KNOW OF HONEY
Honey is divided into two, namely honey and honey farm.
Wild honey can be used in the nests of wild bees or Apis dorsata Apis Florea consists of two types of common wild honey from the Riou and Palembang in Indoneisa, the second is a super wild honey is honey that comes from forests of sumbawa, honey farm usually a kind of bee caled Apis melifera and is a docile bees that inport from Italy, is cultivated honey sedentary or settled.
Honey And Ants
Ants are pests of honey-producing bee, as described by B. Sarwono "... The presence of ants honey bee hive can be harmful for the production of honey eating insects, larva, candles and food remains of the bees ..."
The above opinion is also supported by Prof. Dr. DTH Professor Sihombing IPB (Bogor Agricultural Institute) explains "... Make it as chain of foods, carrying egg and larva of honey bees ..."
Ants are pests of honey-producing bee, as described by B. Sarwono "... The presence of ants honey bee hive can be harmful for the production of honey eating insects, larva, candles and food remains of the bees ..."
The above opinion is also supported by Prof. Dr. DTH Professor Sihombing IPB (Bogor Agricultural Institute) explains "... Make it as chain of foods, carrying egg and larva of honey bees ..."
So from these two expert opinions mentioned above, after a long research, we conclude that the ants still like the honey, saying ants do not like honey is not based on research and only by rumor alone is not clear and only guessing no based explanitation a scientific, rather not if ants can be caused by factors in the fermentation of honey that is happening permentation of alcohol process, so the ants do not like the result of the stinging smell. (journal extracts).
Crystallized honey or change color
Honey in cold temperatures will occur cristalism or whitish color change, this is caused by the existing content on called DEXTROSA honey, what if the temperature is cold, dextrosa can crystallize in accordance with the properties of these substances, as described by Prof. Dr sihombing professor DTH IPB opinion was also supported by Sumo Prastowo RM, CDA and R, Agus Suprapto BA, is also supported by the magazine Poster, If there is enough cristallize soaked with hot water.
Honey in cold temperatures will occur cristalism or whitish color change, this is caused by the existing content on called DEXTROSA honey, what if the temperature is cold, dextrosa can crystallize in accordance with the properties of these substances, as described by Prof. Dr sihombing professor DTH IPB opinion was also supported by Sumo Prastowo RM, CDA and R, Agus Suprapto BA, is also supported by the magazine Poster, If there is enough cristallize soaked with hot water.
Distinguish genuine and fake honey
Original natural honey can be identified with the characteristics:
Fantastic taste and aroma of viscosity, producing a total warranty brave and courageous and clear labolatorium tested in four traits mentioned above should really be examined and meet the elements necessary for a long time experience.
Testing with simple way
1. By using a pH meter usually fake honey have pH 2.4 -3.3 or above 5, while the original honey have pH 3,4-4,5.
2. Put honey in white porcelain plate with before add water in it, when the plate rocked right and left and then before the honey mixture to form a hexagon or honeycomb shape the longer it lasted the hexagon is the better nutrients contained in the honey, the original hexagon faster it faded it is clear that a mixture of honey nutritional because was far less
3 Another way that might easily be done is the same as above but plate rocked not just the original honey taken any action which has a low water content will not make the water turbid whereas plate mixed honey or artificial honey land will gradually make the water turbid ( attention test does not apply to the high water content)