A common treat from the past, comb honey is harder to find now and highly sought after.
Comb honey is the purest, rawest honey available. You cannot get more “raw” and “natural” than comb honey.
Comb honey is basically a chunk of the hexagonal shaped beeswax cells of the honeycomb, each cell filled with raw honey, exactly at the bees packed it. Before the invention of the honey extractor, all honey produced was in the form of comb honey.
Because the honey is still in the comb and has not been touched by man, it contains every bit of pollen, enzymes, propolis, vitamins, amino acids, antioxidants, minerals, and aromatics that the bees produced in the hive. There’s no filtering, processing or rearranging of the raw product by human hands.
While the “untouched honey” aspect is awesome, the real appeal of comb honey isn’t just the ultra raw honey in the comb, but the actual comb itself. The wax cells of honeycomb are not only edible, but very beneficial. According to LiveStrong.com, the comb is more nutritious than the honey itself, containing a natural antibiotic, bee pollen, some residual royal jelly and large amounts of propolis.
Honeycomb wax also contains even more of the allergy alleviating properties that honey is well known for. The International Federation of Beekeepers’ Association believes that honeycomb (no matter the geographical origin) is one of the best natural cures for allergies and asthma. If you have problems with allergies, the Beekeepers Association suggests you try “Comb Honey Apitherapy”, which involves enjoying a daily regime of eating 1 tablespoon of raw honeycomb once in the morning and once in the evening.
Comb honey is currently in great demand among health enthusiasts, honey aficionados, gourmands, connoisseurs and chefs. The honeycomb is composed of hexagonal cells with walls that are only 2/1000th of an inch thick, but it is capable of supporting 25 times its own weight. It’s solid and sturdy while at the same time delicate and fragile. Secondly, each batch of honey retains the floral essences of the plants from which it was made, without any processing to strip the rich flavors. And the flavor of the waxy comb also differs according to what the bees ate. So the two intricate flavor medleys of honey and comb add an overall combination of flavors, textures, and aromas that extracted honey just doesn’t have.
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