On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Charles Cannon wrote: > In a message dated 96-08-28 13:57:57 EDT, [log in to unmask] (Joe > Hemmens) writes: > > << Cecile T. Kohrs recently wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > I am a honey lover, and I have been having great debates with > > friends about how bees make wax, and when beeswax candles were first > > made. > > > > And honey...isn't it bee spit? > > > > I hope it isn't too trivial to ask, I am also interested in more > > recipes using honey, and what I'd have to do to modify recipes to > > use honey instead of sugar. > > > > Thanks in advance for your help > . > Then Joe Hemmens answers? > > > Firstly the second question, of course honey is nasty stuff and > >might be better described not as 'spit' but as 'vomit' because bees > >regurgitate it from their stomachs. Have nothing to do with it is my > >advice. > > Why do you say honey is nasty and your advice is to have nothing to do > with it and what are you doing subscibed to the BEE-L list if you are going > to > put down honey when someone asked a question about it that likes it. > > My grandfather was a diabetic and the only sweets he was able to have was the > ones my mother made for him useing honey becouse other kinds of sugurs was > bad for him so don't go around telling people that honey is nasty and dosn't > taste > good just becouse you don't like it!!!!!!!! > > Unhappy Beekeeper in FL. > Dear Charles.... UM....... what you read was the result of a strange human ailment....its called...>> "A Sense of HUMOUR!!!!! sheeesh.......;) Ian Watson [log in to unmask]