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RAWHONEYThisiswhatyou’dbuyfroma beekeeper.It’s
notheated,juststrainedtoremovebeeswaxanddebris,
andlikelycomesfromonesource.Mostcommercial
honeysarepasteurised,affectingthehoney’snutritional
propertiesandflavour.Theyalsoundergoultrafiltrationto
createa refined,clearer,liquidproductthat’sseenas
moreappealingtoshoppers.
A BLENDOFNON-EUHONEYSThisisa mixofvarious
honeysfromtheothersideoftheworldandisa mass-
produced,homogenisedproduct.
USEBYTHEYEAR 4000 Thankstoitshighsugarcontent,
sealedhoneyisunlikelytospoil(jarsofit werereportedly
foundinancientEgyptiantombsinediblecondition).
The top 3 honeybee facts
(for next time you’re doing a pub quiz...)
1
Honeybees have
built-in shopping
baskets (corbiculae, or
pollen baskets) on their
hind legs to help them
harvest pollen.
2
There are 20,000 or
so species of bee in
the world but only seven
species of honeybee. And
in the UK there’s only
one kind of honeybee.
3
Honeybees make
honey to live on over
the winter. Responsible
beekeepers don’t harvest
more honey than the
bees need to survive.
WORDS: PHOEBE STONE. ADDITIONAL PH
OTOGRAPHS: ANDREW MONTGOMERY,
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