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Is beehive poisonous? Can it be eaten?

Not poisonous!

It's mainly beeswax, and the cavities contain bee pupae and honey!

Honeycomb has high medicinal value. Fresh and clean honeycomb is often used to treat rhinitis. Old honeycomb has the effect of treating hepatitis, rhinitis and rheumatoid arthritis. Studies have shown that honeycomb preparations can promote the body's cellular immune function. Honeycomb extract has a strong inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Shigella dysenteriae, Salmonella typhi and Proteus vulgaris. It also has an inhibitory effect on fungi such as Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus flavus, Fusarium solani and Leuconostoc. The chemical composition of honeycomb is very complex, mainly containing beeswax, resin, oil, pigment, tannin, sugar, organic acid, fatty acid, glycoside, enzyme and insect hormone.

【Nature and flavor and meridians】Sweet, neutral. Enters the stomach meridian.

【Effects】Dispel wind, attack poison, kill insects, relieve pain, and anti-allergic.

[Main indications] Toothache caused by caries, sores, swelling and infection, mastitis, scrofula, stubborn skin tinea, tinea pedis, and allergic constitution.

【Usage and Dosage】3-5g. For external use, grind into powder and mix with oil to apply to the affected area, or boil in water to rinse or wash the affected area.

Adverse reactions: The volatile oil in beehives is quite toxic to experimental animals and can cause damage such as acute nephritis.

Clinical research: It is reported that the use of beehive or appropriate combination to treat suppurative infections, acute mastitis, neurodermatitis, toothache and other diseases has satisfactory therapeutic effects. In recent years, it has been reported that: 158 cases of chronic rhinitis and 65 cases of chronic sinusitis were treated by boiling honeycombs into a thick paste and then compressing them into tablets for oral administration, with an effective rate of 85% and 72% respectively; and it also has a good effect on acute and chronic hepatitis (Chinese Herbal Medicine Newsletter, 1979, 10:22); 10g each of honeycombs and angelica dahurica, dried and ground into powder, added with vinegar to make a dough, applied to the Shenque point before going to bed, covered with gauze and fixed with adhesive tape, once a day, 43 cases of premature ejaculation were treated, and all were effective after 6-7 applications (Zhejiang Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1991, 2:86); 71 cases of thyroid cysts were treated by grinding equal amounts of wasp houses and Dioscorea bulbifera into fine powder, 0.5g each time, 3 times a day, taken with rice wine after meals, or put into capsules for oral administration (Practical Toxicity of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Science and Technology Literature Publishing House, 1992:354). In addition, honeycombs can also be used to treat dysentery, enuresis, whooping cough, chronic tracheitis and other diseases.

Honeycomb, what's the difference between dark and light?

1. Wild honeycomb honey has two colors: light and dark. Dark-colored honeycombs are honeycombs that were built earlier by the bees, and light-colored honeycombs are honeycombs that were built not long ago. The honeycomb honey we usually see is basically made of artificial nests, and then chemical white wax or pure natural beeswax is used to build the basic honeycomb. Of course, whether white wax or beeswax is used depends on how the beekeeper does it.

2. Dark-colored legal beehive, that is, wild beehive honey, is rich in biological enzymes, vitamins, and a variety of trace elements. It also integrates propolis, royal jelly, pollen, honey, and honey embryos. It has better health care and therapeutic effects and is the best honey.

3. Artificial ordinary honeycomb honey, the honey is ready, just take it out directly, the impact on the honeycomb is very small, and the color is the same, it is artificial, the assembly line operation, the color is basically the same, but artificial honeycomb honey does not contain royal jelly, pollen, honey embryos, so its nutritional value is greatly discounted.

4. If the honeycomb you bought is new, beeswax will remain in people's mouths when they are eaten, making people feel like chewing gum when they chew it. When eating old honeycombs, there will be no such feeling. The beeswax in the old honeycombs will be chewed up by people and eaten along with the honey, and there will be no strange feeling.

Additional information

Honeycomb honey is rich in vitamins, minerals, enzymes, lipids and other nutrients, which can regulate the human gastrointestinal system, enhance intestinal motility, and is helpful for people who often suffer from bloating and bowel sounds.

