Heppner, Ore., Gazette-Times, Thursday, Dec. 19, 1974
Honey production hi! by
high sugar prices
K'vcn honeybees are affect
Hi ly the hih price of sugar.
1'Imy tfin'l afford to eat it
either.
Hci'H need Iheir own honey
fur nourishment, but some
beekeepers used (o cheat them
l,v taking pari of it and
siiMiliilinn a sugar syrup.
Hut with keepers now paying
min e for a pound of sugar than
Hies get for a pound of honey,
Ihi'v arc leaving more honey
for the bees.
Ilmiey-cnting bees have
contributed to a decrease in
United Slates honey produc
tion this year, though a rainy
spiint! and dry summer are
the main reasons why com
mercial output dropped from
.ilmiit till million pounds in
I!i7:i to too million pounds in
1(174.
iMireign imports are taking
up Hie slack, the National
(iciigraphic Society reports.
In recent years Mexico in
p: 1 1 -ticular has become a
niiijor honey exporter to the
lulled States.
Su-callcd "jungle honey," a
tlark variety from the Yuca
l.iii. is tavored by health food
stures because it derives from
flowers in the jungle where
supposedly (here is little or no
pollution.
The growing interest in
n.iiuiiil foods has helped
increase the market for
hniic. especially the dark
kinds Buckwheat honey is
rich in minerals, giving rise to
the saying. "Dark honey for
p.ile people." Honey colors
riinue from water-white to
vine-red. flavors from bland
In pnngcnl It all depends on
the nectar.
Without nectar, there is no
hones A pound of honey may
hold the essence of two million
hlnssiinis. Bees require every
tut ol their renew tied energy to .
Bather it. Even in regions
wher:' flowers abound, a bee
colony may need UT.OOI) trips
iind ;i combined flight mileage
of ihmi miles to produce one
pound of honey.
The flower nectar, mixed
with enviucs within a bee's
IhkK. breaks down into dex
trose and ( levulose. both
simple sugars. This thin,
p.u ih ripened honey is stored
in open cells in the bee hive,
and the bees fan their w ings in
(rout ni them to evaporate
ecess water.
There are as many varieties
ol honey as there are nectars.
Some specialty stores stock up
to :ru kinds.
Gourmets relish tta spicy
honey derived from thyme
urowiim on the slopes of
Mount llvniettus in Greece;
traditionally, it was the origi-'
nal food of the gods. American
experts believe that honey
from the wild thyme of the
Catskills is just as good.
The filmed heather honey of
Europe is so thick it will not
flow out of a jar turned upside
down. If the jar is shaken,
however, the honey will pour
easily. The phenomenon has a
name thixotrophy and is
common to certain jellylike
substances,
Sweet clover is the greatest
single source of honey produc
ed in the United States, but
dozens of regional honeys are
made too. Beekeepers in the
mountains of West Virginia
swear by sourwood honey.
Delicately flavored orange
blossom honey commands a
premium price in California,
and cranberry honey is popu
lar in Massachusetts.
Honey also is made from
alfalfa, vetch, botton, wild
raspberry, fireweed, milk
weed, goldenrnd, sage, mes
quite. tupelo, basswood,
palmetto, persimmon, honey
locust, and even the flowers of
onions and lima beans.
Christmas
singing
at the tree
There will be a community
Christmas sing on Monday,
Dec. 2.1. 7:,'!0 p.m., at the
Christmas tree on Main
Street.
Anyone wishing to join the
sing, or who can play a
musical instrument, is invited
to join in the event. Arnie
Hedman and Doreen Grace
will assist with the singing.
After the downtown sing,
some of the singers will go to
Pioneer Memorial Hospital to
sing Christmas carols for the
patients.
HOI! ( (MtTIN AS
l.i: i:S (OI NTV
Friday the 13th was a sad
day for the County Juvenile
Office because Bob Cortinas.
the Walla Walla College stu
dent who had been assisting
there, finished his assign
ment. Carolyn Davis says "he has
been a really great help and
will be sorely missed. He was
especially helpful in the north
count) with our Spanish
speaking families."
Bub has returned to Fulltime
on-tliecanipus studies at
Walla Walla.
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