The Myth or Miracle of "LOCAL" Honey

Introducing
 my new product of CRH called

"Allergy Honey!"

(see purchase tab for details)

There is much the general public doesn't know, yet should, to be able to make informed decision about honey, the purchase of, it's make up and various processes that make it better, or worse. This blog is to promote information sharing as much as it is to promote my little side business selling creamed honey.

Doubtless, if you are on this website, then you have access to lots of information, some true, some not so true, with experts on both sides, about whether or not local raw honey will help with your allergies via a similar way vaccines work. Both make excellent, intelligent arguments bolstering their side, with the sneezing, coughing, stuffed up consumer caught in the middle.

Now, I have come to the realization it is not my position to correct the world's beliefs on honey, one way or the other. I am not an expert, nor do I claim such. But as an informed consumer and maker of Creamed Honey, it is my hope to pass on knowledge in the field of honey so that you, allergy ladden consumer, will make the right choice for your family!

So in that vein, the following is where I believe the old wives' tale about only using LOCAL honey to combat allergies got some of it's factual substance.

When bees pollinate, they get pollen from all types of flowers.

Well, basically, a nettle flower has the same attraction for the bee as a tulip or some other flower. Difference to us? One flower has a natural antihistamine in it, the other does not! Since the "Stinging Nettle" plant is so widely spread across North America, chances are high you are getting some of the nettle in your raw honey...averaged out, about the same amount of nettle influence in every jar.

If my theory is correct, and I believe it is, you could get local RAW honey from Montana, live in New Jersey and still receive the benefits of the honey so long as the bees from the hive the honey was gleaned from the nettle plant! Which, as I stated, it's likely they did!

Therefore, apart from the addition of nettle,  bee-wise or otherwise, to honey, I personally do not believe local raw honey in and of itself will cure the whole pollen/ hay fever allergy issue in your life! (*Panting!* There I said it!) Let me hasten to say there are natural antioxidants/enzymes in any raw honey which make your system better able to respond to ANY imbalance presented to your systems. Sinus included.

Yes, I know my "announcement" runs against public opinion and theories, not to mention most of my friends stance, on honey! I'm not going to complain, as this position sells me more honey. For me, the "local" part of Mrs. Bee's LOCAL creamed raw honey, means, if you purchase my honey, you know you are helping your own local economy, like seeding your own backyard, so to speak!

That said, I've come to a lovely compromise in the whole allergy/honey department! It's a new product called Local Creamed Raw "Allergy" Honey!

I'm offering Allergy Honey with all the natural properties and benefits of Local Raw Honey plus the addition of a naturally occurring antihistamine called "nettle".

See link below for a fuller explanation of the following quote from website: Annie's Remedy :

"...Stinging nettle contains natural antihistamines and anti-inflammatories (including quercetin), that open up constricted bronchial and nasal passages, helping to ease hay fever, and nose & sinus type allergy symptoms.^1"

 http://www.anniesremedy.com/herb_detail107.php

Thanks for reading and if you are interested in purchasing my Allergy Honey, please let me know! Just to make sure this is clear, I use at least 90% - 95% local raw honey with 100%  raw honey or 100% local honey with the same % of rawness noted above. I have had people ask for either 100% local or 100% raw and I'm happy to accommodate either request.