In Andros, like the rest of the Cyclades, beekeeping and honey have always been a key part of the island’s economy. The know-how attributes its special characteristics to the country’s dry climate: thicker and less humid than ordinary.

Thyme honey, emblematic of the island thanks to its thymus-covered hills, is the summer “fruit”.

Beekeeping has a long-standing tradition. Various paintings, found in the Pyramids of Egypt, depict people who are engaged in beekeeping. In ancient Greece, beekeeping has also been at a fairly high level since prehistoric times, as recent research shows. Besides, since this time there are the writings of Aristotle for beekeeping. His views continued until the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages did not add a lot of new things to beekeeping, except maybe smoke when it came to dealing with bees so that they do not get wild. Later beekeeping became a kind of monk’s occupation in the monasteries, where it grew significantly.

Beekeeping has grown most of its development over the last hundred years and even greater in recent years after the war. Nowadays, there are too many known things from the bee biology, from the law that governs their life, their way of life etc.

Crystallization is a natural phenomenon that occurs in pure, raw honey!

Crystallization of honey is hardly understood by the consumer. Many assume that honey that crystallizes is adulterated or vice versa. It’s not like that. In fact, the process of crystallization is a natural consequence. Crystallization does not affect the quality of honey, except color and texture. Crystallized honey is not damaged and the quality characteristics of liquid honey are maintained. In some honey consumers, they like to be in this state (especially abroad), since it is easy to spread bread or toast without dripping, and also because its taste is richer.

It should be borne in mind that crystallization of honey has nothing to do with its quality, but it is a characteristic of pure and natural honey.

The beekeeper will never distort his honey. In the sense of throwing sweetener into honey. The consumer for his part can fly the honey because some people think that when they crystallize, they get old or they throw it away when the expiry date passes because they do not know that honey never ends the end dates come in because the beekeeper is obliged to put the date expiry date.

On the other hand, the consumer can put the honey in a jar that oregano has before coffee and honey has the smell of coffee or oregano.

For their part, traders do not distort honey with a sweetener or a substance dangerous to human health but import from China, Mexico, Argentina very cheap honey and market it as a Greek.

For this reason, the consumer should prefer honey from a beekeeper who trusts him.

One another diet came to bring them up. Called Honey Diet and as you can see from its name, it gives a special basis for honey consumption. This diet promises to make you lose pounds without getting deprived of it.

What you need to do is say yes to honey. As nutritionist Mike McInnes emphasizes, you should drink one teaspoon of honey dipped in a glass of hot water every night before falling asleep.

Both outside the refrigerator and the freezer – it is not recommended to keep it in the refrigerator – we can keep it for as long as we want without worrying about possible complications in our health. Do not forget to keep the honey sealed in a jar and do not mix it in water to keep it forever!