Why bees build in hexagons, well, at least part of the possible reason.
Why do bees build their wax cells as hexagons?
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A lab is trying to keep China from dodging US tariffs on honey – NYTimes.com
Mead, The Drink of the Gods | Brink of Freedom
Mead, The Drink of the Gods | Brink of Freedom
I made a couple of batches of mead earlier in the summer.
I did it properly (everything sanitised, etc) but left them to finish fermentation on their own and measured – all good.
Did it with two different honeys – borage and my own omnifloral – and will be trying it soon.
If you have any recipes or tips, why not share them below?
The chemistry of honey – in simple language for non-scientists
Shock finding: More than 75 percent of all ‘honey’ sold in grocery stores contains no honey at all, by definition
This may be a US story, but the same is likely to be true of many of the processed brands in our own supermarkets.
Worried? Then buy your honey from a source you can trust – your local beekeeper.
Seven Kings Apiary 