Happy New Year! Holiday wishes mostly mention health first as it is a quality that is highly appreciated nowadays. We, therefore, begin the new year with useful wellness tips and send our best wishes to you. Do you know what should not be missing from your herbal pharmacy at this time of year? Along with this pandemic we …
Those of you who have visited our apiary have tasted the cake with honey and banana and are constantly asking for the recipe. These days when we all have to live in quarantine and cook a little more I think it will be useful. So here it is You will need two bowls and a …
Did you know the top speed of a worker bee is about 20 miles per hour when flying to food and about 12 miles per hour when returning laden with nectar or pollen? The honey bee’s wings stroke incredibly fast, about 200 beats per second, thus making their famous, distinctive buzz. A honey bee can …
What did you have for breakfast today? Jam on toast? A bowl of fruit? Honey in your porridge, accompanied by a lovely cup of coffee? Well, did you know all of this was were brought to you by bees? Almonds particularly are 100% dependent on honey bee pollination! The honey bee is totally responsible for …
Pasteli (sesame seed candy) is an extremely nutritious food, as the combination of sesame with honey provides a number of ingredients essential to the daily functioning of the body. It is a tonic sweetener, rich in vitamin E, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, iron. The roots of the pasteli start from Homer’s Iliad. It might be …
The growing demand from consumers in recent years has prompted many Greek beekeepers, and not only, to produce beverages based on beekeeping products. It may seem strange that alcoholic beverages can be produced from honey, but these are products that have been known since antiquity! Honey wine is considered to be the first spirit made …
