The concept of "honey" has a very unusual meaning - in translation the word means something mysterious, mysterious, endowed with some kind of magical properties. And this is not surprising, because this product can cure any ailments, cope with serious illnesses, and also endow life force, beauty and wisdom. What types of honey are there? The answer to this question will be detailed, since this product is also classified depending on its origin and cooking technology.
Varieties of this product are classified according to several criteria, but the main ones are technological, regional and floristic.
Floral or flower honey
It can be floral and mortal, depending on the source from which insects collect pollen. Flower honey can be monofleur (collected from one type of plant) and polyfleur (made from several types of honey plants). Absolutely monoflera varieties are extremely rare - honey from different herbs does not differ in taste and aroma from other varieties in this category. Depending on the type of bee pasture, flower honey can be meadow, forest, steppe, fruit, taiga, mountain, etc.
Regional honey
The product is classified according to place of origin. Far Eastern linden, Altai or Bashkir honey - all these names speak about the place of bee pastures and production technology. The collection method and production technology determine yet another classification of the product: depending on the method of production, honey can be centrifugal and trigger.
Bees fill it in special cells, which are sealed with wax - this is how honeycomb turns out, which comes to the consumer in a pure form and in a mature state, without impurities and preservatives. The product is sterile - according to bacteriological studies.
The centrifugal method of obtaining is as follows: beekeeping products are pumped out of honeycombs at a honey separator.
Other varieties
What types of honey are there? It turns out that there are a great many varieties. So, it varies in color, taste and aroma. Honey can be dark, light or medium in between. Absolutely colorless, light and completely transparent, like water, varieties of a sweet product are also known. For example, honeycombs filled with acacia honey seem empty, although in fact they store the most valuable and delicious product - white varieties of honey. There are also species that, upon crystallization, acquire a slightly greenish tint.
Some argue that dark honey is a first-class product, as it contains a large amount of mineral salts, manganese and copper, which is important for health.
There is also a gradation depending on the organoleptic characteristics. The most fragrant is tobacco honey, having felt the smell of which, it is impossible to confuse it with any other kind.
To date, connoisseurs of a healing product know several types of this product. To understand what types of honey are, it is worth getting to know the main varieties of honey.
Buckwheat honey
It is considered one of the best varieties. Due to the special taste that tickles the throat, confusing buckwheat honey with any other variety is almost impossible. How to distinguish buckwheat honey?
It is characterized by a darker shade, which varies from dark yellow to dark brown. Workaholic bees, pollinating buckwheat flowers, produce a natural product that has healing properties. Molasses has a high content of beneficial trace elements and amino acids, which means that the benefits to the body are obvious.
It is used to treat leukocytosis, bronchitis and hypertension, vitamin deficiencies and stomatitis, skin and colds. In addition, buckwheat honey is effective as a means of restoring protein metabolism. The product is widely used in cooking - it is often used for the preparation of confectionery and delicious stewed fruit.
Linden honey
A distinctive feature is the almost complete absence of color and incredible aroma. Linden honey can have only a light, light amber tint. Another characteristic feature is high organoleptic characteristics. Linden honey is very tasty and fragrant - the aroma can be heard even from a closed can.
Molasses has healing properties and a delicate taste that tickles pleasantly in the throat and leaves a soft aftertaste. Linden honey collected in the Far East differs in all respects from the product obtained in other regions of the country.
Linden honey is an indispensable medicine of a natural nature and effective prevention of viral and colds. The product is used to treat bronchitis, asthma, diseases of the liver and stomach, kidneys and intestines. It was also widely used in cosmetology - masks based on it moisturize and nourish the skin well.
Acacia honey
It is considered the most famous sweet product. From one hectare of a flowering plant, you can collect up to 1500 kg of honey, and with just one shrub the bee family can produce about 8 kg. A mature product has practically no color - it is transparent, but at the time of crystallization it takes on a slightly white tint. By the way, he becomes white no earlier than one year. A distinctive feature of this variety is the equal ratio of sucrose and fructose.
Acacia honey is an effective tool for the treatment and prevention of nervous diseases, disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and kidney diseases. In addition, molasses is used to strengthen the nervous system and treat insomnia.
