HoneyHoney

SweetSweet viscous fluidviscous fluid is is made by bees made by bees from the nectar of flowersfrom the nectar of flowers. . This is This is natural sweetenernatural sweetener. The . The basebase of of honey honey and itand itss sweetnes sweetnesss is made from glucose is made from glucose and fructoseand fructose..

Million years ago people Million years ago people used to eatused to eat everything they everything they had had hunted, captured hunted, captured and foundand found. . When people discovered wild When people discovered wild beesbees, t, theheyy thought thought,, thatthat becom becoming ing friends with these creatures would be friends with these creatures would be very very usefuluseful. .

Honey in LithuaniaHoney in Lithuania

Types of honeyTypes of honey

TasteTaste, , colocolouurr and smelland smell of of honeyhoney is different depending is different depending oonn flowers flowers,, from which from which is is colleccollectedted nectar nectar. There are . There are different types of honey.different types of honey. The The nectarnectar of of some plant some plantss can becan be toxic to peopletoxic to people, , although it is although it is untoxic to beesuntoxic to bees. .

Acacia honeyAcacia honey– – the brightest, almost the brightest, almost whitewhite honey honey with with a a slight tinge of green slight tinge of green creamycreamy..

Stone honeyStone honey- - wild beeswild bees’’ “gift” “gift”, , which which is is found in the cavesfound in the caves..

Raspberry honeyRaspberry honey– a – a pale yellowpale yellow honey honey with green tinge or even transparent like with green tinge or even transparent like water, which crystallizes – white with water, which crystallizes – white with cream shadecream shade..

Melilotus honeyMelilotus honey– – while fresh while fresh it it is is white to pale yellowwhite to pale yellow, , when crystallizes when crystallizes it it isis white like salted fat. white like salted fat.

Clover honeyClover honey– – pale yellow, almost pale yellow, almost whitewhite honey with honey with pleasant taste pleasant taste. .

Sainfoin honeySainfoin honey– – whitewhite, , sometimes sometimes with a green tingewith a green tinge, , refinedrefined and and bright bright honey. It has got honey. It has got pleasant taste. pleasant taste.

Bluebell honeyBluebell honey– its – its pale pale

yellow coloyellow colouur reminds r reminds homemade butterhomemade butter. It is . It is equal to the honey of equal to the honey of July, July, it has it has pleasant tastepleasant taste..

Bluckwheat honeyBluckwheat honey – it – it is is distinguishdistinguisheded by by itsits colocolouur pallet from dark r pallet from dark yellow to brownish or yellow to brownish or reddish tinge to dark reddish tinge to dark brown or even blackbrown or even black..

Coriander honeyCoriander honey– it is – it is distinguishdistinguisheded by dark by dark colocolouur, specific r, specific characteristic aroma and characteristic aroma and tastetaste..

Dandelion honeyDandelion honey– – golden yellow or even golden yellow or even orangeorange, , very flavorful and thickvery flavorful and thick honey. honey.

Maple honeyMaple honey– – there are two types of there are two types of itit: : liquid and white which crystallizesliquid and white which crystallizes- - after after one or two monthsone or two months it it becomes somewhat becomes somewhat transparent red-yellowtransparent red-yellow..

Field plants honeyField plants honey– its – its main color is main color is yellow, sometimes yellow, sometimes itit may be dark brown may be dark brown..

History of honeyHistory of honey The first insects emerged on earth about 1000 The first insects emerged on earth about 1000

million years ago. Bees appeared about 35 million million years ago. Bees appeared about 35 million years agoyears ago. . Bees Bees have gothave got one feature one feature. The more . The more peoplepeople or animal or animal defend themselves, defend themselves, the more the more bees bees attack themattack them. . That’s why if people or That’s why if people or animalanimal want want to to take honey, they have to take honey, they have to killkill all bees all bees. . The real bee-The real bee-keeping started when people noticed that bees keeping started when people noticed that bees are are afraid afraid ofof smoke smoke. . Smoke calms bees anger, they Smoke calms bees anger, they avoid avoid it. it.