I've loved the taste of honey as long as I can remember. My first known experience with it was as a four year old in Oregon, when my grandmother would make me toast with crunchy peanut butter and honey in the morning. I can honestly say I've had an affection for bees since watching them dance around the clover-covered grass at my childhood playground. As an adult, honey is always my preferred choice of sweetener for drinks, cooking and baking. There are, of course, many options when it comes to perusing the grocery store shelf. Orange blossom, clover, alfalfa, blended, raw, filtered...the options go on. Which brings me to manuka honey. Manuka honey is not currently a mainstream product, yet its benefits abound and can aid us all. While the typical honey varietals have many uses outside the kitchen, manuka honey is considered by many to be the bees' knees. Active manuka honey is pure, raw, natural, unpasteurized, and naturally organic. It is collected from the manuka flower in only a few places in New Zealand. Manuka honey has been cold slung (extracted from the comb without heating), and is creamy and delicious. In addition to its use in tea, cooking and beauty regimens, manuka honey can help increase energy levels and general well-being. It is also used to help soothe and heal...
- sore throat
- cold or cough
- sinus infection
- flu symptoms
- infection from a cut or scrape
- canker sore
- cold sore
- fever blister
- stomach ulcer
As responsible consumers, we must be mindful that colony collapse disorder has become a worldwide crisis, and it's vitally important now more than ever to buy organic when possible, and to support local beekeeping and bee products. Go bees!
