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Fain's Natural Raw Honey |
| What is honey?
Honeybees collect the nectar of up to two million flowers in the
production of just a pound of honey and travel nearly 55,000 miles between
flowers in the process. Initially, when the nectar  is deposited in
beeswax cells, it is very thin having little sugar
content (see right picture). Fanning their wings, the bees slowly
evaporate the excess water until the nectar is
transformed into the
viscous, golden liquid we know as honey.
The color and flavor of honey can differ drastically depending on the bees' nectar source (the blossoms). In general, lighter colored honey is mild in flavor; while darker honey has a stronger, more pronounced flavor. Fain's Raw Natural Honey comes from Texas brush country where one of the primary nectar sources is bee brush (also called white brush). It produces incredibly sweet smelling, tiny flowers after each rain and gives Fain's honey products their distinctive flavor. Many claim bee brush honey to be the most delicious honey of all. |
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Net wt., 12 oz.
One of your choices when you custom assemble a gift pack. |
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Shown
to the left is a frame of honey straight from a hive and ready for harvest. Notice
the  cells of honey in the lower right corner of the frame.
Like the picture above, these cells have not yet been sealed.
The first step in removing this honey is to use a thin hot
knife and gently remove this thin layer of "cappings"
from the remainder of the cells that have been sealed. This
is done on both sides of the frame. This frame along with
others are placed in an "extractor" (essentially a
centrifuge) that coaxes the honey out of the cell as it
rotates. Striking the sides of the extractor, the honey runs
into collecting tanks where it waits for eventual bottling
or conversion into cremed honey.
Inevitably, little bits of beeswax and tiny air bubbles find their way into the honey. Before bottling or processing into creamed honey, the wax and air bubbles rise to the top of the settling tank where they are skimmed off. |
Nearly all
honey will eventually
crystallize. Many people are
alarmed when they see liquid honey on their shelf do this
(see right picture) and assume that the honey has “gone bad”.
Gently warming the honey will restore its liquid
state… Just think of the three states of water (ice,
liquid, and steam). They are all still water. And so it is
with crystallized honey… it’s still honey.
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Honey
is primarily composed of fructose, glucose, and
water. It also contains other sugars as well trace
enzymes, minerals, vitamins, and amino acids.
Honey should not be fed to children under one year of age.
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Free shipping (priority mail only) on every 2nd & 3rd jar.
Shipping is a flat $8.95 whether shipping 1, 2, or 3 jars.
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We ship to Hawaii, Alaska, & APO addresses. |
Want a different shipping address when ordering? On the "Review your Payment" page, your billing address will also be designated as the shipping address. Directly under it is a "change" link that provides for a different shipping address.
Want a gift card to accompany your package? Specify the contents of a gift card by clicking on "Add special instructions to seller" on the "Review your Payment" page.
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