how do you tell if honey is organic?
Question by jamie s: how do you tell if honey is organic?
i wanna know how yo ucan tell if honey is organic! so please tell me if u knwo for sure, Thank You!
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It probably isn’t.
Honeybees have a foraging range of several miles, exposing them to pesticides, fertilizers and pollutants on their way back to the hive.
S
May 29, 2013 at 7:52 pm
there isn’t a way to tell necessarily. only will you know if on the label it is “certified organic”
Heck Yes!
May 29, 2013 at 8:48 pm
Trust the source
Pugsley
May 29, 2013 at 8:55 pm
read the label.
Camille
May 29, 2013 at 9:20 pm
Its almost impossible to ascertain if honey is 100% organic, because, technically, if one bee pollinates a plant that is not organically farmed, the honey it makes won’t be organic.
Kate
May 29, 2013 at 9:57 pm
Crude is 100% organic. You wouldn’t eat that. Greenies are humorous.
Many producers lie about whether their crap is organic– further, with honey there really is no way to tell. And honestly, I’d rather non-“organic” for many products to avoid catching salmonella and other nasties. Food irradiation and ammonium nitrate (and similar) fertilizers save lives, folks.
Lu B
May 29, 2013 at 10:45 pm
its quite easy to get to local honey farms, they don’t need feeding and don’t ake a lot of care like veg or fruit, so if you can find out where local honey farms are, and they sell it there, that way you cansee the farm and know it’s organic.
A lot of farms are small and local, like the monks makign honey in the monastary
I can’t imagine they spray the little bees with nasty stuff
http://www.holyorders.biz/popuphoney.html
friendofchip
May 29, 2013 at 10:55 pm
Get a certificate from the Queen Bee
I dont think you can really tell, only by the price
Mr.Ian
May 29, 2013 at 11:45 pm
It will have the USDA certified organic seal on it.
I raised bees for many years and found the conventional bee keepers use a lot of drugs (antibiotics mainly) and pesticides to keep the various diseases and mites at bay. organic bee keepers do not use drugs and chemical pesticides. they do things like use smaller cell size in the comb foundation, screened bottom boards with sticky stuff under the screens to catch the mites that fall off of the bees bodies, essential oils like peppermint and cinnamon to fumigate hives for pests and diseases.
As for bees foraging for nectar and pollen in areas where chemicals are used-yes they do but that really very little effect on the honey as the bees will tend to stay away from sprayed areas as they are deadly to them
Raw honey from a local source is best, even if it is not organic.
Ohiorganic
May 30, 2013 at 12:30 am