhospitable to bacteria growth is the presence of hydrogen peroxide within the honey. This hydrogen peroxide is the byproduct of the bee’s enzymes processing the glucose in the honey.

    The honey bees responsible for

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