Peace and joy What do you really know about your honey?

PEACE AND JOY—HOW MUCH DO YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR HONEY?

No, this isn’t one of those pop culture surveys found in People Magazine...It’s not a Sunday feature in Parade—it’s really about honey.  

today I used about 3 tablespoons of real raw honey.  I used one for my cereal.  I spooned some on a couple slices of toast.  The third? I didn’t put it on anything on purpose.Somehow a little found itself on the counter.  Some found its way to a spot on the sink. A dab wound up on the left side of my t-shirt.  Finally, alittle spec somehow made it to the bottom of the arm of my rocking chair.  

However, as irritating as this can be I manage the same thing with pancake syrup from time to time and it is not nearly as healthy, not as amazing.  

Now just before I mention all the amazing. Things about honey and the creatures. That create it I want to  file a cautionary note.

I was okay when  they made Honey Comb cereal because it was only in the shape of  the honey comb.  they didn’t pretend to be real honey bits etc.  Then we started  going a little  overboard.  There is “honey’ Nut Cheerios I have never found them to taste like honey or found any nuts in them.  If they indeed contain honey it must be like 7 drops per every 413 pounds of the stuff.  Then we have “Honey” Bunches of Oats—neither honey nor Oats are measured by the “bunch”. bananas, grapes, and the Bradys— they can lay claim to the “bunch” designation but not cereal.  If you put honey on a slice of bread would it become a bunch of bread?  if you drizzled some on a pan of rolls would it become a bunch and  of course we bake some ham with honey but we don’t call it “Honey Bunches of Hog.”  

Okay back to the  realities of honey and some things  you should know.  

Honey sealed in an air tight  container will never spoil.  Honey  recovered from ancient times that remained sealed was deemed  completely  healthy and unimpacted by 3000 years of human history.  

A single hive of bees can produce  about 100 pounds of honey per year which is about enough for 3.2 billion boxes of. Honey Nut Cheerios —just kidding I made that up. But it could be true.  

Here are some things. That are true.  

So if you are not impressed by the amount of honey consider this.  To produce 1 pound of honey bees must collect nectar from about 2 million flowers and fly approximately 55,000 miles.  So we’re talking a lifetime’s amount of work for about 800 bees.  

Honey is good medicine.  It is both antiseptic (can seal a cut etc and antibiotic—germs won’t grow in it.  Not all bees make honey.  There are about 20,000 types of bees  on the planet, however, only about  7 are known to  make honey.  So if you think you have some lazy relatives or coworkers think about these bees that are taking credit for this good stuff and so few of them are doing all the work!  

Bees have been making  honey for about  100 million years and some wasps  make a little honey due to somewhat common genetics.  

Finally even if you don’t like honey—you’d better respect the honey making process.  As bees fly around gathering up this and that, they pollenate other plants and are responsible for helping grow about 1/3 (yes 33%) of all the food we eat.  

So to sum up let’s stop  disrespecting honey by. Saying  something has it when it doesn’t really.  BTW I had some Honey Nut. Frosted Flakes the other day (Tony the tiger  sold out?  Not  Grrrrr ate.

Bees work hard to bring us this remarkable  substance and  the process is important because it makes the  whole plant kingdom better.

I wonder if  humans thought a little more about. Process and the benefits  of working hard on process they  would improve the world in a similar way?  I don’t know but the effort might  create a very positive buzz.

Yep