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We have an expert in the House.......

 

There's a nice chap who I work with who's asking £3.50/lb [1] for his
exceedingly tasty set honey. This topic has reminded me that I need to stock
up for Christmas, as that could turn out to be a bargain. He does a really
rather nice heather honey for a quid extra.

He didn't do too badly this year but only half his hives survived last
winter and now he's buying in some 'stuff' from the continent to treat his
bees, lest they suffer worse survival rates this winter.

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[1] up a quid on last year.

 

Nah, Linda Lusardi wearing nothing but Belstaffs in a bath full of
Swarfega used to be my fantasy when I were a lad.

 

How do you think you (and any siblings) were produced?

 

Who?

 

Thank you, Ernie.

 

AO£, shirley?

 

I bet they enjoyed it as well.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lady Nina

<Jeff Foxworthy Mode>

"Give it up, you grey-haired STUD!"

</JFM>

 

You're missing one important thing stated in that report: it's only the
domestic supply that is going to run out by Xmas. Whilst this is not
good for those that rely on the income or need bees to pollinate crops,
there is not going to be a shortage of honey. As the film shows,
supplies from other parts of the world are available.

Of course, the product from craft suppliers is likely to be better than
mass produced, homogenised stuff from supermarkets. However, people will
only pay a reasonable mark up before they resort back to Gales etc.

 

<delurk>

I'm stunned that no one followed up on this line

<\lurk>

 

And you called *me* weird up there ^ somewhere!

 

Of course, there are those if use that actually prefer it
crystallised. It has a subtly different flavour, and somehow more of a
bite to it.

In any event, it's very simple to de-crystalise honey - just a minute
or so in a microwave, or five minutes in a bowl of hot water, and
it'll revert to liquid gold, if that's what you want.

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I believe my father had run ins with the same EHO that pulled Lanark
Blue cheese. In his case because the labelling didn't correctly identify
the ingredients - they were plain gold with "Scottish Honey" on them. I
think the EHO was looking for a list of what the honey was made of as he
was told "I've asked the bees, but they won't tell me what they make it
out of." My suggestion of "processed bee regurgitation" didn't go down
well on either side of the phone line.

I think my Dad went the same way, at one point I was getting my car
serviced (at a local garage) by taking along the parts and a box of
honey jars.

Sadly varoaa or whatever killed off his 15 or so hives last year and he
decided to give it up.

 

Ha!

 

Ace wrote:

Wotcha.

http://rathergood.com/beetard/

Oh dear.