Hawkins Honey

09/05/2023

Some very interesting and beautiful facts about our wonderful girls!

Did you know that... there are living enzymes in honey?
Did you know that... in contact with metal these enzymes die and honey becomes toxic?
Did you know that... there are between 10 and 80,000 bees in one hive?
Did you know that... Honey contains a substance that helps the human brain work better?
Did you know that...honey is the ONLY food on earth that alone...can sustain human life?
Did you know that bees saved people in Africa from starvation?
Did you know that... One teaspoon of honey is enough to sustain human life for 24 hours?
Did you know that... Propolis produced by bees is the most powerful natural ANTIBIOTIC?
Did you know that... to get 1g. poison, need a sting from over 10,000 bees?
Did you know that... honey has no expiration date?
Did you know that... honey is the first form (currency) of the world... as payment?
Do you know that... to gain 1 kg. honey do you need the nectar of over 1,000,000 flowers?
Did you know that... The first coins in the world had a painted bee 🐝?
Did you know that...honey is best consumed with honeycomb?
Did you know that... there is a special wooden spoon for honey, not a metal one?
Did you know that... bee pastures are the healthiest food in the world?
Did you know that... Pollen can have more than 1500 colors and shades?
Did you know that... a bee can fly at a speed of over 60 km/h?
Did you know that... In Great Britain, the royal family consumes Romanian honey?
Did you know that... manna honey... is made from the saliva of some bugs called "fatties"?
Did you know that... the bodies of the great emperors of the world were buried in golden caskets and then covered with honey to prevent rotting?
Did you know that bees are the ONLY bugs that produce food for humans?
Did you know that... The name "HONEYMOON" comes from the fact that newlyweds consumed honey and mead for fertility after the wedding?
Did you know that... The mother (queen) lays twice her weight in eggs in one day?
Did you know that... The mother has a "section" called the spermatic cord?
Did you know... that bees flap their wings more than 11,000 times a minute?
Did you know that... the only honey that can be enjoyed by those allergic to bee products is manna (manuka) honey.
Did you know that...manuka honey is the best honey for women?
Did you know that... Acacia honey is not sweetened?
Do you know that...
A bee lives less than 40 days, visits at least 1000 flowers and produces less than a teaspoon of honey, but for her it's a lifetime! ❤️

Thanks, BEES! 🐝 🧡🐝🧡🐝 🧡🐝 🧡🐝

07/03/2023

7-1-23 Our most special jars of honey so far, Analeize and Dylan’s wedding favors 🥂

05/03/2023

500g pots of honey for sale.
Pure untouched, unprocessed honey. Straight from the hive, into the pot!
$8.00
Send us a message if you would like a pot (or 2) of this delicious nectar of the gods!

29/11/2021

26/11/2021

🐝🐝🐝 IMPORTANT 🐝🐝🐝
When you see something like this, don't be afraid, don't move them, don't kill them!!!
It's just bees traveling, they're passing by and will only stop for 24 hours. Don't disturb them and avoid getting close, they won't hurt you. If you want to help them, put a flat plate or a flat container with a light layer of sugar water. You will see how they will feed, grab energy, and go their way.
We all must protect the traveling swarms, they are our survival insurance. If they die, we die later. Without bees, no human being will remain on the face of the Earth!
Please be careful and don't kill bees! 🐝🐝🐝

01/11/2021

A massive thank you to everyone who bought our first batch of this Spring's honey. Sorry to those who missed out this time but we should have more again in a few weeks. Our girls are very busy this time of year and it won't take long for them to fill their hive again!!

01/11/2021

We have honey for sale!
400g jar $6.00
1kg tub $12.00

01/11/2021

It's that time of the year again and our girls have been very busy!!

08/03/2021

🐝🐝🐝 We only have 4 x 1kg tubs of honey left $15 each 🐝🐝🐝

06/03/2021

🐝🐝🐝 Honey is selling fast! Only 6 x 1kg tubs and 1 x 400g jar remaining. We will give our little girls a rest over Winter so this will be our last honey harvest until Spring. 🐝🐝🐝

06/03/2021

Our little bees have been working their magic. Today we have available 10 x 1kg pots for $15each, and 6 x 400gm jars for $8 each.

03/01/2021

Our next batch of Pure, Raw Honey is only days away now...........Our girls have been busy!!

Real Honey from Australian Beekeepers.
When you buy honey from Australian beekeepers you can bee sure, the honey has been extracted from local Australian hives and minimally processed. Raw or Real honey retains the natural ingredients of honey (pollen, wax, propolis and royal jelly) and thus providing nature’s true benefits of 100% real nutritious honey.

What is Fake Honey and What is Raw Honey?
There is a lot of confusion about honey and the differences between raw honey, natural honey, pure honey, real honey and so called ‘fake’ honey. Put simply, raw honey, natural honey, pure honey, unfiltered honey and real honey is essentially the same thing – 100% honey. What this means is the honey in the jar was made by bees – not in a factory.

What Is Fake Honey?
Fake honey is the term used for honey-like products that contain non-bee products, such as glucose syrups, inverted sugar solutions (from refined sugar) or corn, cane or beet syrup. Many of the honey products being imported into Australia are in fact, not honey. In 2016, the Australian Honey Bee Industry Council (AHBIC), tested honey imported from Asia proving it to be C4 sugars (likely corn syrup) rather than the honey sugar classification of C3.
While fake honey may look like raw honey, the key difference is it is made in a factory, rather than by nature. Fake honey also:
• contains a mix of bee honey and cheaper cane or other syrups, added to increase the volume of the honey, reduce production cost and price;
• often has a high composition of water, diluting the honey, again used to increase the volume of the ‘honey’ and hence profits, and
• has added artificial or synthetic ingredients such as dyes and flavour enhancers. Fake honey will not have the natural flavour, texture and aroma of real honey. In fact, fake honey can have a sour odour or no smell at all and usually contains refined sugars.
Most importantly, fake honey does not have the same health benefits of pure honey.

Commercial honey
The honey you find in the supermarket ranges from raw honey through to fake honey, which may not contain any honey at all!
The key difference between most of the commercially produced honey sold in the supermarkets and raw honey (unprocessed honey) and is that commercial produced honey has been heated to very high temperatures and filtered to a very low micron level. This is done to slow or stop the crystalisation process to and to remove any “specks” from the honey – essentially to increase the honey’s shelf life and aesthetics. Unfortunately, these treatments also have a negative impact on the honey.