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What is the perfect honey for you?

22 de May de 2023

Do you want to know which is the perfect honey for you? Today we bring you some tips so that you can identify the properties and benefits of honey and discover which one best suits you. Throughout history, honey has been considered a food valued for its properties and health benefits. In addition, it works as a perfect natural sweetener, thanks to its sweet and mild flavor. These qualities differentiate each type of honey, each of them being indicated to

Why do bees make honey?

15 de May de 2023

Have you ever wondered why bees make honey? Today we tell you why and how. The life of bees is fascinating. These are incredibly hard-working insects, with extraordinary abilities and social skills. Undoubtedly, bees are especially known and appreciated for producing a sweet (and nutritious) natural food: honey. Honey is a popular and appreciated food all over the world. It is part of countless culinary recipes due to its versatility and functionality as a natural sweetener. And why do bees

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From the hive to your house

18 de April de 2023

In this post, we want to show you from Maes Honey what it is like to import honey from the hive to your home. Beekeeping is an art that requires a lot of patience, care and respect for bees, something key to ensuring their subsistence and, therefore, that of honey. A meticulous process that originates in the field, among thousands of flowers, so that consumers finally open the jar of honey comfortably enjoying this delicious product, ensuring perfect honey. Collecting

Beekeeping and its origins: candle production.

4 de April de 2023

The origins of beekeeping date back thousands of years. Aboriginal cultures already carried out beekeeping activities to satisfy various uses, mainly for consumption and medicine. Although, its utilities are numerous. One of the uses of beeswax is to use it for the production of candles and candles. Without going any further, according to some experts, beekeeping began as a technique to produce them. What was the origin of the production of candles? Practiced since ancient times, beekeeping became an important

Quality honey. Truths and myths

24 de March de 2023

What is honey? Honey is a substance resulting from the collection process, by bees, of sweet secretions in plants, mainly nectar, and its subsequent maturity in the hive. One of the most unique factors about honey is that, like all other living things, the biochemical composition of a plant species is unique. Therefore, the composition of the honey will have variations depending on the different species of plants that surround the environment of the hive. How many types of honey

Beekeeping and its types

10 de March de 2023

What is beekeeping? The term beekeeping is used to refer to the activity of raising and caring for bees, in order to obtain honey, and other products such as wax or royal jelly. Beekeeping has been very present throughout the history of mankind. There are traces of honey, found in a vessel in a Neolithic site in Anatolia (Turkey), which is 9,000 years old. In remote times, beekeeping activity was based on hunting, in spring, one or several swarms of

Honey production in the hive.

3 de March de 2023

The associative capacity of bees makes them extraordinarily capable of generating and guaranteeing enough food for the entire hive, thanks to their coordination skills and abilities. These generate such a quantity of honey that they can feed thousands of specimens. When the honey collection begins, the beekeeper takes a part of what is obtained, leaving the rest in the hive so that the bees can subsist without difficulty. How much honey do bees produce in a hive? Although there are

The hive, the origin of honey

26 de January de 2023

A hive is the natural home of thousands of bees and a source of the sweetest honey. It is a fascinating, complex structure with a rich history. In this blog article we will explore the hive, we will learn about its importance, origin, types and operation, and we will talk about the advantages of collecting honey from hives. We will also discuss the best practices for collecting honey from hives. The importance of the hive The hive is an essential

Propolis: natural remedy from bees

24 de January de 2023

Beekeeping and its products have long been a source of natural remedies. Among them, propolis is a powerful healing agent that has been used for centuries. It is a resinous material that bees produce from plant resins and their own wax. This material made by bees has been used to treat various ailments and is now gaining popularity as a natural remedy for various health problems. In this article, we will explore the healing benefits of propolis and how you

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Differences between wasps and bees

30 de August de 2022

Wasps and bees are often confused with each other despite their notable differences. They have always been two insects that, because of their similarity, are difficult to tell apart at first glance. Moreover, we tend to fear them without even knowing whether we are dealing with wasps or bees. The reality is that there is a big difference between being attacked by a bee and being attacked by a wasp. The truth is that even in terms of their role