September is National Honey Month: Grab a Copy of the Gift Size Sweetest Book

By Cal Orey

GIFTS FROM THE HIVE

v  Eating honey can help lower the risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes—even help reduce body fat and unwanted weight!—and increase longevity.

v  Pure, raw, unprocessed honey is a healthier sweetener than table sugar and high-fructose corn syrup. It’s chock-full of antioxidants, minerals, and vitamins—and only has 21 calories per teaspoon.

v  Super “bee foods” (including nutrient-rich bee pollen, propolis, and royal jelly) are used and touted for their healing powers by beekeepers and medical experts in the present-day.

v  Honey can relieve a variety of ailments, including coughs, colds, fatigue, pain, and seasonal affective disorder, as well as boost libido.

v  You’ll also enjoy Cleopatra’s milk-and-honey beauty treatments and eco-friendly beeswax household uses—all made with the amazing honey bee’s gifts!

HONEY TEA BREAD

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8 ounces raisins  
3 ounces honey                                                   

½ pint freshly made strong tea 
2 eggs, size 3, lightly beaten

10 ounces whole wheat flour                                
½ teaspoon ground mixed spice

1 tablespoon baking powder

Place the raisins in a bowl. Stir the honey into the tea and pour this over raisins. Leave to soak for 2 hours. Stir the eggs into the raisin mixture. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix the flour with spice and baking powder then mix these dry ingredients into the raisin mixture. Transfer to a greased two pound loaf tin and bake for about 1 hour 10 minutes. Cook on a wire rack and serve sliced and buttered. Makes one two pound loaf.

(Courtesy: The Honey Association)

UN-BEE-LIEVALBE HEALING HINTS TO CATCH

            Research, especially in the past decade, shows that quality, dark honeys, which are derived from a variety of flowers, plants, and trees produce the nectar for the honey around the globe—may help you to:

ü  Lower your risk of heart disease.

ü  Enhance your immune system.

ü  Stave off diabetes.

ü  Treat respiratory diseases.

ü  Heal wounds.

ü  Slow the aging process.

ü  Add years to your life.