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| Ivy |
 Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:59 pm |
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KittyB wrote: Fascinating - yes, boring - no!
We're thinking of asking our neighbour - a farmer and bee keeper - for some advice about having a couple of hives. If the honey would help H's hayfever and I could see him suffer less it would be worth it for that alone!
Kitty it worked for me and son hasn't had hey fever this year, but we also had auto immunisation a couple of years ago. (Autohaemotherapie) |
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| Frances |
| Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:41 pm |
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Tiggy, your post certainly has drawn many readers. The entire topic of honey and vanishing bees is fascinating.
I do want to let you know that I did go to my market and get some New
Zealand clover honey. It's delicious, and I am going to add it to breakfast oatmeal in lieu of the former sprinkling of brown sugar.
So look forward to even more trading of information on this thread.
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| Faith |
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:15 am |
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| Thanks Tiggy for reminding me about honey - I do have a jar of Manuka but need to take it more regularly. I first read about the magic of honey in Barbara Cartland's book of the same name. I had a copy as a teenager and goodness knows what happened to it, but I got another one from ebay. It's a tiny little book but very informatiive - if written in her rather romantic sugary style. I suspect we could all benefit from taking more honey. One thing in the book that might be useful to know is that she recommends two large teaspoons of honey at bedtime for insomnia. Miss Cartland did live til she was 98 or 99 I believe so its a good advert for honey! |
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| Cait |
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:03 pm |
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| Yes, honey does make you feel relaxed and sleepy. What a wonderful substance it is, I take a good teaspoon every morning in my tea. |
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| Ivy |
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:39 pm |
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| Don't store honey for too long. It may not go off ,but the benificial substances work best when fresh. At least that is what an old beekeeper told me ( and no he wasn't making money with his bees or trying to sell honey to me) |
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| Salle de Bain |
| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:42 am |
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Great article Tiggy....
....I have Total Greek yoghurt and Boyne Valley honey for my breakfast each day. They actually do an ACTIVE 10+ Manuka Honey now. Decided to read the label having been inspired by your article. It mentions this NZ university and their ongoing research into Manuka.
www.waikato.ac.nz/news/index.shtml?article=1087
Incidentally, I never get colds....don't know if that has anything to do with the honey? |
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| Preseli Mags |
| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:24 pm |
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Actually I have always been a little confused as to which Manuka honey to buy and which strength. It is a premium product and the price tag reflects this! Which is the best grade to buy for medicinal purposes (and does adding it to whisky and water count as 'medicinal' - or is that sacrilege on all counts?  ) |
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| Salle de Bain |
| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:01 pm |
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Hope it does count as 'medicinal' PM...and then we (in this household) will have a justification for mixing a good old hot toddy on many a winter's night. Bit o' ginger, honey, cinammon, lemon juice and a BIG shot of Jamieson's....mmmmm.....can't be beat in my opinion.
Oh dear...I think I feel a bit snuffly....bit of a cold coming on (not) . |
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| Tiggywinkle |
| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:45 pm |
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Thank you for your participation and interest in this topic. It is one of my super foods. Raw honey is best, and Manuka honey if you need to really boost your immune system and are prone to bacterial infections.
There is ongoing research into the benefits of honey, and some of the old folk cures are being introduced into main stream medicine. Thank you for the link, Salle. I love clover honey Frances, and will probably talk about clover at some time. PM My Winter night drink is a hot whiskey with honey and lemon added. A Lemsip added if I feel a bit off, and does its job overnight.
I remember Barbara Cartland's book, Faith. She always amused me, but while being Ditsy, she was highly intellegent Dame, highly commercial, but a good pioneer in the field of Nutrition. I found it hard to believe she took the amount of supplements she claimed to take.
I will finish this topic with a few words on the other apiary products.
Royal Jelly: It a secretion of the nurse bees, fed to the young worker bees for three days. The queen bee is fed on it for life.
Pollen: It is a dusty material on the stamens of flowers, which sticks to their bodies while collecting the nectar. It is the bees source of Protein.
Propolis: It is the substance produced from the resin gathered from trees. It is sticky and used by the bees to stick and gleu holes in the hives.
Each of these products are rich in Vitamins, and have their own claims, but since I am middle of the road, I feel a good raw honey has all you need. Royal Jelly is particularly rich in the B Vitamins especially Vitamin B5, and was extremely fashionable a couple of years ago.
I would not recommend taking Pollen Tablets separately without supervision, as People who have allergies can have an allergic reaction to it. I hate to see people flying out and buying all sorts of Vitamins and stressing themselves. Lets just fuel our bodies with good food choices.
My next article will be about food in general, and then on to a very important subject - Digestion and elimination.
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| Camilla |
| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:55 am |
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Thank you Tiggy, so very informative, could you please tell me if ordinary Honey is just as good, either the clear or the thick type of Honey one can buy over the counter.
Will be interested to learn of the Indigestion topic next Tiggy, I suffer with this lately.
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| Lawyerlady |
| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:15 pm |
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| great article Tiggy...my daughter hasn't had hayfever at all this year since having a spoonful of honey every day for the past two years and she used to suffer terrible with it. Please can we have your recipe for the honey shake, would really like to try that. We get our honey from a friend but sadly she has lost 12 hives this year to disease...we really need to do more to tackle this problem as without the bees....... |
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| Tiggywinkle |
| Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:35 pm |
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LL Awful for your friend to lose so many hives. It is a serious situation. Good to hear honey has worked for your daughter.
Camilla, the more expensive the honey the better. Through filtering, blending, and pasturization many good nutrients are lost. Better to take 1 teaspoon of good honey a day. |
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| Camilla |
| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:45 am |
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Thank you Tiggy, yes, I agree, I do take good honey daily now, but I love it soo much I often have more than 1 teaspoonful, is this too much do you think for daily intake?
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| Tiggywinkle |
| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:11 pm |
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| Not at all Camilla. A teaspoon of honey is a quick pick me up as it goes straight into the blood stream. If you are having problems with digestion. Sip a teaspoon of honey and 1 teasp of cider vinegar in a little warm water with your meals. I will be talking about the acid/Alkaline balance in the system soon. |
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| Twiglet |
| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:57 pm |
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| Fascinating post Tiggy and everyone who commented. I have always used honey and lemon for coughs and sore throats since I was tiny. Is honey and cider vinegar supposed to be good for arthritis? |
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