Funky Facts about Honey


	Funky Facts about Honey

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12-2-2007 5:57 PM

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1. European bees were successfully introduced into Tasmania in 1831 and Italian bees arrived in 1884.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/Article/Funky-Facts-about-Honey/104146"><DIV>
2. Australia is a large producer of honey because of its climate and vegetation.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/Article/Funky-Facts-about-Honey/104146"><DIV>
3. Australia's eucalyptus are an excellent source of honey. The honey produced has a unique flavour and density.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/Article/Funky-Facts-about-Honey/104146"><DIV>
4. Most Australian honey comes from eucalyptus box, gum, stringy bark and iron bark tree families.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/Article/Funky-Facts-about-Honey/104146"><DIV>
5.Australia exports half of the honey that it produces, particularly to Germany and the UK.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/Article/Funky-Facts-about-Honey/104146"><DIV>
6. Honey is the only food that contains all the essential substances needed to sustain life.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/Article/Funky-Facts-about-Honey/104146"><DIV>
7. A beehive typically makes more than 180kg of honey per year.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/Article/Funky-Facts-about-Honey/104146"><DIV>
8. Each hive has guards to guard the entrance. Bees have a unique smell that identifies them.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/Article/Funky-Facts-about-Honey/104146"><DIV>
9. A colony of bees can contain 40,000-60,000 bees during the summer months.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/Article/Funky-Facts-about-Honey/104146"><DIV>
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