At Just Bee we have friends and relatives that are vegetarian and vegan. We feel that diet is a very personal matter, whether you have made choices based on health considerations, environmental issues, ethical decisions or a combination of all these things.
Because every individual is different, people will often take a different view on the subject of whether honey is vegan or not. There have been well made arguments on both sides and some that frankly don't hold as quite much weight! Armed with the right knowledge you can make up your own mind if you think honey is right for you to eat, and that’s the aim of this blog post...
The Just Bee team would like to thank all of our customers for their support during a difficult year and wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year. For many of us it won't be the Christmas we wanted or planned for, but we hope you can make the best of it in difficult circumstances and look forward to better times ahead.
Anyone that buys and uses honey on a regular basis will almost certainly have encountered honey crystallisation before. But why does honey crystallize? Has your honey had gone bad or spoiled? How do I decrystallize honey? In this blog, we investigate...
We should be in no doubt that bees are some of the hardest working and important creatures on the planet. We owe a lot to this amazing, yet still often under-appreciated, animal. Around the world, there are 25,000 different types of bee species! This huge number is divided into over 4,000 different types of bees, which can be further divided into the nine families of bees. The Apidae family is perhaps the most well-known family, that contains at least 5,700 different species of bee, including the honeybee and bumblebee we are all familiar with here in the UK.
Honey bees pollinate around three quarters of all the fruit, vegetables and nuts that we eat. But what bees are far more well known for is their ability to produce honey!
Despite being what they are most associated with, did you know that not all bees actually make honey? Only honeybees specifically produce honey, as honey is their primary source of energy; it’s their main food...
We all know that a healthy and strong immune system is vital in enabling us to fight off colds, flu and other nasty viruses. When we are run down, tired or in general ill health, we can be at a greater risk because of a weakened immune system.
On the whole, your immune system does a great job of defending you against disease-causing germs. But there are things we can do to make sure we stay in good general health and give our body a fighting chance of starving off illness and encouraging a quick recovery...
Food labelling can be confusing. It can be difficult to understand what is genuine, useful information and what is simply marketing. When it comes to honey we might see a product labelled as pure, natural or organic and not fully understand what that means.
Thankfully raw honey has a very specific and important definition and honey must meet specific criteria to be labelled as such. In simplest terms raw honey is unprocessed honey- honey that hasn't been pasteurised or filtered. Nothing added or taken away. In this blog we'll look at all types of honey and the processes they undergo to explore what makes raw honey different.
Honey has long been valued as a natural sweetener, but we truly believe it is a remarkable substance with so many other amazing uses too!
Now, you probably already know that honey can be used to sweeten your tea and your morning porridge, so today we wanted to share a few of the more unusual uses. From honey as a moisturiser to honey in your cocktails, the possibilities are (almost) endless. So here are our top ten unbelievable uses for honey...
Now, even though most bees in Britain are still hiding inside their hives, there are still plenty of things that we humans can do to help them. Today we’re sharing 5 pre-Spring tips that you can do to help Save the Bees. From a bit of forward planning to our trusty ‘Thirst Aid’ for bees, we’ve got you covered...