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In every hive there are thousands of worker bees and drone bees. But there is one bee – who isn’t a worker or a drone – who is very very special... the queen bee.
Honey is 25% sweeter than table sugar, so you need less of it.
In every hive there are thousands of worker bees and drone bees. But there is one bee – who isn’t a worker or a drone – who is very very special... the queen bee.
Honey has a natural sugar content of approximately 80%. The major constituents are fructose and glucose.
Many people are afraid of bees and we wanted to set the record straight: there’s no reason to fear these friendly, flying creatures. Bees are more interested in your flowers than in ruining your good time. It’s wasps you have to be wary of, so here are some hints to help you tell these black-and-yellows apart...
The term ‘making a beeline’ refers to the worker bee’s quickest route back to the hive.
We all know bees love flowers – but do we all know why? The reason is bees, like humans, need carbohydrates (yum!) and protein to survive and they get both from flowers! The carbohydrates come from flowers’ nectar and the protein comes from pollen.
Did you know that honey has been around for an awfully long time? It has been used by many different cultures all over the world for as long there have been people to collect it.
Our honeys are 100% as nature intended. We add nothing and we take nothing away. The different textures, flavours, aromas and sweetness in our range come entirely from the bees.
We all know that honey is made by bees, after collecting nectar from flowers. But did you know that different nectars produce different types of honey? Which is lucky for us, because this means that we get loads of different flavours to try!
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