What is honey

Flower honey

Natural flower honey is divided into two types: monoflerny and poliflerny. The difference between them is that poliflerny honey bees make from various plants honey plants, whereas in the composition of mono honey nectar dominated by any one plant. There are many plants that produce nectar collected by bees, and depending on their type there are several Botanical varieties of honey, each of which differs from the other as aroma and taste.

For anybody not a secret that the taste of honey depends on the place in which it was produced. But equally influenced by other factors. The importance of the composition of the soil in which plants grow; what breed of bees; the time at which nectar is collected; and the weather of the region, on whose territory the process of obtaining honey.

For example, the drier and hotter the weather, the drier makes the honey and the faster the structure, the processes of crystallization. Accordingly, the greater the concentration of moisture in the region, the more soft and gooey makes the honey.

From what breed of bees collecting nectar, depends on the color and shade of honey. In addition, honey produced by bees of different species has different chemical composition, so that their useful properties are also slightly different. For example, our Ukrainian honey bees has a shade darker than the Caucasian honey, Caucasian honey, watery-transparent, almost white. There can be observed the difference properties and color of honey depending on the region, because Russian honey has a greenish-sparkling color, despite the fact that plants from which bees gather nectar are the same.

It's not all the factors influencing the composition and taste of the product, but the most basic.

Honeydew honey

Honeydew honey is honey, which does not include flower nectar. Moreover, in order to honeydew honey was considered clean, it must not be a single drop of flower nectar. This honey also has a vegetable origin, but it is produced with the participation of the sugary excretions of those plants that are suitable for this. Also it includes a sweet selection of insects.

Honeydew honey is harvested from different trees and unlike wood, a touch of honey also varies. For example, deciduous trees give the honey a very dark brown color with a slight shade of green; the fir gives a bright Golden honey; fruit wood such as cherry and Apple give a very dark honey; with poplar and oak turns honey brown. If honey is prepared from the paddy collected from several different trees, the color of the finished product will be black, something similar to tar.

Honeydew honey is not harmful to man, its harm extends to the bees that can poison, if honeydew honey remains in the hive more than three or four months, due to the fact that it contains nitrogenous substances and mineral salts, which are poisonous to bees.

For a man the same useful properties of honeydew honey is precisely the presence of these mineral salts, proteins, melezitose and dextrin. In some countries this honey is even more valuable than the flower, as it is considered more useful.

Artificial honey

It is no secret that doing it mostly out of sugar and various sugar products. Bees in its production do not participate.

Artificial honey does not have the aroma, which is infused with organic honey, due to the lack of the necessary enzymes, however, in order to achieve this effect it is enough to add quite a bit to artificial to natural. Since the color of artificial honey the same problems, then it is dyed with saffron, St. John's wort, herbal tea and other substances.

In order to obtain artificial honey with the specific sweet taste and pleasant aroma use the pulp of vegetables and fruit, this honey has the name: "Honey melon", "watermelon Honey" and so forth.

After appropriate processing, artificial honey are virtually indistinguishable from the natural. So that for this purpose it is necessary to send to a special laboratory for analysis.

Sugar honey

Sugar honey produced by the bees from sugar syrup. He looks very similar to natural flower honey, but on the beneficial properties much it loses. They don't contain those vitamins, proteins and mineral salts, which are rich in natural floral honey. Sugar honey much kristallizuetsya, has a whitish hue and sweet flavor.

Flower honey:

Linden honey

Linden honey is valued incredibly high. He has a terrific taste and aroma and is considered one of the best. The honey produced in the far East particularly fragrant, has a clear, yellow or slightly greenish color. In contrast, Ufa (Bashkir) Linden honey, or as it is called – Lipiec, generally color is not only during crystallization has a white shade with a slightly Golden tint. Honey Amur (far East) has a dull yellow hue. Sometimes lime honey may have greenish grey or light yellow. This is due to the fact that the lime is often present pad and it is the presence of honeydew honey and one part lime creates this effect.

Linden honey, regardless of where it was obtained, has a slightly bitter taste and when crystallization has a white shade and has a dense structure.

