BEES and OUR HEALTH

Health Benefits of Honey

Raw unfiltered honey is the key to ultimate nutrition. Raw honey is made
from the nectars of flowers. Worker bees gather the nectar and place it in
their honey sac where it mixes with acid secretions. Bees reduce the
moisture content from 40-80% to 18-20% before the cell is sealed and the
honey is complete.

Most processed honey today has been heated and filtered, robbing it of its
nutritional value and resulting in a product with little more than a simple
sweetener. Honey is an instant energy-building food containing all the
essential minerals necessary for life, all of the B complex group, amino
acids, enzymes, and other vital factors. Honey is virtually free of bacteria.


Raw honey contains up to 80 different substances important to human
nutrition. Besides glucose and fructose, honey contains: All of the
B-complex, A, C, D, E, and K, minerals and trace elements: magnesium,
sulfur, phosphorus, iron, calcium, chlorine, potassium, iodine, sodium,
copper, and manganese. The live enzyme content of honey is one of the
highest of all foods. Honey also contains hormones, and antimicrobial and
antibacterial factors.