King Honey?? Whaddat?

[Dallasbeek]

An acquaintance from Taiwan says he visited a bee farm there recently and they had a white honey they call king's honey.  He said it costs twice as much as regular honey.  His description of it leads me to believe it could be royal jelly.  Anyone know what this stuff might be?

Gary

[jayj200]

white honey sounds like sugar water

[GSF]

Sounds like royal jelly. Could it be a language barrier or something they do to honey? Doesn't Taiwan have a Royal Family?

[Dallasbeek]

Sounds like royal jelly. Could it be a language barrier or something they do to honey? Doesn't Taiwan have a Royal Family?

No, they have an elected government, I believe, with multiple parties, an elected president and a unicameral legislature (the US has a bicameral legislature, Senate and House).

As to this geing sugar water, he said white, not clear.  Surely we have some beekeepers in Taiwan on this forum.  My acquaintance has a doctorate in some kind of engineering, probablt electrical, since he retired from Raytheon.

Gary

[Better.to.Bee.than.not]

I'd go with it being royal jelly.

[bud1]

i cant see royal jelly selling for 2x honey  maby20-30times as much; it takes a pile o queen cells and a lota dab dipping to get a minor amount

[Better.to.Bee.than.not]

It probably isn't pure royal jelly it is probably 'a product of' or some blend. they sell it here also of course.

[jayj200]

Most say real royal jelly doesn't last more than 6 or 7 days

[RHBee]

Do you think he ment creamed honey?

[Dallasbeek]

I don't know.  As someone pointed out, there may be a language barrier.  I can't find anything be Googling it, so it's a mystert unless someone from Taiwan weighs in.  At this point, I'm at a total loss as to what they sell in Taiwan.  Unless someone from Taiwan tells us what we're talking about, why not drop it?  There are a lot more important things we have to deal with, like SHB, EFB, AFB, varroa mites, and on and on.  Anybody from Taiwan ready to answer this?

Gary