Eleuthera Honey

Produced by

Eleuthera Gold

Rock Sound, Eleuthera

Wholesale or Retail

Honey is "manufactured" in one of the world's most efficient factories, the beehive. Bees may travel as far as 55,000 miles and visit more than two million flowers to gather enough nectar to make just a pound of honey.

The color and flavor of honey differ depending on the bees' nectar source (the blossoms).

Storing Honey

• To retain honey's wonderfully luxuriant texture, always store it at room temperature; never in the refrigerator. If your honey becomes cloudy, don't worry. It's just crystallization, a natural process. Place your honey jar in warm water until the crystals disappear. If you're in a hurry, place it in a microwave-safe container and heat it in the microwave on HIGH for 2-3 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds. Remember, never boil or scorch honey.

• Note: Honey should not be fed to infants under one year of age. Honey is a safe and wholesome food for children and adults.

Why do bees make honey?

We know that bees have been producing honey as they do today for at least 150 million years. Bees produce honey as food stores for the hive during the long months of winter when flowers aren't blooming and therefore little or no nectar is available to them. Bees produce such an abundance of honey, far more than the hive can eat, that humans can harvest the excess.

Nectar.

Soon to Be Honey!

During a honey flow, worker bees take positions at the doorway and fan their wings to create the draft necessary to evaporate the moisture from the nectar the field bees have gathered and reduce it to Honey...

Worker Bee Tending Young Larvae

A Queen Bee surrounded by her attendants...