The Differences in Honey

I really wasn't aware in these terms that there are so many different types of honey. But I did know that if you eat honey made by bees in your geographical location it can help you deal with allergies a lot better. If I put that with what you shared it simply makes sense that there are different types of plants in various regions that would offer various types of health benefits.. but here bees are free to go where ever so it would be difficult to make sure the honey was purely made from one particular type of flower or plant pollen!

I think the type and taste of honey produced depends on the types of flowers that are available to bees in a certain place or location.

A lot of "honey" is brought in from overseas including China.Most know that China doesnot have a very good rating when it comes to selling food roducts and their "honey" is no exception. It can carry many chemicles that are harmful to the human. You cannot tell if "honey" has come from China or any place else unless you get domestic honey. The Chinese will filter out the polin and other good things so that it cannot be id using DNA to test where the pollen comes from but will sell to other countries that then sell to the USA. It is not required to be put on the packaging as to how much pollen and what kinds of pollens are in the "honey". This is lies in packaging because real honey has pollens in it and the Chinese (and certain other countries) filter out what makes honey, honey.

We have apple blossom honey, clover honey, and a really dark honey in the fall, but since we don't know anyone in our area who grows buckwheat, we're not sure what it is. I suspect it's vegetable honey or maybe tree honey since there are a lot of pollen from veggies and trees toward the end of the summer and beginning of the fall. But since bees can travel great distances and there could be buckwheat we don't know about, we can't rule it out. Rye is grown here and some people are starting to grow wheat. Hay is what most people have in the fall as well as goldenrod, but I would think those would be lighter. I'll have to check out and find the Neem honey. That one I didn't know about. My entire family needs to eucalyptus one, but we use the oil in steam for sinus problems. Our stores mostly sell clover and buckwheat. Our neighbor sells us what grows here and is in season. That I prefer to help keep my allergies down. Very good topic, I'm sure you educated a lot of people here today. The Adirondack Beekeepers Association in my area has some great educational days here.

Yes, I knew there were many different kinds. I didn't know they were good for different things. I do know that we are losing our bees. They are using pesticides that confuse the bees and they don't make it back to the hive and die of exhaustion. I thought that was horrific.

You have listed types of trees and plants! What has this got to do with honey that comes from bees? I am totally confused with what you appear to be saying. Every type you specifically mentioned is "manufactured".

I hadn't heard of all of them, so thanks for listing them. I am a great fan of natural, unpasteurized honey which still has all the goodness in it. Cooked honey has had, as you say, all the benefits and healing properties destroyed. Honey has a lot of other uses, too. It's a great antibiotic and helps heal cuts and scrapes as well wounds where the skin tends to dry out. Roman soldiers used to use it to heal battle wounds. Honey is good for a sore throat and can help heal some skin problems, too. Great food!

There are different kinds of honey and taste varies depending on the place bees are and the blossoms they use to make theit honey. In my country there is a native tree that grows in the south called "ulmo". The ulmo honey is the most seeked: it´s awesome.

i am not much into honey i can take it or leave it.. it is not something we keep very often.. my mom use to sear by a honey tonic she would make using water honey and vinegar she would get a glass full of water and add a teaspoon full of honey and a teaspoon full of vinegar and she seemed in pretty good health.. not sure if she still does it.. i made it once it tasted pretty good.. im more into vinegar the i am honey. but if you like it , you shoudl at least buy one from your card and try it ..if i had the extra money i would .. take care..

In my place here, there are not many type of honey that i know, it just whether it is pure or adultered honey .THe adultered honey are already mix with sugar rocks and such and also to made them thicker and hence more cheaper, while the original royal jelly it is much more expensive. PErsonally i don like honey too much , because it cause my throat to be itchy and form phlegm.

Down in Florida I am sure there are more than 2 types but the names that come to mind here in Florida is Orange Blossom Honey or can be known as Citrus Honey since the bees get the nectar from the Orange blossoms off the Orange trees. The other honey is Tupelo honey. Tupelos are valued as honey plants in the southeastern United States, particularly in the Gulf Coast region. They produce a very light, mild-tasting honey. In northern Florida, beekeepers keep beehives along the river swamps on platforms or floats during tupelo bloom to produce certified tupelo honey, which commands a high price on the market because of its flavor. Monofloral honey made from the nectar of N. ogeche has such a high ratio of fructose to glucose that it does not crystallize. The Apalachicola River in the Florida Panhandle is the center for tupelo honey. The honey is produced wherever tupelo trees (three species) bloom in southeastern USA, but the purest and most expensive version (which is certified by pollen analysis) is produced in this valley. In a good harvest year, the tupelo honey crop produced by a group of specialized Florida beekeepers has a value approaching US$1,000,000. I really like Tupelo Honey over buying any in the stores. Really gives your tea a good flavor. Now I am off to make a cup of tea with honey in it!

Wow, I'm a fan of honey, but didn't really know about all those extra benefits! Sadly, I don't know where to get raw honey from! I do not rely on industrial honey that much, but it's the only alternative I have, so I always get the most expensive one. LOL

I would like to try different kinds of honey. Where I live, acacia and linden honey is available, the rest would a bit more difficult to find and not really affordable. I usually buy honey from a couple who live in our neighborhood, they keep their own bees and produce mixed flower honey - for now this is perfect, at least I know it's real honey and was not mixed up with sugar.

hey tech, honey has many uses, besides almost all honey has minerals and vitamins and antioxident property, They can be use to eat or apply on wounds, skin or hairs, they mainly contain frutose and has low glycemic value ther by they can be given to diabetes mellitus patience.

Hi nail Indonesia is rich of honey too we have so many forest where bee can produce it there is wild forest honey, the color used to be black and flower honey where the color used to be gold brown but there is so many fake honey out there