Gertie
|
Local HoneyJust wondering, if anyone keeps bees and produces honey for sale.
The reason I ask this is that last week I bought some local honey from our village pub.
It's absolutely gorgeous I haven't had good quality honey for years - I'm used to the mass produced cr*p sold in supermarkets.
Would be interested to hear your comments.
|
ejc-free
|
We do - in a east herts - the interesting thing is since eating local honey - and also honey with bits of comb in it - hubby hasn't suffered from hay fever and he used to get it really badly. He didn't even have a problem when we had rape seed planted in the fields at the bottom of the garden.
I highly recomend it
|
Bugs
|
That's really interesting, I've often read about the local honey preventing hay fever but yet to hear of someone who has definitely done it.
How long have you been keeping bees for, and are you fairly rural or do you have other houses close by? I'm guessing the former from the rape field. I'm asking how long you've done it for because I'm interested in how to get in to it myself - probably not for a couple of years yet but it's always interesting to hear the different ways people do things 
|
Gertie
|
I agree with you, Bugs.
The reason I posted this thread because the honey I bought (£2 for a 1lb(er, whatever in metric) is gorgeous.
I'm going to get this on a regular basis (great, especially as the nearest stockist is at the end of our road at the pub - well, you just can't go in a pub asking for honey can you!!) 
I'd rather buy local produce.
I'd also be interested to hear your comments about bee-keeping, ejc-free.
|
ejc-free
|
Sorry - I'm not the bee keeper - just a fan of her honey. The hives are further up the farm track where we live and also in her garden which although large is in the centre of our smallish village. The farm is arable and grows a mixture of things - there are also numerous fruit trees and gardens within easy reach - so the bees have plenty of choice.
The honey is fabulous.
|
Marigold123
|
| Bugs wrote: | That's really interesting, I've often read about the local honey preventing hay fever but yet to hear of someone who has definitely done it.
How long have you been keeping bees for, and are you fairly rural or do you have other houses close by? I'm guessing the former from the rape field. I'm asking how long you've done it for because I'm interested in how to get in to it myself - probably not for a couple of years yet but it's always interesting to hear the different ways people do things |
Bugs, I'd love to keep bees too, but like you, that's probably a little way down the line for me.
My kids consume tons of honey, usually the supermarket cr*p kind. We occasionally get better stuff, and then they'll try to eat it 3 meals a day - I have to put my foot down very firmly!
I've also heard about locally produced honey helping to prevent hayfever. I'd be interested to hear whether there are other people who've experienced this, too.
|
Gertie
|
As I don't suffer often from hayfever (I only get it once every fewyears!  ) I'm not sure how reliable this would be. Only thing I know Marigold is that our locally produced honey is gorgeous - I'm addicted to the set honey at the moment.
|
sugarplumhalle
|
I dont have bee's myself and dont know really if i ever would (allergic to wasp stings so although Bee stings won't harm me i'm still a bit frightened of them).
However, a farm near my old house used to produce the best honey i have EVER tasted, so good in herbal tea or strawberries dipped in it... not very informative for your question though sorry!..
I have yet to find honey in my area that I can buy which is half as good... so if you find a good supplier, please let me know!
|
wellington womble
|
The honey/hayfever theory is kind of sound - the idea is it works like a vaccination, exposing you to small amounts of local pollen and getting you desensitised to it.
however, as hayfever is already an immune reaction, and it occurs in your mucous membranes, digesting a load in your tummy would not seem to make a lot of difference. it doesn't work for me, anyway.
However, it is highly unlikely to do you any harm, and is very nice, so I'd have any excuse to munch on local honey and toast every morning! When I can find it, anyway.
|
