Does comb honey contain propolis, pollen and royal jelly?

[MrGreenThumb]

Curiuos...

thx

[Ravenseye]

I suppose that there could be small amounts of all of that in honey. I wouldn't count on it and I wouldn't expect there to be enough to make much of a difference.

[Oldbee]

Do you ask this question because it might be a possible 'selling point' for comb honey??

Why do you think 'royal jelly' would be in comb honey?? How much do you think there would be? Would it be of great benefit to the customers?

We are all talking about that 'comb honey' that is made by the bees in shallow frames, Ross Rds. etc... [usually] right? We cut it out and put it in boxes or put it in wide mouth jars with some liquid honey,..right??

Is this another one of those,..'trick' questions? Just curious. lol.

[GRIMBEE]

My first year, my answer, no. comb honey I just bees wax and honey. I just a week ago made 12 pints of chunk honey (comb honey in jar with filtered honey) The comb honey contains no visual pollen, royal jelly, or propolis.:)

[Bud Dingler]

is honey in the comb.

propolis is the sticky resin on the frames or side of super

royal jelly is only found in the brood nest and is fed to the larva

there is no more pollen traces in comb honey then in extracted honey

[MrGreenThumb]

Extracted honey is normally heat treated and filtered so most all the 'goodness' is either destroyed or removed entirely. Also, pollen...is it not normally found on the cappings and in greater amounts with comb honey rather then with extracted honey?

[riverrat]

Extracted honey is normally heat treated and filtered ?

I always thought my extracted honey wasnt normal. :D I dont heat it or filter it except for when it drains into the bucket from the extractor. As for pollen All honey will contain a small amount of pollen wether it be extracted or in the comb.

[sqkcrk]

Extracted honey is normally heat treated and filtered so most all the 'goodness' is either destroyed or removed entirely. Also, pollen...is it not normally found on the cappings and in greater amounts with comb honey rather then with extracted honey?

No, you are quite incorrect. And if you wish to sell honey you should know that warming and straining honey does not remove the goodness, just the stuff that you don't want in Pure Honey, like bits of wax, dirt, wood chips or flakes, bees legs or whatever else may come out of your extractor. The pollen in honey is in the honey, not on the cappings.

Have you been reading the Really Raw label? Don't believe everything you read. Even what you read here. Verify.

Comb Honey is the only truely raw honey.

[drobbins]

Mark

I think he's referring to the practice of packers who are processing honey to sit on a store shelf. Don't they heat it pretty high (150-160F) and force it through a really fine filter to "super-strain" it to remove any trace of particles and slow crystallization?
That's what I've been told but I have no personal knowledge of the process

Dave

[Barry]

"Enzymes

One of the characteristics that sets honey apart from all other sweetening agents is the presence of enzymes. These conceivably arise from the bee, pollen, nectar, or even yeasts or micro-organisms in the honey."

http://www.beesource.com/pov/usda/beekpUSA82.htm

Yes, honey contains pollen.