Old Honey

[old2soon]

I've been using Honey in my coffee now fer a Lot of years. My next door neighbor-nudder gnarly old Nam Vet-we inform one another when we have a dish of food we want the other to try. He makes a good tater soup and he likes my biscuits and gravy. Couple weeks ago he brought me a pint jar of Honey that I thought for a minute looked like black strap molasses. When I took a sample taste I was tasting trees-flowers and other "stuff" that were nice on the tongue. In my hot coffee more flavors were released. As near as he can figure the Honey could be between 70 and 85 years old. His Grandpa and his Dad are not around anymore to git the age of the Honey a bit more zeroed in. And he had forgotten he had it!  For you Honey lovers out there I duz wish there were a bit more to share-BUT when this are gone-it are GONE.  I'm using approx. 1 teaspoon full about every other week in a FUTILE attempt to stretch it out as long as possible. Ross-da prez-got some of this wonderful elixir cuz my Friend was sorry he didn't git to go to I-17. The FACT my friend is an old rider MIGHT have somethin to do with his decision to share with us. He no longer rides and he do MISS the Wind. RIDE SAFE.

[Patrick]

I'm also a fan of honey [ and the critters that make it]. Yours sounds like it might be buckwheat. Supposedly honey is a perfect/pure food with no expiration date.

[RainMaker]

Thought this was a post about an old girlfriend.  Never mind.

[old2soon]

I'm also a fan of honey [ and the critters that make it]. Yours sounds like it might be buckwheat. Supposedly honey is a perfect/pure food with no expiration date.

             I've had wheat Honey-place I loaded in Arkansas gave me a couple jars.  I was loaded-the trailer-with 55 gallon barrels of Honey that I took to K C. STILL tryin to figure How MANY bees it would take to fill one 55 gallon drum much less the ones I had on the trailer. Some years back-the 80s I believe-I found a roadside stand in California that had Honey with a hint of lemon. In Florida one time I found Honey with a hint of orange. My All time favorite is the Clover Honey I grew up with. Being as I'm not drivin 18 wheeler anymore my travels are some what limited these days. RIDE SAFE.

[hubcapsc]

Clover honey... Wheat honey...  I always heard that bees made their honey
all from the same kind of flowers, that's why we have these, and around here,
Sourwood honey...

What do the bees do when the Sourwood (or whatever) tree's blooming cycle
is over? Pack it in? Make a different kind of honey over in a different part of
the nest?

-Mike

[..]

I buy my honey here

http://www.mtnhoney.com/

[Serk]

STILL tryin to figure How MANY bees it would take to fill one 55 gallon drum

It takes about 556 worker bees to gather 1 pound of honey from about 2 million flowers.
It takes about 55,000 flight miles per gallon of honey.
One gallon of honey is about 12 pounds.

556 x 12 = 6,672 bees to make 1 gallon of honey.
6,672 x 55 = 366,960 bees to make 55 gallons of honey.
(And those bees would have to fly a total of 3,025,000 miles making that 55 gallons of honey.)

(Source of the info I used to calculate this - https://www.apexbeecompany.com/honey-bee-facts/ )

[RainMaker]

When you run out of the old honey, here's a new kind

http://www.hispotion.com/cannahoney-marijuana-42779

[Patrick]

We have quite a bit of Buckwheat honey around this area, we're kinda known for Buckwheat products.

I never had Tupelo honey until I was in the south about 15 or so years ago. My sweet tooth seems to be getter bigger as I age. I really like that stuff and always bring some back north.

[DirtyDan]

When you run out of the old honey, here's a new kind

http://www.hispotion.com/cannahoney-marijuana-42779

 

Dan

[Roidfingers]

We have quite a bit of Buckwheat honey around this area, we're kinda known for Buckwheat products.

I never had Tupelo honey until I was in the south about 15 or so years ago. My sweet tooth seems to be getter bigger as I age. I really like that stuff and always bring some back north.

