Do you spit or swallow?

[squidink]

I have just made up quite a few cut honey combs for the first time.



out of interest as bee keepers do you spit or swallow the wax?
I have decided i am a spitter.

8-)

[Wolfer]

I'm a spitter too!

[Palouse]

I eat both the honey and the comb.

[GSF]

Swallow;

Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb , sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

I've past the fifty mark (54) I figure I need every advantage I can get. "Healthy Bones" Sometimes I believe the good Lord puts stuff right in front of us. I hope this is one of those times.

[BeeMaster2]

I do both. I try to eat a little on a regular basis.
Jim

[hjon71]

Interesting title
:evil:
If you put it in your mouth, swallowing some is gonna happen.

[millipede]

If you eat it with a cracker, you will never have the wax gum up. I like a little cheese and maybe a roasted pecan topped with comb honey on a cracker.

[TNBeeLady]

Swallow;

Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb , sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

I've past the fifty mark (54) I figure I need every advantage I can get. "Healthy Bones" Sometimes I believe the good Lord puts stuff right in front of us. I hope this is one of those times.

Good Point!  I'm going to try to eat more of the comb!  I need every advantage I can get also!!

[Better.to.Bee.than.not]

I eat the comb sometimes, it's supposed to be healthy for you, but I just don't see wax as being to healthy for you, so not like I chow down on the comb.

[GSF]

BTB;

Is there a difference between wax and comb? I had the notion that they were the same.

[prestonpaul]

Nice!
Is that from the year?
Where did you get the boxes from? Planning on doing some cut comb this year and will need boxes.

[sc-bee]

BTB;

Is there a difference between wax and comb? I had the notion that they were the same.

Prpbably means if you start with a foundation vs foundationless? Just a guess though. Never done comb or chunk myself. Get I few request from the older generation occasionally. Older than me and I am over the mid century :)

[Palouse]

Older than me and I am over the mid century :)

My daddy is 80 and lives in in Pickett County, Tennessee. He prefers honey on the comb. I think it is a generational preference, and I also think it's a Southern thing. I could be wrong about the latter, but I've never seen anyone ever eat it out here.

The only caveat to that is I saw a Ross Rounds being sold for $14.95 each at a roadside fruit stand outside of Pasco, Washington yesterday.

[Carol]

How long can comb honey be stored in the plastic boxes?

[AllenF]

It will outlast the plastic at the right temp.   

[sc-bee]

and I also think it's a Southern thing. I could be wrong about the latter, but I've never seen anyone ever eat it out here.

And I thought it was a Northern thing  :) Most definitely a generation thing here in the South for those that do ask.

I know of a guy that was selling Ross Rounds to a Church up North. They used them in their worship service. He said when he has, I belive it was a thousand, they came after them. I belive at that time, several years back, he was getting $5 a round.

[capt44]

I've noticed 90% of my Honey Customers want Comb in the Jars.
I am setting up to produce more comb honey this next season using shallow boxes and thin foundation.

[Palouse]

I know of a guy that was selling Ross Rounds to a Church up North. They used them in their worship service.

Since your post I've been trying to think of ways someone could use a Ross Round in a worship service. Communion? Gifts for visitors? I have to say I'm stumped.

[GSF]

Palouse;  Same here I'm scratching my head on that one.

Now I've eaten honey that tasted so good it made you want to have church..,