Questions about honey

Royal jelly is the most important beekeeping product. Royal jelly is the secret of the pharyngeal and maxillary glands of worker bees. Royal jelly is the food of queen bees throughout their life, and the larvae of worker bees receive milk for only 3 days. As a result, the queen bee weighs twice as much as a worker bee and lives up to 6 years, while a worker bee lives for only 30-40 days. The composition of royal jelly is unusually rich and complex, not fully understood – proteins, vitamins, trace elements, mineral salts, enzymes, amino acids and other elements make royal jelly incredibly useful for humans. Royal jelly increases the activity of defense mechanisms, improves metabolic processes, increases endurance, promotes rejuvenation, and so on.

Only deal with product brands, retail outlets, and vendors whose reputation you know. The right honey has a good reputation. Pay attention to the packaging, it must be neat, sealed, clean. The lid is not swollen. The packaging must indicate the place of collection of honey and the date of production, GOST, ISO certification.
Remember that it is impossible to accurately determine the quality of honey by eye, for this you need to send it for verification to a certified laboratory. However, if there is an opportunity to try honey, pay attention – the taste and smell should be pleasant, without extraneous and even more unpleasant accents.

It is possible, but very moderately. Not all types of honey are suitable for diabetics. It is believed that diabetic patients should not use lime and honeydew honey. However, before using honey for diabetes, you should definitely consult with your doctor.

You can check honey only in a certified laboratory, only there you will be given an expert opinion on the quality of honey. However, if you do not have any opportunity to take honey to the laboratory, and you need to check the honey, try to follow simple rules:
1) honey should not delaminate, there should be no liquid on its surface
2) the color and smell of honey must correspond to the declared variety
3) the taste of honey should not have unpleasant extraneous shades
4) packaging of honey should be neat, airtight, the lid should not be swollen
5) on the packaging of honey in the store, the place and date of honey collection, compliance with GOST, certification according to ISO 22000: 2005 must be indicated
6) only deal with brands and retail outlets whose reputation you know. The right honey has a good reputation.

We recommend starting to give honey to children from 8 to 9 months, or even from a year and a half, necessarily dissolved in water, in the form of the so-called full. How to cook sated: dissolve one tablespoon of natural honey in one glass of water and give it to the child before bed. Honey not only provides the child with vitamins, but also serves as a natural soothing. From the age of 2.6 years, a child can safely give honey like an adult – with spoons. Before giving honey to a child for the first time, be sure to check the child’s individual tolerance to honey by giving him a little full and waiting 15-20 minutes.