. . sweet delight . .

Today, got to see how the honeybees doing. That's right! honeybees. Bees that puke a sweet and nutritious syrup that can be used in all sorts of things. We have two colonies in our backyard right now which has more or less thousands of bees, including the eggs.

Was really fascinated by seeing the honeycombs filled with honey and some are filled with eggs. Especially the bees crawling and eating their precious honey. Here is a pic below showing a frame with bees developing the wax:

Beautiful isn't it?? i'm proud to be around those busy little workers. . :)

Since my family are now interested in the wonders that the honey does, my sister decided to buy some colonies not just to keep my parents and me busy but to have a supply of honey of our own and also since pure honey nowadays is hard to find. I also heard that there are only two brands sold in the supermarket that produce pure honey and it's also expensive. Well, for a wondrous food that nature provided, who wouldn't put a price on it.

Been researching about the health benefits that the honey gives and let me tell you, it has lots of it. I always thought that it's just a substitute sweetener for diabetics and some antioxidants but now there are lots of stuff it contains. 

Now that I'm practicing on my baking skills, I wanna at least try to incorporate honey in most of my recipes. Hoping that it won't increase the amount of sugar in my blood. Keeping my fingers crossed here! HAHA.

Oooh! I also got a taste of the honey produced at our own backyard. Flavor is not that intense which is really good for me, have tried different honey's from different sources and some are very intense in aroma and flavor. That's what they call polyfloral, which means the nectar came from different kinds of flowers. So my theory is that, due to the fact that the our honey is a light, maybe it's monofloral. 

The upside of it is that, when you consume it raw, it's really soothing to the throat and tongue. The downside is that the polyfloral one contains lots of antioxidants which makes it really healthy for consumption. 

Part of the honeycomb with honey, ready for sucking. Taste pretty damn good!

The queen bee with her royal escorts as what I love to call them. :) She takes charge of they're communication and laying eggs. 

Ripe honey enclosed in the honey combs with bees crawling all over it.

Part of the honey comb that was taken. One from the picture above with the plate.

Bees eh! just don't know how to let go. LOL

Those are the pics from today's visit. There's not much going on but we're happy to see the growth of their population in about a month or so. Can't wait to reach 6 colonies and start producing tons of honey! 

I've mentioned that I'm gonna incorporate honey on my recipes right?? Now that I've mentioned that earlier, I'm planning to incorporate that in all of my recipes not just in pastry and see how that goes. I know some people have already done that but maybe I can figure a new and exciting way in using honey on food. Time to add that on my to do list! HAHA.

cheers!

" There comes forth from their bellies, a drink of varying colour wherein is healing for mankind. Verily, in this is indeed a sign for people who think."