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1/27/10  - If you are looking for a unique gift, consider a honey pot made by a local potter from Tennessee Ridge.  Fonda Hancock has wonderful items.  She has honey pots in stock now.  They are $20 and come with a wooden dipper.  Stop by and  say hello to her.  She will be located across from the library.  You can contact her through her website - Tennessee Ridge Pottery or call her at   931-721-4189. 

 

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1/27/10  - Chuck Cook has provided us with a unique recipe using honey:

 

"I have never heard of anyone using this recipe before.  I think I invented it. 

 

May of us have had foamed molasses on biscuits.  This is the same recipe but you substitute honey for molasses or sorghum.

 

Heat the honey in a seasoned cast iron skillet until it just starts to bubble.  Toss in some baking soda (pinch, smidgen, 1/8 teaspoon, etc.) and stir as the honey foams.

 

Immediately apply liberal amounts to freshly baked and buttered biscuits.

 

Yum, yum.

 

It is so good it will make your tongue slap your teeth out."

 

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 1/20/10  - LIST of bee suppliers provided at the Fall TBA Conference:

 

     PAGE ONE

 

     PAGE TWO

 

These are a bit hard to read, but you can get the names from the sheet and look them up online.

 

 

provided by Robert Henderson

 

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1/11/10 

Articles -   Feeding Bees

                    George Pink's Pages - Keeping Bees Alive

                    GPP - All About Feeding

                    Late Season Candy Recipe                    
                    
Wintergreen & Salt-grease Patties for Varroa Mite Control

 1/19/10     Monsanto case against alfalfa ban reaches the Supreme Court

 

provided by Linda Priddy

 

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12/22/09 

Article - Beekeepers must focus on Varroa mites to beat CCD

 

provided by Darold Barnes

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12/22/09  Discount Subscriptions
 
Did you know you can save 25% on the American Bee Journal subscription and 12% on the Bee Culture subscriptions?
 
Contact Jane for more information!     or call her at 931.289.2243
 
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12/02/09 

Facts on Honey & Cinnamon -

 

Cinnamon and Honey 
Honey is the only food on the planet that will not spoil or rot. It will do what some call turning to sugar. In reality honey is always honey. However, when left in a cool dark place for a long time it will do what I rather call "crystallizing".   When this happens I loosen the lid, boil some water, and sit the honey container in the hot water, turn off the heat and let it liquefy. It is then as good as it ever was. Never boil honey or put it in a microwave. To do so will kill the enzymes in the honey.
** Jane’s secret – I make sure the cap is tight and place the jar into the dishwasher and let it run with the regular cycle.  It re-liquefies the honey and cleans the  “sticky" from the jar.

Cinnamon and Honey 
Bet the drug companies won't like this one getting around..  Facts on Honey and Cinnamon:  It is found that a mixture of honey and Cinnamon cures most diseases. Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Scientists of today also accept honey as a 'Ram Ban' (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases.  Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases. 

Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients.   Weekly World News, a magazine in Canada , in its issue dated 17 January,1995 has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by honey and cinnamon as researched by western scientists: 

HEART DISEASES: 
Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, instead of jelly and jam, and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack.  Also, those who have already had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the next attack. Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heart beat.  In America and Canada , various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as you age, the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalize the arteries and veins. 

ARTHRITIS: 
Arthritis patients may take daily, morning and night, one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured.. In a recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon Cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week, out of the 200 people so treated, practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain, and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain. 

BLADDER INFECTIONS: 
Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder. 

CHOLESTEROL
Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10 percent within two hours.   As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken three times a day, any chronic cholesterol is cured. According to information received in the said Journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol.

COLDS: 
Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for three days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold, and clear the sinuses. 

UPSET STOMACH: 
Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root. 

INDIGESTION: 
Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.. 

INFLUENZA: 
A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ' Ingredient' which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu. 

LONGEVITY: 
Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, arrests the ravages of old age... Take four spoons of honey, one spoon of cinnamon powder, and three cups of water and boil to make like tea.. Drink 1/4 cup, three to four times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans also increase and even a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old. 

PIMPLES: 
Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root. 

SKIN INFECTIONS: 
Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections. 

WEIGHT LOSS: 
Daily in the morning one half hour before breakfast on an empty stomach, and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup of water. If taken regularly, it reduces the weight of even the most obese person. Also, drinking this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet. 

FATIGUE: 
Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts, are more alert and flexible. Dr. Milton, who has done research, says that a half tablespoon of honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3:00 P.M. when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of the body within a week. 

BAD BREATH: 
People of South America , first thing in the morning, gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water, so their breath stays fresh throughout the day. 

Remember when we were kids? We had toast with real butter and cinnamon sprinkled on it! 

 

http://www.advancedhealthplan.com/honeyandcinnamon.html

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10/24/09 

Learn more about Honey - Honey facts  

 

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Montgomery County Beekeepers Association

 

 

 

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10/20/09 

OCTOBER SPEAKER INFO - Chemical Free Beekeeping

 

John Seaborn - Wolf Creek Organic Apiaries

931.729.9229

Centerville, TN   

4.9 bees, Honey Wax, Queens and more
 

Trevor Qualls - Bon Aqua Springs Apiaries & Woodenware

931.670.6862

8 & 10 Frame Bee Hives, Hive Woodenware, Organic Raw Honey


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Seeds for attracting honeybees from Botanical Interests - 6-13-09
 
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Article - Honeybees in Danger  provided by Darold Barnes - 4/26/09
 
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Article on Mason Bees provided by Charles Cook
 
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Recently, several of our members were trained to be state bee inspectors.  Contact Scott Sutton or Mitch Latsch for more details.

 

 

 

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A pair of our members educating school children in Clarksville, TN
    The Leaf Chronicle 12/1/2007. 
 

Bee Ordinances in Clarksville and Michigan

 
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previous articles
 
What is it? Where is it? How do I know if my bees have it? So far, nobody knows.  by Malcolm T. Sanford
(this article suggests a chemical class of pesticides as the possible cause of CCD)