The beneficial properties of Linden honey are vast and varied. Apart from being extremely nutritious, it has many medicinal properties, one of which is the antibacterial property. Linden honey fights bacteria, helps prevent and excretion of trichomonads, ciliates and amoebae, fights gram-negative and gram-positive microorganisms. Due to the substances that enter into its composition, honey paste is an effective laxative and reduces inflammation.

The beneficial properties of Linden honey are also in the fact that it has expectorant properties and with his help are struggling with problems related to respiratory diseases. For those who are sick with asthma, angina, bronchitis, laryngitis, or simply runny nose, lime honey is one of the most useful products. Due to its anti-inflammatory and healing properties it is recommended in the presence of burns, purulent wounds or inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Also Linden honey is useful for people suffering from kidney disease, heart and having problems with the gall bladder.

Buckwheat honey

Buckwheat honey is produced in Ukraine and some regions of Russia. It is very fragrant and pleasant to taste. Often people taste buckwheat honey, saying that he lightly tickles the throat. When it is coloration that ranges from yellowish red to brownish during crystallization the honey is dark yellow, turning into coarse-grained homogeneous mass. The composition of buckwheat honey contains a lot of iron and protein. Much more than in other Botanical varieties of honey. Due to this, their beneficial properties are a good tool to aid in the treatment of anemia.

Sweet clover honey

Its name comes from the plant from which it is derived – clover yellow or drug. Sweet clover honey has a white, light amber, extremely light in color, slightly reminiscent of vanilla and a mass of useful properties. Its use has sedative, analgesic, diuretic, antibacterial and expectorant effect. Recommended for use by nursing mothers as it promotes production of breast milk. In folk medicine it is widely used as a drug, useful properties which help in hypertension, migraine, dropsy, chronic catarrh, arteriosclerosis, bronchitis, pain in the kidneys and bladder. It has a calming effect, so it is recommended to those who suffer from insomnia. Sweet clover honey relieves abdominal pain, flatulence, and thanks to a resolving and anti-inflammatory effect is also used in rheumatism, tumours of the joints and inflammation of the glands of the breast.

Its useful properties have a healing effect not only inside but also outside. In combination with propolis sweet clover honey in the form of compresses applied to purulent wounds and boils. If myositis is recommended warm bath with donnikova honey.

Acacia (Belbakaleya) honey

Obtained from the nectar of flowers of acacia. It is transparent, when the processes of crystallization of white, fine-grained. There is releaselevel and the honey obtained from the flowers of yellow acacia, light shade, medium, which along with balakirieva honey is considered one of the best varieties.

Sunflower honey

Golden, with a weak aroma, bystrorastvorimami honey. Has a tart taste and a set dietary and medicinal properties. When crystallization becomes light amber color with a slight greenish tint.

Heather honey

Heather honey is obtained in Ukraine, in the Western and steppe regions and in Belarus, of pink flowers evergreen – Ling. It's not quite a strong aroma and is dark yellow and reddish – brown dark color. On the palate it is tart and a little bitter. He has a very unique structure: while thickening, the structure of Heather honey reminds of jelly and produces air seeking the surface air bubbles. He has the property, called thixotropy. It lies in the fact that, initially, liquid honey thickens to a gelatinous jelly-like state. While shaking, the honey becomes liquid again, but after some time thickens again.

Mustard honey

Honey recommended if you have problems with breathing. Produced in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. Going with flowers of white mustard and has a Golden-yellow, later creamy-yellow color. Crystallization: fine-grained. Mustard honey is distinguished by a pleasant taste, aroma. Helps in the treatment of the respiratory tract.

BlackBerry honey

Extremely transparent and fragrant honey collected by bees from bushes of BlackBerry, which has useful and healing properties.

Clover honey

Depending on what clover honey is going to depend on how it taste and color. In the liquid state it is transparent, and if crystallization forms a dense white mass. After drinking it leaves a sweet aftertaste.

Recommended for the treatment of colds, and hypertension.

Meadow honey

It is based on the nectar of various meadow flowers. It has a Golden – yellow or brown color. published

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