"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign; the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. He will eat curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right" Isaiah 7:14, 15.  ”

     The more I look into raw honey the more I get excited, the more I want to learn about the incredible depth of this product which is so sweet to the body and the soul. My goodness, even Jesus Himself, the Creator of the universe, according to the Bible, ate honey. John the Baptist ate two varieties of food. One of them was raw honey.

     At the half century interlude of my life, I'm realizing that the Lord and Creator has so much criteria He wants us to discover, if we only ask Him for the help and the Wisdom. So much is right under our noses, right before our eyes. Oh, that we might have eyes to see and noses to smell.

     Raw honey has been screaming for recognition from us Americans for ages. We call our spouses Sweetheart and Honey. Winnie the Pooh, who has been in our folklore for decades, and whose only food is honey, has never aged (ha-ha).

     Raw honey is mentioned fifty-six times in the King James Version of the Bible.

     Raw honey contains an ingredient that causes us to vomit if we eat too much.  This can be beneficial if we just happen to eat something poisonous beforehand.

     If you ever wondered if raw honey has nutrition or healing properties, or if it's out and out good for you, the answer is a resounding yes, yes, yes. "My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste" (Proverbs 24:13).

     The Bible says: “Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones". Did you notice that it says health to the bones, for those worrying about osteoporosis? Raw honey contains the amino acid Proline, which is highly concentrated in honey. It is the primary component in collagen. And collagen is the main structure in the bones. While we're talking about bones, a family in which our teeth also belong, they are in dire need of raw calcium. Raw honey contains two forms. It's because us Americans eat too much cooked protein that our bones are found wanting. Our bodies need the raw calcium which, if it has none to draw out of nutrition, will draw from our bones, in order to process the cooked protein out of the body. Thus our bones get thin and weak.

     There are 165 ingredients in raw honey. They include various enzymes, minerals, amino acids, and vitamins that aid in digestion. Raw honey has the incredible ability to permeate cell membranes, which enables it to kill bacteria and other germs by pulling all fluids through the cell membranes. In addition, some natural antibiotics in raw honey work as an effective element in cleaning infected open wounds. The general term honey today can mean honey bought in a store which is devoid of any nourishment at all. It is in fact no better than plain white sugar. (YUCH)

     Todd Hardie, the owner of “Honey Gardens Apiaries”, one of the largest raw honey farms in the country, located in Hinesburg, Vermont, has some interesting things to say about atypical honey season with the bees. “The pure honey is the culmination of an incredible amount of work by our honeybees. As the season unfolds, the bees visit many flowers to collect nectar to make honey; these include dandelion, raspberry, blackberry, alfalfa, white clovers, vetches, basswood, milkweed, goldenrod, and the asters. On the average, they collectively fly 24,000 miles and visit three to nine million flowers to make one pound of honey”. Are they busy or what? Todd told me that they spend their lives working their way up the ladder doing various jobs, and would you believe they only live six to eight weeks?

     Dorothy and I are proud to have discovered “Honey Gardens Apiaries” and had the pleasure of meeting Todd, who has already blessed us more than he knows. We’re also happy to carry not only the raw honey, but the growing variety or line of raw honey products he calls the “Medicine Bag”. Todd has taken various healers, such as raw apple cider vinegar, elderberry and wild cherry extract, ginger root, etc., and turned them into miraclelous honey healers. If you or your kids are feeling a cough or cold or the flu coming on, or you have a burn or laceration or chapped lips, it’s in the medicine bag. These products don’t suppress, they heal.

     I called this little writing, “Raw Honey, God’s Food”. I figure if God eats it, it has just got to be good.

     Jesus appeared to His disciples after He had died, “And they gave him a piece of broiled fish, and of an honeycomb” (Luke 24:42, KJV).

Some facts I found in the book; “Healthy Living”, by Rex Russell, M.D.

Some facts I found in The Book, “The Bible, by God

Some facts I found through “Honey Gardens Apiaries”

                      Mark Gibson

      " THE PERFUME OF BEESWAX"

     Give me some wax that bees have made

     and I will offer you in trade

     a candle that is aromatic-

     pure, unique, and charismatic.

     truth lets you call this wax unique,

     for connoisseurs will vainly seek

     a substance chemically the same;

     beeswax deserves its lasting fame.

     Sweet perfume isn't lacking here.

     This wax is white to yellow, clear,

     has scent that's redolent of the hive-

     a product only bees contrive.