TIL that honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3000 years old and still perfectly edible.
TIL that honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3000 years old and still perfectly edible.
Where was the world’s oldest honey found? We thought it would be fun to look at the three oldest known honey finds in the world as of September 2019. Just think, these honeys can still be eaten today because antimicrobial honey never goes bad. The world’s oldest known references to collecting honey ...
Where was the world’s oldest honey found? We thought it would be fun to look at the three oldest known honey finds in the world as of September 2019. Just think, these honeys can still be eaten today because antimicrobial honey never goes bad. The world’s oldest known references to collecting honey are from the 8,000 y
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Can have anti-microbial properties. In the American Civil War it was used as a wound dressing. And this was actually a very good idea.
That's crazy. I'll miss bees when we accidentally kill them all.
While bee populations have taken hits, media reports of their likely extinction are very overblown. Most of the bees are still there, and the problem was first identified like 20 years ago.
Saving an important insect population is fairly doable. Don't let the clickbait get you down.
Tay! That's good.
The frogurt is also cursed.
Sorry, gotta get my fix in till the simpsons group takes off.
Thanks I needed to read this. One less thing I have to worry about (not even joking, was very worried about her extinction which would be awful) would love to have my own hives one day when I get some land. Bees are dope.
This is true!
This in large part because honey is mostly sugar, this means it has very high osmotic potential (put simply, making it incredibly good at sucking up water, because water diffuses into it very easily)
It’s also exactly why it lasts so long
Ahhh, I didn't know that was the mechanism. So an extremely thick sucrose gel might have similar properties.
Use of honey as a wound dressing goes back much farther than the civil war.
It’s still used to today in dressings. There is a brand of honey “medihoney” that we get at the hospital I work at.
"Manuka" honey? Or a derivative?
No, that is a honey from a very specific plant, a single varietal. Like orange blossom or misquite, except much more expensive.
I used some of that at my sister's house. Maybe in tea or something? She just about strangled me.