Big Muddy
09-19-2016, 09:53 AM
Driving thru town a bit ago, I saw two guys in bee suits, removing the boards from a huge column off the front porch of one of the older homes at our local community college....I stopped at a distance, and watched them for a while, as they removed a honey bee hive from the inside of the column.
After they finished, one of the guys walked over to my truck, and we started talking....I mentioned that, in my younger days, us kids would rob bee hives, and would sit around chewing on the sweet waxy honeycombs....I must have looked malnourished to him;), so he went over and retrieved a slab of honeycomb, and brought it over to me.
It was about the size of a big skillet....I thanked him, and headed straight home....I squeezed out every drop of the honey, into a dish, then strained it thru a fine-screened paint filter....it yielded nearly 2 cups of beautiful clear honey.
I couldn't help myself, so I threw 2 biscuits in the oven, then lathered them with butter and that fresh sweet honey....it was 10 times sweeter and tastier than the store-bought stuff.
And, I've still got the honeycomb wax to chew on, later....it's full of pollen and even some little bee larvae....that's about as healthy and natural nourishment that there is !!!
My Dad ate about 1/2 cup of fresh honey, each day for as long as I can remember, and he lived to be 92 years old, so it must be good for you. ;)
After they finished, one of the guys walked over to my truck, and we started talking....I mentioned that, in my younger days, us kids would rob bee hives, and would sit around chewing on the sweet waxy honeycombs....I must have looked malnourished to him;), so he went over and retrieved a slab of honeycomb, and brought it over to me.
It was about the size of a big skillet....I thanked him, and headed straight home....I squeezed out every drop of the honey, into a dish, then strained it thru a fine-screened paint filter....it yielded nearly 2 cups of beautiful clear honey.
I couldn't help myself, so I threw 2 biscuits in the oven, then lathered them with butter and that fresh sweet honey....it was 10 times sweeter and tastier than the store-bought stuff.
And, I've still got the honeycomb wax to chew on, later....it's full of pollen and even some little bee larvae....that's about as healthy and natural nourishment that there is !!!
My Dad ate about 1/2 cup of fresh honey, each day for as long as I can remember, and he lived to be 92 years old, so it must be good for you. ;)