She's as sweet as tupelo honey. And I always liked to bring some home. 

[Thunderbolt]

I have been using honey in my coffee and on cereal when I eat it for breakfast.  I like my coffee "doctored up" with half and half and some sort of sweetener.  Word has it that honey is good for your joints.  Seems to help mine.  I prefer clover honey.  I buy the largest containers at the store.

[MP]

STILL tryin to figure How MANY bees it would take to fill one 55 gallon drum

It takes about 556 worker bees to gather 1 pound of honey from about 2 million flowers.
It takes about 55,000 flight miles per gallon of honey.
One gallon of honey is about 12 pounds.

556 x 12 = 6,672 bees to make 1 gallon of honey.
6,672 x 55 = 366,960 bees to make 55 gallons of honey.
(And those bees would have to fly a total of 3,025,000 miles making that 55 gallons of honey.)

(Source of the info I used to calculate this - https://www.apexbeecompany.com/honey-bee-facts/ )

I'm tired out, just reading this! Wow.  Actually, I figured it would take more bees than that.

[Hook#3287]

Some honey was found in a 5500 year old tomb.

I'm hoping to harvest my first honey this weekend after losing my first hive last year.

Beekeeping is a challenge, but a cool hobby.

I enjoy sitting by the hive with a beer and cigar and watching "my girls" bust butt.

[Patrick]

Beekeeping is a challenge, but a cool hobby.

I enjoy sitting by the hive with a beer and cigar and watching "my girls" bust butt.
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They are neat little critters aren't they !  Too bad they are in such trouble.

[old2soon]

Friend of mine in Texas had a couple of hives in his backyard. First time I put the mesh on and used the smoker and help remove the frames-DOUBLEDAMNWOW. Bees ARE very nice to watch and harvesting what our winged friends produce-well I found new respect for bees and what they do. Far as the "chemical" companies waffling on their Responsibility-remember How LONG it took them to own up to agent orange in Nam and I believe they-chemical companies-did Not take Full responsibility. Just now seeing ads for the ingredients in round up causing problems to us-Humans. I expect more waffling on the chemical companies part(s). When you are a multi million or multi billion dollar company it's what you do-DENYDENYDENYDENY-joe blow six pack can't afford to fight em. RIDE SAFE.

[Patrick]

It was DDT, then Dioxin [colored agents, there were several not just orange], now Glyphosate, not to mention fertilizers. These companies will argue and buy politicians.

Most folks worry about air and water which has been cleaned up quite well because of Nixon's EPA. Now we need to worry about our soil and food products.

Studies seem to now show a relation between Glyphosate [ Round-Up, etc] and Alzheimers and Autism as well as some cancers.

[Valker]

I get my honey from a local here. Taste varies from batch to batch because of the types of flowers in bloom. Haven't found one I dislike yet.

[old2soon]

It was DDT, then Dioxin [colored agents, there were several not just orange], now Glyphosate, not to mention fertilizers. These companies will argue and buy politicians.

Most folks worry about air and water which has been cleaned up quite well because of Nixon's EPA. Now we need to worry about our soil and food products.

Studies seem to now show a relation between Glyphosate [ Round-Up, etc] and Alzheimers and Autism as well as some cancers.

                  Thanks-I was somewhat aware there were/are different chemicals involved And I've read more than once that our bee population IS in distress and decline. Can you imagine the DECLINE of our natural food sources should our bees disappear?  RIDE SAFE.

[Hook#3287]

It was DDT, then Dioxin [colored agents, there were several not just orange], now Glyphosate, not to mention fertilizers. These companies will argue and buy politicians.

Most folks worry about air and water which has been cleaned up quite well because of Nixon's EPA. Now we need to worry about our soil and food products.

Studies seem to now show a relation between Glyphosate [ Round-Up, etc] and Alzheimers and Autism as well as some cancers.

