Honey Production in Colombia

kalder says on Dec 1, 2008, 09:39:

Apparently there is at least some. And it comes highly recommended by this chap:

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/236805

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kalder says on Dec 1, 2008, 09:44:

Guess I'm answering my own question...

http://www.unodc.org/colombia/es/mieldelasierra.html

Has anyone tried Colombian honey?

As in bee honey.

Not performing cunnilingus on your girlfriends.

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gatogris says on Dec 1, 2008, 09:55:

There is a large and diverse cottage industry of apiarists in Colombia, particularly in the mid-level highland plateau below Bogota, where the climate is conducive to the long-term establishment of colonies.

I have always suspected (and it appears from your reference above that you share this suspicion) that this is because of the popularity of honey and honey derivatives (bee pollen etc) as folk remedies. Enter any health food store in Colombia and you are likely to find an entire wall of honey and honey-based products.

Now as for its euphemistic meanings, I think it was your countryman who put it best "hey hey mama when you walk that way I watch your honeydrip I can't keep away..."

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jackh4u says on Dec 1, 2008, 10:01:

Bee polin has been said to help in male performance and sperm production. Either take bee pollin pills or eat honey in semi large quantities and see what it does for you. Like 2 tablespoons a day, split of course!

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Bill Turley (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Dec 1, 2008, 10:24:

johnny2008 says on Dec 1, 2008, 10:56:

Yes I have tried Colombian honey, most of them, they are pretty damn good but they are sometimes less than revered by the locals. Reason being, Colombian honey wherever it is produced seems to crystallise in the Bogotá climate. So it is neither a runny honey nor a "creamed" honey but a sort of runny honey with lumps in it. Not important if you want to drop a spoonful of it in a cup of chamomile tea, nor if you are prepared to stand it in a bowl of warm water for 10 minutes before partaking. But a bit offputting if you want to neck a spoonful on the hop.

Healthfood shops have an interesting line in honies with propóleo. It will cure whatever you ask the shopowner for it to cure. They make it up as they go along

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Sam Salmon says on Dec 1, 2008, 12:32:

To answer the question-Yes and the best *Honey* I have ever has was produced in Colombia.

I don't say that lightly I've been to many many places and have had people bring me Honey from many more but Colombia tops them all-probably as the Chowhound post says because of the incredible biodiversity in Colombia.

"It will cure whatever you ask the shop owner for it to cure. They make it up as they go along"

LOL!!

That's true almost everywhere except Turkey where Bees are used to produce from certain plants/herbs Honey that used for various treatments-and has been for centuries.

It's expensive and not really for eating on toast as a snack at all.

' a la orden!'

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Gator says on Dec 1, 2008, 12:44:

Best, beyond a doubt, I have ever tasted-especially from Palmira. It was honey from the blossoms on lime trees. Always bought a couple of jars when we lived in Cali and passed through Palmira

"Credidi pretio parvo emere et magno vendere tibi in animo fuisse!" .

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quantum says on Dec 1, 2008, 14:49:

Could that possibly explain my amazing virility. Wow! I better not eat any more than I already do, cuz it might lead me to socially unacceptable behavior........

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kalder says on Dec 2, 2008, 00:48:

Interesting replies chaps.

Tht 'hey mama...' made me laugh gato. Who were you quoting?

Bill- your neighbour- does he sell a lot of honey? At 20,000 a pop, sounds like a nice earner by Colombian standards.

Interesting comments from Johnny and Gator re climate and location. I visit Palmira about once a year- I'll make a point of getting some honey there some time.

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goin_south says on Dec 2, 2008, 00:55:

""TengaFlipHole has a thread about honey serving as an erection enhancer in the Off Topic section (or did have). Which"....
.................. leaves me curious as to where he is dreaming that up from.

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kalder says on Dec 2, 2008, 04:22:

Big believer in alternative medicine is our Flipster.

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goin_south says on Dec 2, 2008, 05:04:

Me, too... but I've read othewise, to the fact that honey is 'bee chit'.
And, it will DROP my blood sugar, and therefore likely a few other things as well.

kalder, much of what you are referring to as 'alternative medicine' is not medicine, but would more appropriately be labelled as wellness care, or pro-active good health care.

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kalder says on Dec 2, 2008, 07:04:

Or 'crap that is an alternative to stuff that actually works'.

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goin_south says on Dec 2, 2008, 07:08:

alternative to stuff that kills and mames.

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kalder says on Dec 2, 2008, 07:14:

Milkshakes and cheese puffs are unlikely to kill or maim. Wouldn't recommended them in place of bona fide medicines though.