It is recommended to use warm water below 40°C to brew the honeycomb honey of Tianye Pasture Beekeepers. Cut the honeycomb honey into small pieces and put them into warm water to slowly dissolve the honey. This not only saves the trouble of chewing, but also increases the contact area between various nutrients and the gastrointestinal tract, making nutrient absorption more comprehensive, regulating the human gastrointestinal tract, protecting the gastrointestinal mucosa and reducing food irritation, but also can improve long-term indigestion and constipation.

In addition, the large amount of antibacterial substances in honeycomb honey can not only act as a preservative itself but also help the human body enhance immunity and resistance, safeguard a healthy body and abundant energy, establish a barrier in advance to prevent respiratory infections such as colds and fevers, and also have a good effect on relieving long-term recurrent rhinitis and pharyngitis.

Honeycomb itself is an excellent natural tonic. New honeycomb does not lack any ingredients compared to old honeycomb, but old honeycomb often has too much dust and bacteria in it due to being stored for too long. I hope everyone will pay more attention when purchasing honeycomb products. The most important thing is to eat it with peace of mind and happiness, and to achieve the desired effect.

How to check the quality of a beehive

1. There are generally three types of beehives sold on the market. One is the most common Italian bee hive, the other is the native bee hive, and the last is the wild bee hive. Among these three types of hives, wild bee hives have the highest value and are very rare on the market, but their efficacy is excellent and they have therapeutic effects on many diseases such as rhinitis and gastritis.

2. When buying beehives, the older the better. Fresh beehives are mostly white or light yellow, while old beehives are darker in color, mostly close to black. The longer they are stored, the darker their color will be, and the quality and efficacy of such beehives will be better.

3. Most of the effective ingredients of honeycomb honey for treating rhinitis and pharyngitis are in the honeycomb, not in the honey in the honeycomb. Therefore, when people buy honeycomb for consumption, the older the honeycomb, the better the effect. In other words, it is best to buy old honeycomb with a darker color.

References Baidu Encyclopedia - Honeycomb Honey

The light-colored ones are new beehives, and the dark-colored ones are old beehives. The specific differences are as follows:

1. The light-colored ones are the newly built beehives, and the dark-colored ones are the old beehives.

2. The taste is different. When chewing new honeycomb honey, the last honeycomb wax is spit out like chewing gum, while the old honeycomb wax breaks into pieces when chewed and can be eaten together with the honey.

3. Different nectar plants. The color of honey is directly related to the nectar plants that bees collect. Honey brewed from nectar of different nectar plants has obvious differences in color.

The difference in color, aroma and taste is due to the different nectar plants. Honey with light white and transparent color, light and rich aroma, and sweet and non-greasy taste is easily accepted by people, such as litchi honey, northern apricot honey, vitex honey, etc. The price of these honeys is naturally higher than those with dark brown and turbid color, strong and unpleasant aroma, and sweet and unpleasant taste, such as camellia, sesame, Chinese tallow tree, eucalyptus, buckwheat, etc.

Additional information:

1. Transparent honey is not necessarily good

Honey is rich in fructose, glucose and organic acids, which makes it have the fragrance of flowers and fruits, and has more nutrition than flowers and fruits. From the appearance, good honey should be a moist gelatinous liquid, which has the unique luster of honey, but is not as transparent and clear as water. Therefore, when choosing honey, do not choose one that is particularly transparent or dark in color.

2. Different nectars have different colors

Many people have found that the color of honey on the market varies. Is dark or light better? Dong Jie said that the color of honey is close to the color of the nectar of the nectar source plant. For example, the color of acacia honey is lighter, while jujube honey is darker. Honey brewed from different nectar sources has different nutritional values, so the quality of honey cannot be simply judged by its color.

3. Good honey can be smelled

Good honey can be smelled. Single flower honey will have the same rich aroma as the source plant, such as Sophora japonica honey has the fragrance of Sophora japonica, and Osmanthus honey has the sweet fragrance of Osmanthus.

