Well, I'm going to summarize the discussion for Rabbi Eli. He had no idea
that bees add "spit" to nectar, so now I can tell him there is no spit, just
enzymes. And that the amount is miniscule. Of course, he knew that, because
honey is kosher, and it wouldn't be if the amount of "spit" was
substantial.

I knew about the controversy of date honey versus honey bee honey.
Apparently, the recent find in northern Israel of 3,000 year old managed
hives indicates that real honey was known and used... and we might be back
to "dvash" being the bee thing, and not the date thing. Or it's both, and
you need to know from the context, kind of like some of the stuff that's
sold in the grocery store and labelled "honey" these days. ;)

On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 7:12 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 03/07/2010 18:37:04 GMT Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> <<The enzymes are considered miniscule, so not to worry. Try  google search
> of: kashrut honey.
> There is some controversy- the Land  of Milk and Honey; some say the Honey
> was not bees' honey but from dates. -  Pat B.>>
>
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