With all this killer hornet talk, all I can think about are the bees and the amazing product they make. Honey. We all know it. It’s been used since the beginning of time. However, do we knowwww about how fantastic honey actually is?! Bees have produced honey the same way, and have not had to evolve due to their production style just working. Now that’s a flawless business plan.
To understand honey, lets dive into how it is made. Bees collect flower nectar from on average two million flowers which gets broken down into simple sugars inside the honeycomb to create one pound of honey. The iconic hexagonal shape of honeycombs and constant fanning of bees wings cause evaporation which creates scrumptious liquid honey. On average, bees produce 2-5 pounds of honey in the hive per day. HOWEVER, the average bee will make only 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime. Talk about teamwork!
Color and flavor vary by where nectar is collected. For instance, honey made from orange blossoms or lavender tends to be lighter in color whereas honey from wildflower tends to have a darker, amber color. There are slight variants in nutritional factors of honey depending on where the nectar is collected and what type of flowers it is from.
According to, Abbott, Charles Nash (1881), British Bee Journal & Bee-keepers Adviser (as a honey/bee nerd you surely know this Bee-Bible) hives produce on average 65 pounds of surplus honey per year! Beekeepers harvest the excess honey, scrape off remaining wax or other particles, bottle it and send it off to arrive in your kitchen!
It is a natural sweetener, sore throat soother, and energizer. Honey contains a wide array of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and antioxidants. Honey is chalk full of flavonoids and phenolic acids, which act as antioxidants boosting immunity and promoting anti-aging, which is why it is also found in various natural skincare products! (Check out Farmacy Beauty for amazingggg ethically produced honey based skincare). Honey is used in many ayurvedic practices for wound healing, and soothing properties topically and internally.
Honey is an incredible sugar substitute for those who are looking for a vitamin boost or to use less ingredients! Fermented honey creates a delicious, gluten free alcoholic beverage mead! Honey enhances our unsweetened acai flavor and adds just a little sweet kiss to your bowls!
Make our ICONIC black tea honey macchiato at home!
Ingredients:
1 cup ice
2 oz black coffee
2 oz black tea
Your favorite plant-based milk
1. Drizzle honey on the sides and leave a light coat of honey at the bottom of the cup.
2. Fill the cup with ice
3. Pour 2 oz black tea, 2 oz coffee, and fill the remainder of the cup with your fave mylk
4. Add an extra drizzle of honey on top to sink.
***Pro tip get fancy and add a drop of lavender essential oil***
Keep in mind that honey, although not on the Dirty Dozen should be bought organic because the organic certification means that the honey was raised ethically and sustainably. So you know you are purchasing from good farmers with good practices! More often than not, beauty products with the green leaf or that state “organic” include the honey practice.