Heather honey
This is an ideal product for those who prefer a slightly bitter taste. It is distinguished by a tart, smacking bitterness, aftertaste. The color scheme of heather honey varies from dark yellow to brown with a red tint. It crystallizes slowly (the process can drag on for a whole year) and is characterized by increased ductility.
Over time, the product acquires the consistency of jelly, within which a huge number of bubbles form. One has only to mix it in a jar, as honey again becomes liquid and homogeneous. Heather honey, reviews of which eloquently testify to its healing properties, is rich in minerals and has a whole range of healing properties. It is used to reduce appetite, to prevent cardiovascular disease, and also helps to strengthen the nervous system and forget about insomnia.
Chestnut honey
Useful properties and contraindications of the product are still not thoroughly studied, accompanied by numerous disputes and contradictions. Nevertheless, this variety has no less value and uniqueness than other species.
It has a slightly bitter taste, with a characteristic tart note, and a pronounced smack of chestnut. High ductility, saturated dark shades and slow crystallization are another distinctive features of the sweet product. Chestnut honey has pronounced antimicrobial properties, helps to cope with diseases of the nervous and cardiovascular systems, and is also effectively used to treat diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
From white-pink flowers of decorative horse chestnut, bees collect fragrant nectar, resulting in an incredibly tasty and fragrant product - chestnut honey.
Useful properties and contraindications:
- Promotes healing of wounds and skin lesions.
- It is used as an effective treatment for respiratory organs.
- It normalizes blood pressure and improves heart performance.
- Helps strengthen immunity, and is also used as a prophylactic for colds.
Chestnut honey also has some disadvantages:
- The product should not be used for individual intolerance (after all, any variety of this product is a fairly strong allergen).
- With great caution, honey should be eaten for people suffering from pathological blood diseases and diabetes.
At its core, chestnut beekeeping products are a universal natural antibiotic, whose bactericidal effect is several times higher than the effectiveness of most drugs.
Boiled honey: useful properties and contraindications
Honey from Ivan tea contains a large number of vitamins and minerals that are simply necessary for the human body. The appearance of the healing product is embarrassing even for true connoisseurs of sweet treats. The fact is that the natural products of striped toilers have a yellowish, and sometimes a greenish tint, and a consistency of greasy cream. And the ability of honey of honey to crystallize quickly, while changing the shade to a lighter one and forming small grains of white color, completely confuses the adherents of traditional medicine.
In fact, these are the unique features of this variety, thanks to which beekeeping products received a second name - “snowy”. Of particular note are the qualities possessed by the honey of honey.
Useful properties and contraindications:
- It is used as an anesthetic and vasodilator.
- An excellent prophylactic for the treatment of colds and viral diseases.
- It is used to treat peptic ulcers and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Natural raw materials that help to forget about insomnia and calm the nervous system.
A product obtained from a medicinal plant is undesirable for people with diabetes mellitus and individual intolerance to beekeeping products.
Melilot honey
This is one of those varieties that has an incredible variety of color palettes. Its gamut varies widely: from light amber to white with a slight greenish tint. A great taste is inherent in honey from clover medicinal, which harmoniously shades light bitterness. This bee variety is highly valued across the ocean due to its unique properties and qualities.
The aroma of clover honey cannot be forgotten - sweet and at the same time tart, it has a pronounced vanilla smell.
The product from Melilotus officinalis is widely used in folk medicine - it is used in the treatment and prevention of gastrointestinal diseases and to normalize metabolic processes in the body, as well as an effective vasodilator. In addition, it is a good sedative drug of natural origin, which helps to cope with insomnia. Its use as a propolis compress is an effective remedy for pain in muscles and joints, as well as the right solution for relieving stress from tired legs.
Dandelion honey
Speaking about what kinds of honey there are, one cannot but mention the true embodiment of summer - an amber product collected by striped toilers. Dandelion honey has a thick consistency and rapid crystallization, a pronounced aroma and an unsurpassed taste, which eloquently conveys all the sunny shades of summer. Perhaps not a single beekeeping product is so associated with warm days as dandelion honey does.
Useful properties and qualities:
- An effective remedy for disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Therapy for anemia.
- An effective product that improves appetite.
Many dandelion honey is also harvested because this product is incredibly tasty and aromatic.