                  Thanks-I was somewhat aware there were/are different chemicals involved And I've read more than once that our bee population IS in distress and decline. Can you imagine the DECLINE of our natural food sources should our bees disappear?  RIDE SAFE.

  From what I understand, the wild honey bee population is almost nonexistent.  If not for the pollinator bee rental companies and the hobbyist beekeepers, we'd be f-ed. 

Luckily, there are a lot of people that enjoy beekeeping, both for fun and profit.  I happen to be in it for the fun part and to get some honey.  But seriously, what I've spent, I could have bought enough store bought honey to last my lifetime plus.

Pesticides are the major killer, but mites and other natural issues are to blame also.

[henry 008]

I'm really digging this honey, with a sting!

[..]

I'm really digging this honey, with a sting!

You might also like

http://www.totalwine.com/spirits/bourbon//watkins-select-maple-bourbon/p/135122750

[Serk]

If you like that, pick up a bottle of Celtic Honey (Used to be called Celtic Crossing)

Good stuff... Simple, not overly complex, but just yummy...

[Hook#3287]

Today I harvested 40 lbs.  Add the to the 15lbs I got in July and I'm up to 55lbs.

Still got two honey supers to harvest, should get another 20lbs or so.

[The emperor has no clothes]

Today I harvested 40 lbs.  Add the to the 15lbs I got in July and I'm up to 55lbs.

Still got two honey supers to harvest, should get another 20lbs or so.

Damn ! That's a lot of honey Bill.  Way to go. 

[Titan]

Today I harvested 40 lbs.  Add the to the 15lbs I got in July and I'm up to 55lbs.

Still got two honey supers to harvest, should get another 20lbs or so.

Wow! How many hives do you have?

[Hook#3287]

Today I harvested 40 lbs.  Add the to the 15lbs I got in July and I'm up to 55lbs.

Still got two honey supers to harvest, should get another 20lbs or so.

Wow! How many hives do you have?

  Just the one.

[Willow]

Today I harvested 40 lbs.  Add the to the 15lbs I got in July and I'm up to 55lbs.

Still got two honey supers to harvest, should get another 20lbs or so.

Wow! How many hives do you have?

  Just the one.

Busy bees.   

[Tailgate Tommy]

Dennis - I can't post what I'm thinking you were trying to communicate 

Hope you're doing well buddy!

[old2soon]

Dennis - I can't post what I'm thinking you were trying to communicate 

Hope you're doing well buddy!

             You ain't the Only one that thought that!  RIDE SAFE.

[Hook#3287]

Today I harvested 40 lbs.  Add the to the 15lbs I got in July and I'm up to 55lbs.

Still got two honey supers to harvest, should get another 20lbs or so.

I was wrong on my estimate, I got an additional 50 lbs last night.

[The emperor has no clothes]

Today I harvested 40 lbs.  Add the to the 15lbs I got in July and I'm up to 55lbs.

Still got two honey supers to harvest, should get another 20lbs or so.

I was wrong on my estimate, I got an additional 50 lbs last night.

wow !

[Jess from VA]

Old Honey?

[old2soon]

               Well today at breakfast I used THE very LAST teaspoon full of this Excellent elixir.  My Friend said he MAY have another jar about BUT I ain't agonna git my hopes up! I KNEW I was going to run out but I managed to stretch it a LOT further then I Thought I could. Ah well was EXTREMELY EXCELLENT while it lasted. RIDE SAFE.

[Oss]

Besides mites and chemicals if the bees leave the hive before the flowers bloom they are in big trouble as the food runs out fast keeping the queen warm and alive,  Think about keeping some extra honeycomb for the hive if we get a false spring again this year.

It may save the hive.

If I had more guts I would like to have a hive, thanks for doing what you are doing   We grow lots of flowers that the bees and butterflies go ape over,  Monarch butterflies were all over this year as well as the small bees,  not many yellow jackets which is fine by me and no black hornets  

I love red clover honey and tea as well. We pick quite a bit of red clover a few times a year on the side of the Taconic Parkway