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Bee Pollen Range
Honeybees gather Bee Pollen from protein rich flowers. As they fly from flower to flower they pollinate or fertilise each one as well as collecting pollen which they carry back to the hive as food for the colony. Bee pollen is the male seed of a flower blossom that has been gathered by the bees and to which special elements from the bees has been added. The honeybee collects pollen and mixes it with its own digestive enzymes. One pollen granule contains from one hundred thousand to five million pollen spores each capable of reproducing its entire species. Bee pollen is often referred to as nature's most complete food. Human consumption of bee pollen is praised in the Bible, other religious books, and ancient Chinese and Egyptian texts. It has long been prescribed by traditional health practitioners-including the fathers of Western medicine Hippocrates, Pliny the Elder, and Pythagoras-for its healing properties. Bee pollen's ability to consistently and noticeably increase energy levels makes it a favourite substance among many world class athletes and those interested in sustaining and enhancing quality performance. Research shows that bee pollen provides all the nutrients that mankind need for complete life support. Bee gathered pollens are rich in proteins, amino acids, vitamins including B-complex, and folic acid. When compared to any other food, it contains a higher percentage of all necessary nutrients. Bee pollen is approximately 25% complete protein containing at least 18 amino acids. It is low in calories. Several nutrients in bee pollen, such as proteins, beneficial fats, vitamins B, C, D, E, and beta-carotene, calcium, magnesium, selenium, nucleic acids, lecithin, and cysteine, are scientifically well documented for their ability to strengthen immunity, counteract the effects of radiation and chemical toxins (which are the two most severe stresses to your immune system), and generate optimal health and vitality.
Comb Honey
Comb Honey is pure and unprocessed, presented just as the bees created it. The honeycomb is made from beeswax, which in turn is made from nectar gathered by honeybees. Comb Honey has many uses, including: spread on toast or bread, on its own and in cooking. The wax comb is perfectly edible and when spread on warm toast or bread will pass almost unnoticed. The honey is sealed into the wax by bees and retains a fresher flavour and aroma than that of extracted honey. The comb honey we supply is Clover Comb Honey.
Honey Range
New Zealand has about 12 varieties of honeys. The different types of honeys are produced in different areas and at different times. A beekeeper will remove one type of honey from the hive and extract it before returning for a different crop. Bees will always fly to the closest, nicest, easiest source of nectar to them. Therefore beekeepers try to place their hives in an area where only one floral source is flowering at one time. This allows honeys to be kept separate from each other. Honey has a variety of uses: it is used as spread on bread and toast, used in cooking, as it is an ideal substitute for sugar, and it is also used as a natural sweetener in drinks. Honey always starts out its life as liquid. Most honeys will naturally crystallise over time, however honey will virtually never go ‘off’. Liquid honey can be changed to crystallised honey (also referred to as creamed honey or granulated honey) by adding already finely crystallised honey at the rate of 10:1 and stirring on and off for two to three days. Taking crystallised honey and warming it can reverse this process and it will revert back to liquid. Blue Borage: Blue Borage (Vipers Bugloss) honey is produced from the Blue Borage plant. It is a plant that grows up to one metre high and grows wild in certain areas of the South Island of New Zealand. The plant has many small blue flowers from which the bees gather the nectar. Blue Borage is light amber in colour and has a mild delicate flavour. It is a very thick honey and low in moisture. Clover Honey: Clover honey is produced from the clover flower, which is New Zealand’s most popular and widely spread pastoral plant. Most of New Zealand’s sheep and cows graze on clover pastures. Clover is a small white flower that grows on about a 100mm stem. The honey from the clover flower is a light golden colour and has a mild sweet flavour. Honeydew: The nectar is produced from a small scale insect (Ultracoelostoma assimilie) living in the bark of the beech trees. Honeybees gather this nectar to produce Honeydew. The honey is medium to dark amber in colour and has a strong and unique malty flavour. Particulary good for use in cooking and marinating. Manuka Honey: Manuka honey is produced from the Manuka tree - a native New Zealand tree. The Manuka tree produces a small pink flower that the bees gather the nectar from. Manuka honey is dark in colour and has a strong distinctive flavour. It is widely known for its unique antibacterial properties. Dr Peter Molan, Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry at Waikato University in New Zealand, found New Zealand manuka honey has healing properties unsurpassed by other honeys and often more effective than conventional medicines. It is used effectively for treating wounds, burns, ulcers and throat and eye infections. In scientific tests Manuka honey successfully destroyed bacterial including Helicobacter Pylori, which is associated with peptic ulcers, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus and Staphaureus. Native Bush Honey: Native Bush is collected by honeybees from a variety of native plant sources, some of which may include Manuka, Kamahi, Rewarewa, Tawari and Honeydew. It is a medium amber colour and has a full and interesting flavour. Rata Honey: Rata honey is produced from the Rata tree with its' brilliant red flowers - a great contrast to the pure white colour of Rata honey which is considered by many to be one of New Zealands best honeys. It has a subtle and distinctively mild flavour.
Royal Jelly Range
Royal Jelly is the rich royal milk fed to the queen bee. An egg reared to be queen is supplied this highly nutritious hormone right from the start. It is this royal diet which transforms her into a queen. She is then fed this throughout her entire life. Royal Jelly gives the queen a 42% increase in size and a 60% superiority in weight over the workers in the hive, and enables her to outlive worker bees by 40 times. This remarkable growth is testimony to the nutritional powers of Royal Jelly. Royal Jelly is composed of natural hormones, nutrients, vitamins and enzymes that revive the function of cells.
Propolis Range Propolis is a sticky resin collected by bees from the buds of certain trees. Worker bees gather the propolis and spread it over any holes or openings in the hive. With its antiseptic properties the propolis creates a hospital clean environment. Propolis, the natural antibiotic, works against harmful bacteria without destroying the friendly bacteria the body needs. Propolis may be used by anyone, sick or healthy, as a means of protection. Modern scientific studies show that those who take propolis regularly escape winter colds, sore throats, and actually develop a natural immunity to common viruses. Propolis has beneficial effects on: Throat and mouth infections, skin disorders, and wounds. |
