as a side note di you know that honey is the only food product that does not go off. i.e. there is no expiry.it just hardens and because of the chemical make up it does go mouldy or induce bacteria.
yup, in fact when the pyramids in egypt were opened by explorers they found honey that was thousands of years old. they warmed it up and it was edible.
================ Yup; its a germ killer also. Talked to a full time yard man, he noticed honey/bumblebee populations down; however i noticed 3 different types of bees about the size of sweat bees on some flowers.
I've mentioned it before, rising global temperatures have caused a re-selection in flies. Those better adapted for higher temperatures are winning out over those adapted for lower temperatures, so if you think of each genetic strain as a tribe - it's a new tribe taking over as top dog. Bees have survived 100 million years through all kinds of temperature variation and different chemical compositions of air. If anything, it's only a matter of a new strain emerging as top dog. http://www.monash.edu.au/news/newsline/story.php?story_id=378
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-bees26apr26,0,896792.story A fungus that caused widespread loss of bee colonies in Europe and Asia may be playing a crucial role in the mysterious phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder that is wiping out bees across the United States, UC San Francisco researchers said Wednesday. Researchers have been struggling for months to explain the disorder, and the new findings provide the first solid evidence pointing to a potential cause.