Catch the Buzz with Antioxidant-Rich Honey for Autumn Wellness

 

Friday, August 28, 2026

Catch the Buzz with Antioxidant-Rich Honey & Mediterranean Diet Recipes

 

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Learn how to boost your immune system, combat ailments, and so much more, all with the natural power of honey—the pantry staple and sustainable superfood that’s also the green choice for healthy living, homeopathic remedies, and natural cures.

A newly revised and updated edition of the #1 hit, now with new research, heart-healthy recipes, honey bee data, and home cures!


DISCOVER HONEY’S AMAZING BEE-HEALTHY POWERS
Did you know? . . .

Eating honey, Mother Nature’s ancient medicine, can still work its healing magic and help lower the risk of disease—adding quality and years to your life—at any age!

The buzz: Consumers are seeking healthy alternatives to refined sugar due to concerns about obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, the #1 killer.

Yes! Raw, unprocessed honey is more popular than ever before and is touted a “superfood” as it replaces unhealthy table sugar and artificial sweeteners—helping to combat the skyrocketing rise in chronic ailments and life-threatening diseases.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, beekeepers experienced a surge in demand for the disease-fighting, antioxidant-rich “apocalyptic food” widely believed to boost immune health.

Increasing threats to honey bees’ survival may harm the planet’s nourishing superfoods that you love to eat—such as fruits and nuts—that the honey bee pollinates.

Honey, known as Mother Nature’s “nectar of the gods,” is an ancient remedy noted in the Bible and used for centuries to quell a cough, soothe a sore throat, energize you, and even calm frazzled nerves due to stressors such as post-COVID-19 virus variants and climate change health effects.

Enjoy gripping and adventurous survival stories about honey bees and humans as well as fascinating reasons why the popularity of honey is soaring, Manuka honey medicinal uses are surging, and herbal flavored varietals are trending. You’ll also love new heart-healthy recipes with honey twists such as Whipped Ricotta Toast with Lemon Thyme Honey, Hot Honey Glazed Turkey Loaf, and Turmeric Honey Immunity Booster, plus buzzworthy home cures thanks to honey’s gifts (including super “bee foods” like propolis and royal jelly) from the hive!

“This eye-opening book provides you with a delicious truth of the traditional Mediterranean diet. Honey is a sumptuous route to optimal health.” —Dr. Will Clower, author of The French Don’t Diet Plan 

Author and Local Beekeeper at Barnes & Noble (September 19)

Cal Orey celebrates THE HEALING POWERS OF HONEY 2, Mind-Blowing Revised   Edition That Changes Everything! Vanishing Bees, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Heart-Healthy Recipes (with Honey Swap), Survival Stories

Author Event — Cal Orey

Cal Orey celebrates The Healing Powers of Honey: Revised and Updated: A Complete Guide to Nature's Remarkable Nectar* on *Saturday, September 19, 2026, at 11:00 AM PT at Barnes & Noble, Meadow Wood Court, 5555 S. Virginia St., Reno, Nevada.

 

A nice Saturday-morning stop for readers interested in books, honey, climate change and humans/honeybees, food, and natural wellness. September 19 is a busy event day around the area, so emphasizing 11:00 AM and the S. Virginia Street bookstore location should help distinguish the appearance from the day's other activities. The broader Reno events calendar is here: https://l.guidegeek.com/yQJpZ5/Zn

Cal Orey & Beekeeper Create a Buzz for September 19 Barnes & Noble (Reno)

  Courtesy Cal Orey, M.A.

Author Cal Orey, M.A. Healing Powers Series

My new revised HONEY 2 book is NOW available in approximately 80% of B&N stores nationwide! Go to the city/state of your choice, type in the book title, and check it out! It is kind of amazing, huh? Because my 1st ed. was a long-time bestseller & a PR campaign got 900 pickups, my book penned with heart and soul, was treated with TLC. Landing in a big honeycomb chunk of a national chain puts HONEY in a safe hive!... In your store? Grab a copy! September is National Honey Month, fall is coming and the holidays are next up, so you can savor new, delicious antioxidant-rich, heart-healthy recipes (Mediterranean diet style)...

