HONEY INSIGHTS

This plant, which has about 10 separate species, has dark green, waxy, shiny leaves which glow red in the fall. It has white flowers and likes its roots to be in wet ground. Tupelo wood is great for carving because the sap wood is soft and able to hold finely-detailed carving. The best carving wood comes from the underwater base of the tree. In the U.S. this tree is cultivated specially for honey along the Gulf Coast. One particular area, the swamps along the Apalachicola River valley in Florida, produces the purest, most expensive Tupelo honey.

While we normally think of honey bees collecting nectar, an average-size colony may bring in 100 pounds of pollen in a season. 

Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is the phenomenon that occurs when the majority of worker bees in a colony disappear and leave behind a queen, plenty of food and a few nurse bees to care for the remaining immature bees and the queen.

Is it true that honey calms coughs better than cough medicine?

Local: the most confusing word in the honey business – what does Local mean?