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tomtom33 (☼Travelguide writer) says on Dec 2, 2008, 07:30:

johnny2008 says on Dec 2, 2008, 07:39:

Credit where credit is due, honey is by no means the most potent medicine on the market, but it does have proven antibacterial qualities (some more than others)

Avid PBH readers will know that I brought a case of Manuka through DIAN about a month ago and when it arrived I had a particularly aggressive dose of "Bogotá bottom" which I had self diagnosed as being due to an intestinal infection.

Needless to say half a jar of UMF12 later and my bottom was as fit as a fiddle. So back to the matter in hand. Supposing my body's energies were devoted to fighting off the baddies in my stomach, then having taken honey and cured me of the troubles, I would have more energy a couple of days later for nocturnal sports. As such it could be argued that honey had enhanced the turgidity of my wood

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Lowell says on Dec 2, 2008, 11:14:

I saw bee pollen for sale at Carefour today, in large (2 ltr ?) plastic jars.

Alfred E. Newman. "What. Me Worry?"

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jonas says on Dec 2, 2008, 11:49:

johnny2008, do you reckon your UMF12 would stop me farts? I might trade some speck for it hehe

Mi alma se la dejo al diablo

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johnny2008 says on Dec 2, 2008, 12:10:

No Jonas, UMF12 doesn´t stop farts, it just stops you crapping napalm. As for trading commodities, you know I have got mountain of imported produce up the hill from you. You gotta be less tight and share the bacon though, which so far has not been forthcoming.

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Bill Turley (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Dec 2, 2008, 16:03:

goin_south says on Dec 2, 2008, 21:37:

Milkshakes and cheese puffs are unlikely to kill or maim.?

kalder....'eat yer heart out, then'
We can see here, that you don't read too many of the experts, in regards to cancer, diabetes, and heart problems... now, do ya? I've seen quite a few people mamed and killed by both.

'kalder, have you ever had a ... vegetarian wrap?'

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kalder says on Dec 3, 2008, 00:16:

"We can see here, that you don't read too many of the experts, in regards to cancer, diabetes, and heart problems... now, do ya? I've seen quite a few people mamed and killed by both."

Why the artless sarcasm? Because I'm cynical about 'alternative' medicine?

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goin_south says on Dec 3, 2008, 05:22:

because you need to know more/do more, likely,... about 'how to stay healthy', so you don't have to run to the crisis care docs

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kalder says on Dec 3, 2008, 07:38:

How the devil do you know anything about my healthcare regime? Or my experience of other people's illnesses and sufferings, for that matter?

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kalder says on Dec 3, 2008, 07:51:

'Much' of 'alternative' medicine is very far from being 'proactive health care'. It's largely meretricious shite like crystal healing, aromatherapy and naturopathy. Snake oil peddled by charlatans to the credulous and desperate.

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goin_south says on Dec 3, 2008, 15:51:

...Better known as the Medico-Pharmaceutico-Industrial Complex.
Get a grip, kalder.
Good health is simple.
I ain't talkin crystals.

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lpdiver says on Dec 3, 2008, 18:59:

Raw honey is good for allergies. To get the best results it should be produce as near as possible to where you live so as to have the pollens of the allergens you are exposed to regurlarly.

ts

"cook some rice!"

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bopenyan (☼Travelguide writer) says on Dec 3, 2008, 21:17:

goin_south says on Dec 3, 2008, 21:22:

ipdiver, I think maybe 'bee pollen'... for allergies. not sure about that with,... honey.

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lpdiver says on Dec 3, 2008, 21:47:

Nope...the honey


http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/273215/can_you_treat_allergie...

tiberon s

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goin_south says on Dec 3, 2008, 21:50:

Laser, will work even better. I think.

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lpdiver says on Dec 3, 2008, 21:57:

I'll take your word on that.

ts

"cook some rice!"

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kalder says on Dec 4, 2008, 00:08:

South- I'll take the clinically proven medicines and procedures, you keep the reiki and flower remedies.

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kalder says on Dec 4, 2008, 00:12:

And you get a grip. A firm one. On your 'vegetarian wrap'.

And shove it up your arse ;)

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goin_south says on Dec 4, 2008, 18:24:

kalder, load your self up, my friend, with toxic and poisonous 'proven' to kill you chemicals, that cause multiple adverse side affects and the same conditions they are 'meant to treat'... and when those don't work, then maybe they can take another guess at what will.

make yourself a walking chemical timebomb, if you wish.
And, then light a match tuit ;-(

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goin_south says on Dec 4, 2008, 18:26:

'clinically proven'.. jajjaa. anyone can 'prove' anything they want, 'specially when they've got some sucker believin it works.

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