My wife and I recently ordered your comb honey and we want to tell you, it is absolutely wonderful. I haven't had such tasty honey since my father had bees years ago. Your comb honey is so tender and so tasty, it doesn't compare to our local bottled honey.
Raymond Jones
Delray Beach, FL
| Our Bee Products Glossary Will Help You Recognize All of Our Honey Terms. This page is a free ecommerce glossary that has explanations for the terms from bee products you may encounter as you shop.This glossary has common words and definitions such as a Propolis definition. Below are basic definitions for the frequently-used bee terms: Honey: http://www.durhamsbeefarm.com/comb-honey.htm a natural product made from plant nectar by honeybees. Honey contains less than 18.5% moisture. The flavor and fragrance of honey are derived from the plant pigments in the nectar. The honeybees store it in the hive for food. Different flower blooms produce different honey in color and taste.
Nutrition: process by which animals take in and utilize nutrients. Honey Bees: social insects that form colonies consisting of a queen, drones, and workers. The colony can not survive without all three types of honeybees. Honeybees collect nectar and pollen for food which is stored in honeycomb made by the honeybees. Raw Honey: a term used to describe unprocessed honey that has not been heated or filtered. Another term is natural honey. Green Honey: nectar or partially cured honey in the comb that the bees have not finished evaporating the moisture to the final honey product. Honey Tree: a tree with an empty cavity where honeybees build a hive Honeycomb: http://www.durhamsbeefarm.com/comb-honey.htm comb structure made from wax the bees produce. The bees store their food (honey and pollen) and produce their young in the comb. Burr Comb: term applied to extra comb built on and around the hive where beekeeper doesn't want any comb. Comb Honey: http://www.durhamsbeefarm.com/comb-honey.htm honey in the comb; not extracted Propolis: http://www.durhamsbeefarm.com/propolis.htm a resinous substance gathered by the honeybees from deciduous tree bark and leaves. It is a sticky material that bees use to seal holes and cracks in their hive. Propolis reportedly has antibiotic, antioxidant, and antiviral properties. Propolis is very sticky in hot weather and very hard in cold weather. Bee Propolis: http://www.durhamsbeefarm.com/propolis.htm same as propolis Bee Glue: http://www.durhamsbeefarm.com/propolis.htm old beekeepers call propolis "bee glue"Royal Jelly: http://www.durhamsbeefarm.com/royal-jelly.htm a highly complex compound made by the worker bees exclusively for the nourishment and cultivation of the queen bee. It is this remarkable material that which transforms a common worker bee into a queen bee. It is a milky, pale yellow, creamy pudding-like material high in vitamins and minerals known to have antiseptic, antioxidant, and antimicrobial properties. Pollen: http://www.durhamsbeefarm.com/beepollen.htm the male seed of flowers created in the stamen within the blossoms of the plants. Natural Pollen: http://www.durhamsbeefarm.com/beepollen.htm refers to the form which the bees bring the pollen to the hive Bee Pollen: http://www.durhamsbeefarm.com/beepollen.htm refers to the pollen which is collected and stored by the bees in their hives. It is collected on the legs and formed into granules. It serves as the protein source for the bee diet. Bee pollen contains a variety of vitamins, minerals, amino acids (protein), enzymes, and hormones. Honey Bee Pollen: (hyperlink to http://www.durhamsbeefarm.com/beepollen.htm) same as bee pollen Raw Bee Pollen: same as natural pollen Body Energizer: Products of the hive are remarkable nutrients when taken as supplements can promote a significant increase in energy and stamina. Vitamins: organic substances that occur in many foods that are essential to the nutrition and normal metabolic functioning of the body. They may be water-soluble or fat-soluble. Vitamin Supplement: a supplement taken to complete the vitamin requirements of the body not met by the diet. Fat-Soluble Vitamin: those vitamins (A, D, E, and K) absorbed along with dietary fat that are not normally excreted in the urine and tend to be stored in the body in moderate amounts. Water-Soluble Vitamins: all the vitamins but the ones listed above that are soluble in water and are not stored in the body. Canker Sores: http://www.durhamsbeefarm.com/canker-rid.htm ulceration, chiefly of mouth and lips (see mouth ulcers) Mouth Sores: popular term for lesion of the mucous membranes of the mouth Mouth Ulcers: http://www.durhamsbeefarm.com/canker-rid.htm open lesion in the mouth produced by shedding of inflamed tissue, often very painful. (also called canker sores)Fever Blisters: http://www.durhamsbeefarm.com/propolis-cream.htm vesicles or small blisters on the borders of the lips or nose often associated with fever, although there are other factors such as common cold, sunburn, skin abrasions, emotional disturbances and stress that can trigger the outbreak. Bee Hive: the box in which beekeepers keep colonies of honeybees. Bee Swarm: a large number of honeybees accompanied by a queen bee leaving the mother colony to establish a new colony elsewhere. Swarming is the natural method of propagation of honeybees. Colony: a community of honeybees and their queen, with or without males, living together in a man-made or natural nest. The terms nest, hive, and colony are often used interchangeably. Queen Bee: the most important member of the honeybee colony which lays all of the eggs. the food she receives from the workers is mostly royal jelly which provides the nourishment necessary for her to lay so many eggs. (Larvae fed royal jelly develop into queens.) Worker Bees: a female bee whose reproductive organs are underdeveloped; well named "worker" because workers do all the work of the colony except laying eggs. Allergic Reaction: a systemic or general reaction to some compound, such as bee venom, characterized by itching all over (hives), breathing difficulties, sneezing, rapid loss of blood pressure, or loss of consciousness. Beeswax: the wax secreted by honeybees used to build their comb. Honeybees may consume 8 to 20 pounds of honey to produce 1 pound of wax. Capped Honey: honey in the comb that is cured or ripened to the proper moisture content is covered by the honeybee with a thin layer or "cap" of wax. Fermentation: a breakdown of honey caused by too high a moisture content (>18.5%) Wild Bees: bees living in hollow trees or buildings other than homes not prepared for them by man. A lot of people refer to bees as wild bees but they are the same species as the bees in a beekeepers hives.Feral Bees Bees living in structures other than man made. ...may also refer to bees other than honeybees.
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