A Tasting Tour of U.S. Honey Varieties
There are many choices when it comes to sweeteners. However, no other
sweetener has as many varieties as honey. Honey is pure, all natural, and was first
sweetener known to man. Honey is made when a bee changes the composition of nectar
by adding moisture and enzymes. The product is then stored in bee combs and covered
with bees wax.
Honey comes in many shapes, colors, and has a variety of flavors. Different types
of honey come from different types of flowers. If there is an area with a large
amount of one type of flower, a bee will produce honey with a flavor and color of the
plant. In areas with various types of flowers, bees will produce natural blends of honey.
Flavors of honey stretch from bland tastes to sweet pleasant ones. Honey colors can range
from a light golden color to dark brown depending on the flower. Darker honey means it
is a different taste, not that it is low quality.
Different forms of honey are produced and sold in stores. Comb honey is a filled
beeswax comb and is stored directly by the bees. Liquid honey is produced by clipping
the wax off of the comb and extracting the honey from the cells. Creamy granulated
honey is made by mixing granulated honey with liquid honey. Chunk honey is comb
honey in a jar, covered with liquid honey.
There are many common types of honey in the United States. Alfalfa honey is a
light colored honey that comes from purple blossoms and has a mild taste. Honey from
a dark avocado blossom is avocado honey. Blueberry honey is taken from the blueberry
bush which has tiny flowers. Blueberry is sweet and has somewhat of a tart taste.
Fireweed is a honey light in color. This comes from a perennial herb found in Northern
and Pacific states. Honey with a distinctive taste, golden color, and green cast is tupelo
honey. Tupelo honey has a high fructose content, so it takes longer to granulate than
other honeys. Wildflower honey is honey that is undefined at could have come from
several different flowers. Sourwood honey comes from the sourwood tree which can
grow up to 60 feet tall. Sourwood trees mostly grow and the mountains and can be found
in Northeast Georgia. This honey has a sour taste. Maple honey is very sweet and tastes
St. John's Wort scientifically known as Hypericum Perforatum, an herbal remedy generally used to treat depression, is making a rise throughout Europe and the United States. St. John's Wort is a perennial plant that produces abundant yellow flowers and grows naturally throughout much of the world, including specifically in northern California, southern Oregon, and Colorado. It usually flowers on “sunlight hills and forest edges” during the summer, between June and August. It was named after St. John the Baptist and is often harvested and in full bloom around St. John's Day, June 24.
A plant with opposite leaves, white to dark gold flowers in the spring, and tiny red berries in the fall, emerge to be the Amur Bush Honeysuckle. The root of the Honeysuckle is from birds planting the seeds. Amur Bush Honeysuckle is an extremely invasive plant species that was brought over from Asia, to southern Ohio in the late 1950s, however, it is a non-native species (harvard.edu, 1997). This plant grows at rapid speeds with a large ability to reseed. When Honeysuckle is planted it tends to take over uncontrollably and decrease the growth of other species around it. Honeysuckle usually flourishes near water or roadways. In other words, Honeysuckle is very plentiful and invasive in some areas, but negatively impacts the environment, water quality, and other organisms.
guards to take care of the beehive. These bees are usually very old and with a lot of
“We lived for honey. We swallowed a spoonful in the morning to wake us up and one at night to put us to sleep. We took it with every meal to calm the mind, give us stamina, and prevent fatal disease. We swabbed ourselves in it to disinfect cuts or heal chapped lips” (Kidd
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Reinke, Beth Bence. "How Sweet It Is: Sorting Out Sweeteners." CBN. The Christian Broadcasting Network, 2014. Web. 29 Apr. 2014.
