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8 ways to distinguish natural honey from fake
(ORDO NEWS) — Natural honey is not only a tasty delicacy, but also a useful product that has a whole range of nutrients and medicinal properties. However, there are many fake honeys on the market that can be harmful to health. In order not to fall for the bait of fraudsters, it is important to know how to distinguish natural honey from fake. Here are some key signs: Appearance Natural honey can…
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Purest honey on earth is made by bees on Easter Island
(ORDO NEWS) — Isolated on an island in the South East Pacific, Easter Island’s bees are free from all pathogens and pesticides that devastate the world‘s bee population, and therefore produce the purest honey on the planet. Chile’s Easter Island beekeepers are fully convinced that their bees could one day be the lifesaver of the world’s most important polisher. As bee colonies around the world grapple with major threats such…
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First Bioweapon: Story of Hallucinogenic “Mad Honey”
(ORDO NEWS) — Everyone loves honey. A delicious, sweet treat, it can be used in recipes, cosmetics, or as a sugar substitute. However, not all honey is produced equally. This is clearly seen in Nepal and Turkey, where a variety known as “mad honey” sells for almost $360 a kilo, or $160 a pound on the Asian black market. Mad honey has a redder color than regular honey and a…
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Honey has a positive effect on blood sugar and cholesterol levels, scientists have found
(ORDO NEWS) — Honey can make everything taste better. From chicken and fish to bread and desserts, it’s delicious on its own as a sweet treat. Now, a new study has shown that honey may also improve blood sugar and cholesterol levels, with some types may be better than others. Honey is considered “free sugar”, which is essentially any type of sugar that can be added to food or drink,…
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Modern honey bees live half as long as bees from the 70s
(ORDO NEWS) — The lifespan of laboratory-dwelling honey bees has shrunk by about 50% over the past 50 years, hinting at possible causes for worrying trends in beekeeping, according to a new study by University of Maryland entomologists. The study, published today in Scientific Reports, is the first to show an overall reduction in honey bee lifespan that is potentially independent of environmental stressors. The results suggest that genetics may…
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How to check honey for naturalness : Some effective tips
(ORDO NEWS) — Honey is considered a fairly popular natural type of sweets in Ukraine. It can bring great health benefits. You can find a jar of honey in almost every house, but sellers do not always sell really high-quality products. There are several effective ways to determine whether honey is natural. The fact that honey is natural is indicated by its consistency. It should be uniform. Quality products have…
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Water with honey on an empty stomach: is it really useful
(ORDO NEWS) — Scientists have not previously conducted studies that could prove that honey really brings great benefits to the body if it is mixed with water and drunk on an empty stomach. However, this product will be quite useful if a person has certain diseases. Benefits of water for the body It is no secret to anyone that water itself has a very strong effect on the proper functioning…
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Is honey an effective cough remedy
(ORDO NEWS) — Honey is known as the most nourishing tonic in the world and at the same time honey is a good home remedy for cough. The advantage of honey is that it contains various natural antioxidant components, such as organic acids, phenolic compounds, SOD and others. Clinical experience shows that honey has the effect of relieving cough and removes phlegm. It also has an anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effect.…
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Story of Hallucinogenic Mad Honey
(ORDO NEWS) — Everyone loves honey. A delicious, sweet treat, it can be used in recipes, cosmetics, or as a sugar substitute. However, not all honey is produced equally. This is clearly seen in Nepal and Turkey, where a variety known as “mad honey” sells for almost $360 a kilo, or $160 a pound on the Asian black market. Mad honey has a redder color than regular honey and a…
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There is a very strange effect when honey bees fly over the mirror
(ORDO NEWS) — In 1963, Austrian entomologist Herbert Geran and German behavioral scientist Martin Lindauer noticed something special about the way honey bees move through the air. When bees were trained to fly over a lake, they could only get to the other side if there were waves and ripples on the surface of the water. If the lake was mirror-smooth, then the insects suddenly lost height until they crashed…
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Honey has the potential to create brain-like computer chips
(ORDO NEWS) — Honey could be the sweet spot for developing environmentally friendly components for neuromorphic computers, systems designed to mimic the neurons and synapses found in the human brain. Neuromorphic systems, which some have called the future of computing, run much faster and consume far less power than traditional computers. Engineers have demonstrated one way to make them more organic by using honey to make a memristor, a transistor-like…
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They suggested making neuromorphic computers out of honey
(ORDO NEWS) — Scientists proposed to create environmentally friendly components from honey for neuromorphic computers – systems designed to mimic neurons and synapses in the human brain. Computing devices that mimic the human brain are just around the corner. But who would have thought that they can be made from honey! Many scientists believe that neuromorphic systems are the future of computing. They are much faster than traditional computers and…
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Are ants capable of making honey and how is this possible?
(ORDO NEWS) — We believe that the production of honey is the exclusive prerogative of bees. However, this is not the case. Bees are not the only insects that can create honey. You will be surprised, but not only bees, but also ants can produce honey, and aphids can cook sweet syrup Bees are not the only Hymenoptera that produce honey. Some paper wasp species, especially the Mexican honey wasp…