My maternal grandfather was a beekeeper when he wasn’t tending his garden or working his ‘real’ job at Thomasville Furniture Industries. When I was a little girl he would pick me up, put me on his hip and take me down to the beehives with him, thus began my fascination with bees and honey. He had a building out back where he would spin the honey from the racks and put it, along with a piece of the honeycomb (or bee gum as I called it) into the jars. I was always fascinated by this process and just loved the smell of propolis, a resinous mixture the bees collect to use as a sealant in their hives. To this day I keep a piece of it in my desk drawer and when I am stressed, I will get it out, close my eyes and take a whiff…it is such a source of comfort for me.
In this section I will share my knowledge of what I have found to be one of nature’s greatest gifts to us – bees and their production of honey. The benefits of eating and using honey seem to be endless as I continue to find uses for this amazing product.
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