Their range starts from the western slope of the Cascade Range in north-central Oregon all the way to the Sierra San Pedro Martir in Baja California. Most of its distribution is centered from the Klamath and Siskiyou mountains and on western slopes of the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada. Smaller patches also occur on the coast of southern Oregon and California, transverse ranges of southern California, and east of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada crests. Nearly 80% of its distribution is in California. (Habeck)
Goldenrod is common name for certain related plants of the composite family. The Canada goldenrod is really “Solidago canadensis”. They are typical autumn flowers of the United States that grow in a great variety of habitats: woods, meadows, hills, and rocky ground. For many years goldenrod was considered a major cause of hay fever, but experiments with goldenrod pollen have indicated that it is virtually harmless. It is so heavy that certain types of bugs actually have to lift it out. It is the state flower of Kentucky and Nebraska.
The best action the public can take to improve honey bee survival is not to use pesticides indiscriminately. In particular, the public should avoid applying pesticides during mid-day hours, when honey bees are most likely to be out foraging for nectar and pollen on flowering plants. In addition, the public can plant pollinator-friendly plants—plants that are good sources of nectar and pollen such as red clover, foxglove, bee balm, joe-pye weed, and other native plants.
All around the world honeybees are vanishing at an alarming rate, according to the documentary Vanishing of the Honeybees. This film features two commercial bee keepers and their fight to preserve their bee numbers. David Hackenburg was the first commercial bee keeper to go public the bee population was decreasing. Approximately two billions bees have vanished and nobody knows the reason why. Honeybees are used all across America to help pollinate monoculture crops like broccoli, watermelon, cherries, and other produce. Without the honeybees the price for fresh and local produce would be too much money. According, to this film commercial bee keeper’s help fifteen billion dollars of food get pollinated by commercial
In Virginia 2009, was a young first grade girl who just moved from Georgia. One of the first sights she saw were the fragile honeysuckles. The first day at her new school was surprisingly, amazing. She made new friends and one of them even invited her to the boy scout trail where everyone had adventures. The honeysuckles were there again and this girl would always remember that moment of being truly happy after moving. I have always loved the environment them so many years ago. The aroma a honeysuckle emits is heavenly, making it take me back to those happy and confusing memories. My friend took me to the boy scout trail,during recess would go to the boy scout trail and we would see the cattails and the stream with it’s calm manner. Not only
A habitat is a place or environment in which plants and animals live. They differ based on the climate, geographical location and the organisms that live within it. What is so fascinating about these habitats is that they are all catered to the needs of the organisms that live within them. Each one has its unique characteristics and allows those organisms to carry out their needed functions. These complex characteristics are very detailed and important for the survival of the inhabitants. An example of this is the habitat of the honeybee, which is the beehive. A beehive is the enclosed structure used by honeybees in order to store honey and pollen. It is made up of wax walls, which consist of repeating six sided shapes and are used to harvest honey. The hexagon shape is very precise and used naturally by all honeybees. This is because it is considered the most efficient way to construct the beehive. As a result, all bees use it as a part of their natural instinct.
Blue Elderberry (Sambucus nigra subspecies caerulea) is a tall shrub with beautiful lacy clusters of tiny white flowers that look like snowflakes. This fascinating medicinal and edible wild plant grows in North America, Europe, western Asia, and North Africa. In California, the elder grows in wet places below 3000 meters and is a resident of Sonoma County and Bodega Bay. Once pollinated by insects, especially hoverflies, the flowers ripen into round black berries coated with a white wax. The berry clusters resemble constellations of little bluish planets (picture). We have two species of elder in California: blue and red. The red elder (Sambucus racemosa) is not customarily used and is said to be poisonous, although I know a very wise old herbalist who makes jam and medicine of the red berries without
Lonicera Japonica ( the scientific name of the plant) used to be only found in Japan and East asia. This Honeysuckle is quite a beautiful plant with milky white flowers. The flowers turn yellow as they age (fcps.edu). The leaves donn a dark green color and to finish it off, they sprout black berries. And This plant can grow in either a vine or bush form(fcps.edu). There more often seen and known is it's deadly vine form. As the name implies, the Japanese Honeysuckle is native to Japan. But since it's got to America it has become quite invasive. The Japanese Honeysuckle is known
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