In 1880, with limited technology and only wagons to use for transportation, William L. Coggshall was the biggest beehive owner in Ithaca, NY and probably the biggest beehive owner in the U.S., owning more than 4,000 beehives. This article describes the technology of beekeeping and on page 5 mentions William L. Coggshall’s hives in Ithaca, […]
Chestnut Honey Madeleines at the Ritz, Paris
For the Ritz’s famous Chestnut Honey Madeleines. In his recipe, Pastry Chef François Perret uses chestnut honey caramel. These madeleines have rave reviews due to the woody nuances of the taste of chestnut honey. If you would like to try making the madeleines, here is a recipe from Saveur.
Mad Honey: from Turkey & Nepal
Bees produce honey from more than 700 species of Rhododendrons around the world. Most honey from rhododendrons is slightly spicy and bitter, like this ItalianHoney from rhododendrons in the Italian Alps. Two species of rhododendrons in the Himalayan mountains of Nepal and Turkey’s Black Sea, contain Grayanotoxin, a natural neurotoxin. Mad Honey is made from […]
BeeHero Pioneers Precision Pollination Using Smart Hives
According to BeeHero, with offices in Palo Alto and research in Israel, 70% of crops worldwide rely on bees, whose increasing mortality rate, coupled with colony collapse disorder, makes feeding the world’s growing population a challenge. BeeHero has been in the news for partnering with Monsons Honey & Pollination, Australia’s leader in beekeeping and pollination […]
Mead, Honey from Wine, is the World’s Oldest Alcoholic Drink
The ancient Greeks called mead the “nectar of the gods.” Since honey has antioxidant and antimicrobial properties; mead was also used in ancient India and China and has been used ever since by many cultures. Famous mead was made by monks in European monasteries and Queen Elizabeth the 1st had her own mead recipe. Today, mead […]
Songs about Honey (and HoneyMoon)
Many songs are about ‘Honey’ as well as ‘Honeymoon’ – a 16th-century word described in the Oxford Dictionary as a word that originally denoted the period of time following a wedding – from honey and moon, and generally describes the first month after marriage.