Archive for August, 2009

What’s So Special About Raw Honey?

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

It’s probably not too difficult to remember well what raw honey is when you associate it with uncooked vegetables and meat whereby any form of heating is avoided so as to preserve all the natural vitamins, enzymes and other nutritional elements. Raw honey is the concentrated nectar of flowers that comes straight from the extractor; [...]

Honey Storage Tips

Friday, August 28th, 2009

While one of the greatest facts on honey storage is that it doesn’t spoil even with no preservatives and additives, liquid honey is susceptible to physical and chemical changes during storage; it tends to darken and lose some of its aroma and flavor. Over time, liquid honey also tends to naturally crystallise and become lumpy. [...]

How do you know if honey is raw or not? And why should you care? Truly raw honey is strained, not filtered, and is processed without using any heat at all- in the same state it was when it left the hive. Raw honey is better for your health than honey that has been heated, [...]

There will come a time when you will be tired of those creams, those astringents and those drugs that claim to make you look younger. In your attempt to scratch some years off your skin, the frantic search for the perfect drug become harder. Advertising is everywhere; new products emerge almost every day. Even word-of-mouth [...]

Unless you are a beekeeper you are probably asking yourself right now, "What is Wax Foundation?" and "Why Do I Care?" Wax foundation is a thin sheet of beeswax that is embossed with the hexagonal shape that the bees naturally form for their honeycomb. The wax foundation is placed in a rectangular wooden frame with [...]

Healthy lifestyles can be considered quaint when we have new chemical plants making highly expensive new cures, sometimes for maladies not worth the effort. And the discovery that honey will cure a burn up to four days faster than the most powerful new cures for burns. So, using honey on a burn as the most [...]

There is a new kind of candle in town – the vegetable, soy and beeswax candle – and many people do not know how to burn it correctly. If the candle is not burned properly you will find the scent does not last as long and the candle may stop burning for you much sooner [...]

The Benefits of Active Manuka Honey

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

There are a number of benefits of active Manuka honey. It is used internally for a number of internal problems and has been proven to be very effective. It is also used in wound care and now it is found in a number of cosmetic products that are designed to keep your skin in the [...]