Delicious UK - (04)April 2020

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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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