4. Generally speaking, the thicker the honey, the better

This is because the viscosity of honey is related to its water content. Beekeepers will collect honey when the bees are about to mature, so good honey has low water content. When choosing honey in the supermarket, you can turn the bottle upside down. The slower it flows, the more viscous it is. Due to its viscous texture, honey has the characteristic of continuous drawing. If it is fake honey or low-quality honey, it will not bounce back quickly.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Honeycomb

The honeycomb you bought should be pure Italian honeycomb. Pure honey will gradually crystallize in one, two or three months depending on the location. If it is our wild honeycomb, the longer it is stored, the better. Honeycomb honey has a very good effect on rhinitis, laryngitis, and laxatives, especially old honeycomb honey. The older the honeycomb, the better. New honeycombs are generally white, and a small number of them are yellow due to the variety of flowers on the mountain. The color of the old honeycomb is black, the older the blacker, the better. When chewing new honeycomb honey, the last honeycomb wax is spit out like chewing gum, and the old honeycomb wax breaks when chewed, and can be eaten together with honey. The medicinal ingredients of honeycomb honey for treating rhinitis and laryngitis are contained in the honeycomb rather than in honey. Honeycomb is a treasure extracted from the honeycomb. It is currently difficult to buy real honeycomb on the market. Wild honeycomb contains honeycomb, propolis, royal jelly, and bee pollen. There are generally three types of honey on the market: one is Italian honey, the second is local honey, and the third is wild honey.

1 Italian bees are imported from Italy, which is the kind of bees that people often see beekeepers carrying beehives around. Italian bees produce a lot of honey, and the variety of flowers is relatively simple. They even need to be fed with white sugar and brown sugar in summer, autumn and winter. The purity, concentration, nutrition and medicinal ingredients of these sugars are low. They can produce honey all year round.

2 The bee species of native honey is Chinese honey. Its breeding method is basically the same as that of Italian honey. Its honey production is lower and its honey production cycle is longer. Its purity and concentration are higher, and its nutritional and medicinal ingredients are higher. It can produce honey all year round.

3 The bee species of wild honey is Chinese wild honey bees. At present, Chinese wild honey bees in my country are very rare and precious. They are mainly distributed in a few provinces in the south, mainly in remote and backward mountainous areas. Chinese wild honey bees live naturally in tree holes, stone caves, earth caves or artificial beehives in the mountains. The honey production is very low and the honey production cycle is very long. Wild honey is only available in spring. Its purity and concentration are very high, and the content of nutrients and medicinal ingredients is very rich. It is the only kind of honey that can be eaten directly without disinfection and sterilization. It is the best honey and a holy product for beauty and skin care.

Identification of wild honey:

【Look】: New honey is generally a thick gelatinous liquid, with a color of white to light yellow. The color varies in different mountainous areas. After being stored for a period of time, it will crystallize as a whole. Old honey is all crystallized honey.

[Smell]: Natural fragrance, with floral and medicinal scent.

[Taste]: Real wild honey is not too sweet. After it is completely crystallized, it tastes sweet and bland when it enters the throat. The crystals dissolve slowly when brewed with warm water.

[Concentration]: The concentration is viscous. The crystals are soft. Use chopsticks to poke a hole, and then drop the honey on white paper, newspaper, or restaurant paper. The honey drop is not easy to seep out, and the honey drop is not easy to deform. When the honey and fake honey are dropped on white paper, newspaper, or restaurant paper, water seeps out, and the honey drop is deformed.

Honeycomb honey is a combination of honey, bee pollen, beeswax and propolis. Its color is also closely related to the nectar plants. Some honeycomb honeys have more diverse nectar plants, and the color will be relatively darker. The other type is old honeycomb, which is more than one year old and less than two years old. It is rich in pollen, propolis, honeycomb and other effective ingredients. The ingredients are relatively complex, and the honey has been taken several times and several batches of young bees have been bred. In the beehive where the bees have bred, the bees will leave a layer of bee clothes in the beehive when they transform from insects to bees. After multiple breeding, the bee clothes gradually turn black, so the color of old honeycomb will be black.

As long as the quality of new honey is guaranteed, the color depth does not affect its value. However, old honey contains some honeycomb, less honey and more wax, so it is generally not recommended to be eaten directly, but used as medicine.