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honey
bees
[2007]
[Aajonus]
The only way to know that is to get my list, if you want to know those that are confirmed truly raw.
[Attendee]
Is it okay to give him honey just from bees?
[Aajonus]
I mean, if you wanna know for sure you give him the honeycomb, then you know that it hasn't been heated because it's still in a comb and there's no heat to it.
It doesn't mean that they didn't use antibiotics on the hive or with the bees, and it doesn't mean they didn't use corn syrup to feed them in the winter.
So, you have to know that stuff too.
[Attendee #2]
And ask her if they froze it.
[Aajonus]
If it freezes, it crystallizes, but usually in those combs, they won't freeze it because that'll cause it to become brittle and then they'll break open and become a big mess. So, they don't freeze. Usually don't freeze comb honey.
[This is actually not true. Honeycomb is often frozen to kill eggs and to preserve it]
[Attendee #2]
What about honey that is crystallized from the co-op, do I have to warm it up to a certain amount
[Aajonus]
No, but you better find out whether it's been frozen to cause it to crystallize. Because freezing destroys a lot of enzymes in the honey. It makes it more on the order of sugar. And James doesn't carry everything that I agree with.
And he put that notice up there, took me two years to get him to put up that notice, but he finally put it up.
[Attendee]
Where is your listing?
[Aajonus]
The order form is in the back of the book. Oh, it's also in the website.
[Attendee]
Are those eggs from whole foods really fertile?
[Aajonus]
Fertile just means that the roosters are running around getting laid right before the hens lay.
And that ensures that your chicken is not just in a small cage the size of its body as almost all the eggs that you get from a supermarket, regular supermarket.