Not at all useful honey
The fact remains: there are also poisonous varieties of honey. Xenophon of Athens, an ancient Greek writer and commander, described one case in which it was said that the soldiers who tasted honey from Colchis seemed to be sick. Some complained of nausea, dizziness and vomiting, others, frankly, suffered from diarrhea, and several people even died as a result of poisoning with a sweet product.
Poison honey was first discovered in 1877, in the Batum Valley. Local beekeepers used only wax, as the sweet product caused signs of acute poisoning (dizziness, nausea and vomiting). The fact is that this area is characterized by a large population of rhododendron - a plant that contains a large amount of alkoloid, dangerous to the human body. Natural mountain honey, collected by bees in the northern and middle parts of Japan, also does not differ in healing properties. The hottsutsayi plant, belonging to the heather family, contains dangerous substances that should never be eaten. In addition, the flowers of azalea, aconite, heather of sepals and Ledum, growing in the Far East, are the raw material for the toxic products of beekeeping. For example, only 100 grams of honey can cause severe hallucinations and loss of consciousness.
Fancy Honey Varieties
A sweet product is obtained from the most diverse, and sometimes unusual honey plants. Surely few people know that there is also pink honey. No, this is not a tomato variety - it is a valuable product obtained from a delicious plant. Wild rosehip flowers have absorbed the most valuable that this plant can give - pink honey is effective in treating inflammatory diseases, it is widely used for the prevention of colds and viral infections during the season, and is also used as a delicious dessert on cold winter evenings. Rosehip honey is a storehouse of vitamins and valuable substances necessary for the human body and increase its protective functions.
Pumpkin and carrot honey are another varieties that are distinguished by their unusualness and uniqueness. Honey from bright carrots is natural vitamins for the eyes in its purest form. The product has a golden color and is characterized by fairly rapid crystallization. Pumpkin honey is most often used for the prevention and treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
Honey from Bashkiria
The sweet product from Bashkortostan is famous all over the world. Beekeeping products are very rare and expensive, but this is due to the amazing and truly magical properties that local honey possesses. And the matter is not only in the unique plants growing on the territory of Bashkiria - a great merit belongs to the Burzyan bee, which easily tolerates frosts, which means it works much more than its relatives.
Bashkortostan received the status of "land of honey" long before the arrival of the Turkic tribes. Even the name speaks eloquently of the sights of this region - Bashkortostan is translated as “bee” and “head”. Bortnichestvo on the territory of the republic has been developing for several hundreds of years - archaeologists managed to find buried equipment of the flight attendant and cave paintings, indicating that even in those distant times, especially valuable and useful honey was collected on these lands.
There are no analogues to Bashkir honey all over the world. Finding a truly high-quality and natural product is quite difficult - you will have to go directly to the Republic of Bashkortostan and visit one of the fair exhibitions. Of course, such a product will cost a lot, but its quality is more than worth the cost. By the way, abroad, real Bashkir honey is served exclusively in elite restaurants.
The unique properties of molasses are due to the special climatic and natural features of the region, due to which the frost-resistant Burzyan bee creates a real natural medicine that allows you to cope with any ailment. The raw materials for the production of the Bashkir delicacies are wild rose, dandelion, St. John's wort and feather grass, thyme, chamomile, oregano and sage.
All the beauty and gamma of taste of honey with a wild character
Honey of wild bees is a product unique in all respects, speaking of which, one immediately recalls the good Soviet cartoon about Winnie the Pooh. It is not surprising that this awkward little bear wanted at all costs to get a little honey, which was made by wild bees.
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The high cost of wild bee production is also due to the fact that insects are on the verge of extinction - their habitats are protected at the state level in order to prevent crossbreeding with domestic individuals and preservation of the gene pool. Wild honey is made from plants created in a natural way, which means that the healing properties of this product are many times higher than the similar qualities of what was created with the help of man.
Honey has long been aimed and used as a natural medicine. The unique healing properties of plants in combination with bee industriousness harmoniously intertwined in this amazing product that helps get rid of various diseases. Real honey is a storehouse of vitamins, a source of health and vitality, a valuable raw material for cosmetic procedures, as well as an incredibly tasty treat that will appeal to everyone.