When is the best time to cut honey

Cutting honey around the winter solstice.

Because of different honey sources, the main flower species of winter honey are different, but the hundred flowers honey is better. The color of winter honey is generally darker than that of other seasons, and contains more minerals and a fuller range of nutrients. And because the air is dry in winter, the concentration of the hive honey is higher than that of the hive honey harvested in other seasons, so the quality is better, and the traditional native beekeeping usually cuts the honey before and after the winter solstice, so it is called winter honey.

Honey Cutting Methods

Unlike the box honey commonly found in the market, which can be harvested several times, the bucket honey made by native bees can only be harvested once a year, and this harvest is destructive. When the honey is harvested from the barrels, the hive will be cut down together, so it is called cut honey. Earthen bees that are raised in barrels using the native method are harvested using the cut honey method.

Honey can be used as an adjunctive treatment for infirmity and recovery from illness. Elderly people suffering from high blood pressure, every day in the morning and evening each drink 1 cup of honey water is very beneficial, because the potassium in the honey into the human body has the role of sodium, can maintain the balance of electrolytes in the blood; chronic hepatitis, liver dysfunction patients often eat honey can improve liver function; for tuberculosis, gastrointestinal ulcers and other chronic diseases, honey is a good nutrient to enhance the physical condition.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Winter Honey, Baidu Encyclopedia - Cutting Honey