7 cool and interesting facts about honey that you literally don’t know about

7 COOL AND INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT HONEY THAT YOU LITERALLY DON’T KNOW ABOUT:

Honey, a natural viscous and sweet product that we use in daily life. We know some uses of honey. It’s beneficial to humans. But there are some facts about honey that you surely didn’t knew about.

So here you go with “7 cool and interesting unknown facts about honey that you literally don’t know about.”  

1.HONEY HAS DIFFERENT COLOURS AND FLAVOURS ALSO:

We know that honey is sweet in taste but did you know that different honey type have different intensity of flavour and different colour. Honey’s depth of flavour depends on the source of the nectar it is made from. Eucalyptus honey has a menthol flavour, Linden honey is woodsy and delicate, and buckwheat honey is spicy. Can you believe honey is spicy too?😮

The darkness or lightness of certain honey varies as well. Bees in the south eastern U.S. produce honey that’s deep purple in colour. Well this is a very interesting honey fact.

2.ALL HONEY IS NOT PRODUCED BY HONEY BEES:

We believe that honey bees produces honey, and it is true. But honey bees are not alone species which produce honey. Ya that’s right. Some other species like ants, wasps also produce honey.

Some species of paper wasps particularly Mexican honey wasps, also store excess nectar in their cardboard nests. “Honeypot ant” is common name for the species of ants which store honey in their abdomen. Isn’t it interesting! 

3.HONEY AS CURRENCY:

Back in the 11th century, Germhans considered honey as a high-valued commodity. So much so, kings of Germany used to force their traders to make payments to them in honey. The honey was later recognized as sweetening agent in beer.

4.HONEY NEVER SPOILS:

Do you know that properly stored honey will never spoil? The evidence for that is, a pot of honey found in an ancient Egyptian tomb was proved to be as effective as fresh honey.

Infact older is honey, greater its nutritive effect. The secret behind the longevity of honey is its low moisture, and its high acidity, and production of hydrogen peroxide (germicidal agent). Quite interesting!

5.HONEY IS ONLY FOOD WHICH CONTAIN ALL INGREDIENTS REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN LIFE:

Honey is the only food that includes all the substances necessary to sustain life, including enzymes, vitamins, and minerals. Honey has long been used for medicinal purposes.

Honey also has antioxidant levels similar to that of apples, spinach, strawberries, and oranges. Honey has anti-bacterial properties, thus it was used to heal wounds, cuts, burns, infections, stomach ulcers. It has antioxidants, which can improve your brain functioning.amazing articles  are here 

6.WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO PRODUCE 1 POUND OF HONEY?

Do you know how much effort required to produce a one pound honey? According to a study an average bee visits 150 flowers in a single flight. And in order to make 1 pound honey it need to visit 2 million flowers and have to travel 55000 miles. And actually a honey bee can produce 1/12^th of a tea spoon honey in a whole lifetime.

7.HONEY IS THE ONLY EDIBLE SUBSTANCE FOR HUMANS PRODUCED BY INSECTS:

There are a lot of species of insects on the earth. But honey is the only substance produced by insects that is comfortably eaten by man, without any side effects and without even processing.

So that were “7 cool and interesting facts about honey that you literally don’t know about”