MetaFilter posts tagged with honey

Healthy Honey

AzraelBrown — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:01:12 -0800

When it was found in Ancient Egyptian tombs, it looked fresh - so somebody tasted it. Honey can last thousands of years without spoiling, a remarkable feat for a foodstuff. These antibacterial and antioxidant qualities of honey have been applied to food preservation for years, but the medical community is just beginning to look closely at how this can be used to assist in healing. In particular, Honey from Australia and New Zealand seems most successful in helping large wounds heal without infection. This is due to particular plants that the bees frequent, which provide greater antibacterial qualities to the honey. The FDA has even approved honey-infused bandages for use in healing. After the buzz of medicinal leeches and medical maggots, I'm glad there's a natural therapy that doesn't creep people out.

Antibiotics in organic vegetables and honey

stbalbach — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:37:57 -0800

Worried about antibiotics in your beef? Organic vegetables (and pirated honey) may be no better. 90% of animal antibiotics are excreted as dung which is then used as fertilizer. The amounts are smaller but cumulative, particularly in potatoes, lettuce.

Honey Horrors

GenjiandProust — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:51:39 -0800

Want to learn more about the sordid world of international honey production and distribution? The Seattle Post-Intelligencer tells... well, not all, but enough. The first story is my favorite, but there is something to alarm everyone.

Where my bees at?

Hands of Manos — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:04:13 -0800

Häagen-Dazs wants you to know they are concerned about the disappearance of honeybees through a nice little flashed website. But we all know that the real reason our bees are disappearing is because of that damned hip hop music.

Mead Day 2008

maurice — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:59:50 -0800

Saturday is Mead Day, a day to make, drink, and celebrate mead (honey wine). There's an official recipe but if that doesn't strike your fancy you can select from lots of other recipes. Browse some historical recipes or try making the designed-for-beginners Joe's Ancient Orange. Mead making can be easy or complicated but there are mailing lists, discussion boards, and books to help you out. Don't want to try making mead? Maybe you can order online. Or maybe there's a meadery near you.

Voice of the Hive

illuminatus — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:09:57 -0800

Voice of the Hive is a collection of informative and well-written stories about honeybees. Half of the tales are told from a human beekeeper's perspective, and are filled with valuable knowledge for potential hobbyists. The other half are compelling vignettes of a single bee's life -- widely diverse and compelling, told from each individual bee's perspective. The two elements come together to paint a fascinating picture of this noble insect's existence.

The Honey, The Power, The Light

finite — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:33:42 -0800

"To never stop fighting means not knowing victory / So give me blank books to fill up with history" sing Adam Kline and Joanna Newsom in The Honey, The Power, The Light [youtube] The band is Golden Shoulders, and the 2002 album that this song is from is Let My Burden Be. Their website has mystery meat navigation so here are direct links to the faq and four songs you can download. And wikipedia.

clevershark — Thu, 11 Oct 2001 20:09:29 -0800

The honey with a little extra sting... The BBC tells us how, after all these years and all the money spent, Al-Qaeda's coffers continue to bankroll "schools" and terror camps.