Honey Question

[pistolar]

The question is Bees. I see loads of products with Honey on them ie Crunchy Nut Cornflakes and it got me wondering how do they collect enough Honey or is it a Fake Laboratory concoction that they use? Is it just loads of smaller Bee keepers selling a 40gallon drum at a time? or is there some mass factory farming of Bees?

[Simpo Two]

It is interesting how much 'honey' is about yet there don't seem to be any honey factories/farms. Old Farmer Giles making 2lb a year isn't going to go far...

[goldblum]

Simpo Two said:

It is interesting how much 'honey' is about yet there don't seem to be any honey factories/farms. Old Farmer Giles making 2lb a year isn't going to go far...

There is ,of sorts.In areas that large amounts of flowers grow which the bees pollenate.Near me when the heather is out the surrounding hillsides are

dotted with hives brought in by keepers.Must be 'heather' flavour honey lol.

[calibrax]

This place...

http://www.quincehoney.co.uk/qualityproducts.php

apparently has 1500 hives. And in the US, there are probably farms with tens of thousands of hives.

[parapaul]

goldblum said:

Must be 'heather' flavour honey lol.

You are actually right. And very nice it is too

http://www.honey-health.com/honey-18.shtml