Bee Tourist

Hello to all my friends out there!  I don't know where u are in the world right now, but it might be hotter in Southern Arkansas than the equator!  Whew!  It is just peachy out there - speaking of which the peaches are in season and amazing all across the South.

This past Sunday Ben's Bees had the pleasure of giving a good friend a tour of the show.  Like any visitor we first had to properly equip our guest in the finest veils around town, nope these are not your typical wedding veils we wear around here - these are kiss proof ( aka sting proof as well haha).
From our visit of the bees we learned they are really making some headway filling up their home with lots of honeycomb filled with honey to my delight!

^ now if u look really closely you can see a top layer of white on the top of the frame. Those honey cells are called capped - white capped means they are full of honey and they have capped them off to seal them.

Bee Pollen? I think so...

Disclaimer:  You need to decide for yourself if u want to take bee pollen... if u do I can surely put you in touch where to order it from.  Some people are allergic but rare, you will know if u start sneezing.  This is just my opinion.  However, its my opinion on something that comes from flowers in nature... Think about it...eghhhh its a flower its gonna get me - lol - no, its beautiful and amazing!
Bee Pollen.  Love it.  Lick it. Eat it.  Thats how I roll.  Do you eat bee pollen?  I have read in a non-sourced pamphlet ( I guess look it up for yourself but I believe it) that pollens contains these vitamins and minerals:  calcium phosphorous, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, potassium, Vitamin a, b1, b2, b5, b6, b12, folic acid, C, E, biotin, plus many more...  Simply put its undeniably a super-food with numerous health benefits.  There is some narley research out there that is mind boggling.  Many scientific studies have been done on pollen, not once have I read anything bad.  I myself have been taking bee pollen for at least one year now maybe more.  I love it.  I can tell you some stories about bee pollen.  I have seen someone crying/sneezing/red eyes allergies perk up in less 2min after ingesting bee pollen!  Yeah the taste is somewhat rough, not worse than meat loaf though...  And after about a month of pollen it starts to taste like candy.  Keep in mind I have studied this through trial and error and read many many studies and research.  The health benefits are fantastic - bottom line.  This one study blew the roof off of anything I have ever heard though.
Check it - THESE MICE WERE GENETICALLY ENGINEERED TO DEVELOP CANCER AND DIE.  THAT WAS THERE PURPOSE MIND YOU.  (animals lovers simply add the word theoretically in front of capitalization - thanks) WOW.
More importantly though the link to an awesome bee pollen informative website is at the bottom.

"There is a wealth of information available on the amazing medical results that have been achieved through the use of bee pollen. Bee pollen is proven to be very effective in building a strong immune system and reversing a large number of ailments in humans.

It is not practical to list here the many clinical trials that have been done on bee pollen and in particular those relating to cancer. However, we will relate a particularly interesting study that the US Dept of Agriculture carried out. Most of the other trials were in Europe.

This particular study was published in the:

• 'Journal of the National Cancer Institute' over 50 years ago in 1948. The article is entitled 'Delay in the Appearance of Palpable Mammary Tumors in C3H Mice Following the ingestion of Pollenized Food'.
• The author was William Robinson of the US Bureau of Entomology, Agricultural Research Administration.

This article relates to the results of a trial in which a strain of mice was bred specifically to develop cancer tumors and subsequently die from them. The tumors would appear in the mice when they were between 18 - 57 weeks and they would die shortly after. The pollen used in the study "was the bee gathered type". One group of mice was fed mice chow only, whilst the other group was fed mice chow with the addition of bee pollen at a ratio of 1 part bee pollen to 10,000 parts food.

In his summary, Dr Robinson reveals the incredible results:

• "In the mice not given bee pollen, mammary tumors appeared at an average of 31.3 weeks. Tumor incidence was 100% and they all died".
• "The average onset of tumors of the mice given bee pollen was 41.1 weeks... around 30% later in time".
• "Seven mice in the bee pollen group had still not developed a tumor at 62 weeks of age when the tests were terminated".

Dr Robinson concluded that bee pollen contains an anti carcinogenic principle that could be added to food.

This is only one of many studies, which have been carried out using bee pollen on cancer. Some less well documented ones are even more spectacular. Unfortunately because natural products cannot be patented and as such big profits cannot be made these amazing results get very little publicity and regrettably will never become 'mainstream'."

7/14/11

(http://www.bee-pollen-health.com/health-benefits-bee-pollen.php)

Check out the site for yourself...and explore the site!

http://www.bee-pollen-health.com/index.php

Nirvana

I saw a bee the other day on my Echinacea (Pink Cone Flower) whatever you people call it.  I touched it, yes, it was dead.  I immediately thought to myself - what a way to go.  Just resting on one of the most beautiful flowers on Earth.  This bee had died a beautiful death - and was just basking in the sunlight pink petal of nirvana.  I was for a brief mili-second jealous of this bee.  How could I ever die like this?  Next to something I passionately need and love completing it as it completes me.  Bees are just wonderful.

Video/No Fear

Two of my favorite aunts came to town recently.  One of them showing no fear getting very close to some bees.  Just look how close she is to all those bees - in short sleeves.  She is surely courageous.  I didn't tell her but she was in the danger zone alright.  One slip holding that frame and there might have been some serious stings!  Good news though, nobody got stung... this time.  
In other recent news, I have been on vacation.  Wow!  I had a great time.  I encourage everyone to take a vacation and just get out of town even if its just for a day or two.