Local Raw Honey
What’s so special about our honey? Our bees’ honey is kept in its RAW form. Since our honey is not pasteurized, it retains all the healthy benefits, such as vitamins, minerals, amino acids, flavinoids, anti-oxidants, etc. Honey that you purchase at the local grocery store has probably been pasteurized. This process is used to extend the time that honey remains in liquid form. Also, buying raw honey ensures that you are getting 100% honey, without additives or other substances. Whenever possible, buy your honey, pollen and propolis from a beekeeper.
Now that you know to buy honey from us or another reliable beekeeper, let's explore the uses for this amazing gift of Mother Nature!
CONTROL YOUR ALLERGIES NATURALLY with LOCAL RAW HONEY
RAW HONEY FOR ALLERGIES: Honey contains bits and pieces of pollen and honey, and as an immune system booster, it is quite powerful. Honeybees will collect pollen from trees, flowers and grasses to make their honey, and it will be present in small amounts in honey that was gathered by bees that were working areas where these species are growing. When people living in these same areas eat honey that was produced in that environment, the honey will often act as an immune booster. The good effects of this local honey are best when the honey is taken a little bit (a couple of teaspoons-full) a day for several months prior and during the pollen season. That is why we recommend you have some honey every day!
It may seem odd that straight exposure to pollen often triggers allergies but that exposure to pollen in the honey usually has the opposite effect. But this is typically what we see. In honey the allergens are delivered in small, manageable doses and the effect over time is very much like that from undergoing a whole series of allergy immunology injections. The major difference though is that the honey is a lot easier to take and it is certainly a lot less expensive.
Here are a Few Benefits of RAW Honey:
Easily digested: Because sugar molecules in honey can convert into other sugars (e.g. fructose to glucose), honey is easily digested by the most sensitive stomachs, despite its high acid content. It helps kidneys and intestines to function better.
Good source of antioxidants: It plays a big role in the prevention of cancer as well as heart disease. Has a low calorie level: Another quality of honey is that, when it is compared with the same amount of sugar, it gives 40% less calories to the body. Although it gives great energy to the body, it does not add weight.
Does not accommodate bacteria: This bactericide (bacteria-killing) property of honey is named "the inhibition effect". Experiments conducted on honey show that its bactericide properties increase twofold when diluted with water. It is very interesting to note that newly born bees in the colony are nourished with diluted honey by the bees responsible for their supervision - as if they know this feature of the honey.
Do you have a cut? Honey is a natural antiseptic. Medical journals cite more than 600 cases in which honey was employed to treat wounds. By applying honey to your wounds, you prevent infections. Honey contains antimicrobial agents, which prevents infections by killing the bacteria in and around your wounds. When using honey it may help to heat it up before putting it on your wound (caution test the heat before you place it on the wound). Many types of bacteria can’t survive in honey, so wounds heal, swelling eases, and tissue can grow back.
We keep bees at various farms and fields in NE Ohio, so our honeybees can pollinate the various crops grown. This is very beneficial, because each farm grows different plants, we are able to offer different varieties of honey!
Ohio Honey Company
Wellhausen Apiaries
440 256-3286
Kirtland, Ohio
www.ohiohoney.com
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