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Join us for an in-store event, Cal Orey celebrates THE HEALING POWERS OF HONEY, on Saturday, September 19.

Welcome Back to Honeyland! The Healing Powers of Honey Returns

News Tahoe Daily Tribune, September 2

Cal Orey’s augmented book returns with new honey bee research, personal survival stories, a new and timely foreword, climate-focused reporting and Mediterranean diet healthy honey-based recipes.

In her new book, The Healing Powers of Honey, Revised & Updated (Kensington Publishing), Cal Orey cross pollinates incredible facts and stories about humans and honey bees. The fresh edition is a major expansion of the bestselling work, now with new research, updated recipes, and expanded storytelling. Here, she shares a Q&A, where she reveals insights on how honey can sweeten your wellness routine.

Q: What inspired your interest in a honey revival?

A: At Tahoe since 1999, I have penned the Healing Powers series—nine books on superfoods. Since the book on honey has had a long and successful shelf life (recently it got the #1 Top Rated label on Amazon) I thought it would be exciting to go back to the hives and science to see how much has changed in 15 years. The findings about honey and honeybees are mind-blowing.

Q: What gave honey the nickname “apocalyptic food” anyhow?

A: Honey is touted for its amazing disease-fighting antioxidant power past and present-day—and this made its demand soar during the pandemic. Some beekeepers dubbed nature’s nectar the apocalypse food because of honey’s long-standing reputation as a durable pantry staple with deep historical and cultural significance. Also, during the years of COVID and post-COVID variants, research has shown honey can help boost the immune system and also quell a cough, soothe a sore throat and even energize you.

Q: Are there new things you discovered in the land of honey this time around?

A:  Amazingly, yes, a lot has changed!  The augmented edition also includes a more personal narrative layer. I share stories connected to rare blizzard conditions in Tahoe, a NASCAR driver’s-related life-threatening event, wildfire danger and a race against time, and a near-death experience that influenced my renewed focus on resilience, food choices and Mediterranean-style living. The updated book examines honey at a time when many readers are turning to minimally processed food alternatives to stay healthy.

Q: What about the vanishing honey bees?

A: A major focus of the sequel edition is the relationship between honey bees, environmental stress and the human food chain. I look at how extreme weather, wildfires and air quality, shifting seasonal patterns and climate-related pressures affects honeybee survival, pollination and foods that depend on bee-pollinated crops, including fruits, nuts and other agricultural products.

Q: What's an interesting fact about honey that most people don't know?

A: This expanded edition allowed me to return to honey through the lens of food, survival, honeybees, climate, recipes and personal experience. This book reflects my continued interest in how one natural ingredient can connect history, health, wildlife and the environment.

CAL OREY, M.A., is a bestselling author-novelist. She holds a master’s degree in English (Creative Writing) from SFSU. She will be signing books at Reno Barnes and Noble bookstore on September 19. Her website is www.calorey.com

The Healing Powers of Honey: Revised and Updated by Cal Orey: 9780806545721 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The Healing Powers of Honey: Revised and Updated: A Complete Guide to Nature's Remarkable Nectar: Orey, Cal: 9780806545721: Amazon.com: Books (It was #1 Release just a few days ago!)

HONEY 2 LANDS IN MULTIPLE CATEGORY PICKS! PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE

 The Healing Powers of Honey, Revised & Updated (Kensington Publishing, August 2026) cross pollinates books in different categories--nonfiction, wellness, and cookbooks! But note, it also includes new survival stories and shocking data on our environment to the food chain and the importance of vanishing honey bees. 

The Healing Powers of Honey: Revised and Updated by Cal Orey: 9780806545721 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The Healing Powers of Honey: Revised and Updated: A Complete Guide to Nature's Remarkable Nectar: Orey, Cal: 9780806545721: Amazon.com: Books (It was #1 Release just a few days ago!)