Made In Henry County Kentucky

HONEY...Nature's Sweetest Gift!
Antiseptic ~ Antibiotic ~ Antibacterial ~ Antimicrobial

	Good source of important vitamins, minerals, enzymes, antioxidants and amino acids;
	Contains antimicrobial agents; inhibits growth of bacteria, yeats and molds (virus and bacteria cannot live in the high sugar medium of honey);
	Helps balance body chemistry, aids digestion;
	Helps desensitize against certain pollen allergies when obtained from local sources (only "raw", unfiltered honey) *see "What is Local Honey", may also help asthma an bronchitis sufferers;
	Used in cooking, retains moisture and retards spoilage;
	Prevents many infections in the digestive tract, where many originate;
	Provides quick energy; the body doesn't have to convert sugar to energy...the bee have already done it;
	Honey is a "humectant", attracts and retains moisture;
	Skin softener/moisturizer for sensitive or problem skin when added to bath...(history reputes honey and milk baths as Cleopatra's beauty secret);
	Helps condition dry, damaged hair when added to shampoo (loses stickiness when mixed with water)...tiny wax particles in raw honey adds luster to hair without oil or chemicals;
	Antiseptic qualities for sore throat and first aid (honey contains hydrogen peroxide), helps re-hydrate burns, repairs and heals damaged tissue.
	Honey will never spoil if kept in a closed container. (A sign of power and prestige, honey was frequently entombed with ancient royalty and found undamaged and edible centuries later.)

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Honey Trivia

Fossils of honeybees date back 100 million years.

Many Egyptian tombs have drawings of bees.

The Romans used honey instead of gold to pay their taxes.

Honey has been used as a folk remedy for centuries. The ancient Chinese covered smallpox sufferers with honey to speed healing and prevent scarring.

It takes 864 honeybees their entire lifetime to produce one pound of honey...a single bee produces a mere half teaspoon in its short lifetime (about 1 month).

Traveling at about 8 mph, honeybees travel a distance equal to three times around the world, visiting two million flowers to produce a pound of honey.

TIP: If crystallization occurs, simply warm in microwave
(30 seconds at a time) or set in warm water.

Do NOT refrigerate honey, cool temperatures hasten crystallization.

WHAT IS " LOCAL HONEY"?

Honey containing pollens from a specific geographical area.

Local Honey is not filtered, which requires heating and destroys natural enzymes and up to 50% of it's original vitamin content. By consuming honey containing local pollens, many allergies can be eased by desensitization*.

Local Honey is hand processed in small batches, from the hive to the bottle. It may vary in taste and color, depending on where the bees have foraged. (Generally, darker honey has a more pungent taste and is higher in mineral content; lighter honeys are usually higher in sugars, and may crystallize faster).

Unlike commercial honey which is processed in huge batches, local honey is bottled directly from the individual hives, so their unique flavors are not mixed. Raw honey contains live enzymes, important to the internal actions of many systems of the body. Some commercial honeys may also be adulterated with syrup. When eating honey for your health it is important to know where it comes from and how it was processed.

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