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"Tales from the Farm"

October, 2002  Vol. 2, No. 10

Stories From This Months Newsletter:

October with the Honeybees
Selection and Use of Honey on Wounds
October Honey Recipe - Orange-Date Muffins

October in the Vineyard
Interview with John Bishop - Winemaker
WineMaker Magazine
2002 WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition!
Michigan Wine Fact from Sandra Silfven's Website
Chateau Valerio
October Grape Recipe - Nauvoo Bleu Breasts

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October with the honeybees.

 

The Honey crop this year looks very good.
The hot weather with just enough water made the clovers and thistles grow very good and the bees made good use of the warm days. Bring your pails and jars & we will fill them up. We have had many people bringing containers this year. Click here to see pictures of them.

 

The Harvest is under way! In September we start to take part of the honey crop off. Usually I am busy just keeping up with honey sales at our roadside sales stand and our wholesale outlets. After the vineyard closes in mid October I will return to the bee yards to take the rest of the crop off. The honey is removed much like we harvest comb honey, with a bee blower and my trailer. See comb honey harvest pictures ......

Our Honey & Beekeeping Pictorial is almost complete. See Pictures of how honey is made and harvested.

Visit our on-line Candle Shop.
You may now purchase more than 70 types of candles, wax items or gift boxes and have them shipped directly to your house - ALL YEAR!
Visit us on line & see what we have available. Our website has expanded dramatically and we have been shipping candles to people all over the US.

 


Wildflower Honey ... Our wildflower honey has been warmed only to 135 degrees. Many large packers filter and heat at much higher temperatures to retain a longer shelf life. We prefer a more natural product that may only stay liquid for three to six months.


Comb Honey ... “Natures Candy” is still in the comb the honeybees stored it in.. It is usually eaten with a spoon or chewed for its flavor or spread on toast, just like a stick of butter.


Creamed Honey ... Creamed honey is made by a special blending process developed many years ago. Pure natural honey is seeded with finely ground granulated honey under controlled conditions. The honey quickly solidifies into a smooth consistency, a delicious topping for biscuits or toast. Our cinnamon, apricot, blueberry or strawberry creamed are our newest additions where cinnamon or dried fruit is blended into our standard creamed honey.


Beeswax Candles ... We make Hand-dipped 100% Pure beeswax candles every winter. Each candle has been dipped 20 to 30 times into melted beeswax. Beeswax candles emit a distinctive scent and are longer burning. We produce more than 50 types of candles. Visit our on-line Candle Shop at www.honeyflowfarm.com to view our candle selection.

 

VISA - MASTERCARD    WELCOME

Even though our Farm Market may be closing very soon, you will always be able to purchase candles & honey through our on-line store.


Selection and Use of Honey on Wounds - P. C. Molan B.Sc. Ph.D.


Honey Research Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Related Article: Honey as a dressing for wounds, burns and ulcers: a brief review of clinical reports and experimental studies
Related Bibliography: Use of Honey in Medicine
Related Summary: Some research findings on the antibacterial activity of honey

Honey is one of the oldest known medicines that has continued to be used up to present times in folk-medicine. Its use has been "rediscovered" in later times by the medical profession, especially for dressing wounds. The numerous reports of the effectiveness of honey in wound management, including reports of several randomised controlled trials, have recently been reviewed, rapid clearance of infection from the treated wounds being a commonly recorded observation.

In almost all of these reports honey is referred to generically, there being no indication given of any awareness of the variability that generally is found in natural products. Yet the ancient physicians were aware of differences in the therapeutic value of the honeys available to them: Aristotle (384-322 BC), discussing differences in honeys, referred to pale honey being "good as a salve for sore eyes and wounds"; and Dioscorides (c.50 AD) stated that a pale yellow honey from Attica was the best, being "good for all rotten and hollow ulcers".

Any honey can be expected to suppress infection in wounds because of its high sugar content, but dressings of sugar on a wound have to be changed more frequently than honey dressings do to maintain an osmolarity that is inhibitory to bacteria, as honey has additional antibacterial components. Since microbiological studies have shown more than one hundred-fold differences in the potency of the antibacterial activity of various honey, best results would be expected if a honey with a high level of antibacterial activity were used in the management of infected wounds. The rest of this story direct from Dr. Molan's website ........

October Honey Recipe - Orange-Date Muffins
2 eggs Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter muffin tins. Squeeze enough juice from oranges to make ½ cup, combine with milk. Take one of the squeezed oranges and chop coarsely. Place chopped rind in the blender with milk, butter, eggs, honey and blend until finely chopped. Stir wet mixture into dry mixture and quickly mix together. Fold in dates. Spoon into tins and bake 20 minutes. Cool on rack. Can be frozen. Makes 18.
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • ½ cup unbleached white flour
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 2 oranges
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ½ cup wheat germ
  • ¼ cup melted butter
  • ½ cup mild honey
  • ½ cup dates, chopped

 

 

 

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