Honey and You
Amazing Facts About...
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- Honey never spoils. It can be stored unopened, indefinitely, at room temperature in a dry cupboard.
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- Honey is one of the oldest foods in existence. It was found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun and was still edible!
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- Due to the high level of fructose, honey is 25% sweeter than table sugar.
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- Honey is created when bees mix plant nectar, a sweet substance secreted by flowers, with their own bee enzymes.
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- To make honey, bees drop the collected nectar into the honeycomb and then evaporate it by fanning their wings.
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- Honey has different flavours and colours, depending on the location and kinds of flowers the bees visit. Climatic conditions of the area also influence its flavour and colour.
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- To keep their hives strong, beekeepers must place them in locations that will provide abundant nectar sources as well as water.
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- In the days before biology and botany were understood, people thought it was a special kind of magic that turned flower nectar into honey.