Just had to post this here. Don't know how it got to
Apitherapy News as no carbohydrate content here, nor
natural feeding either. What would be difference from
crushing other plants like beets, cane? 


Respectfully submitted,

Dee A. Lusby
Small Cell Commercial Beekeeper
Moyza, Arizona
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/organicbeekeepers/

Posted on Apitherapy News:

What is ‘Sugar Free’ Honey? 

Sugar Free Honey Project for Himachal
By Indo Asian News Service, 8/28/2006

Shimla, Aug 28 (IANS) In an effort to motivate beekeepers
to produce sugar-free herbal honey, the government has
introduced a new eco-friendly beekeeping system in Himachal
Pradesh. 

The National Horticulture Board (NHB) has sent 5,000
beekeeping boxes along with the bees to the state, to be
distributed in 10 of 12 districts in the next year, an
official said.

These bees will be fed on the stevia herbal plant leaves
that are said to produce sugar free honey. The plant is
also considered a natural sweetener and attracts bees.

These leaves will come in handy both during the dry winter
countryside and the rainy season when the bees are unable
to fly out in search of food.

In the lean season, the hungry bees are normally fed sugar
by beekeepers, resulting in production of poor quality
honey. Stevia will change this practice…


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