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Tiger Lily wrote:
> BlueBrooke wrote:
>> On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:16:16 -0400, Peppermint Patootie
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> In article >,
>>> BlueBrooke > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:16:05 -0400, Peppermint Patootie
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In article >,
>>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>> I looked it up and it sure looks like bee vomit to me! They
>>>>>>>> suck up the nectar into their mouths and regurgitate it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/honey.asp
>>>>>>> Not from their stomachs though.
>>>>>> I don't care where it comes from. They're still regurgitation
>>>>>> it. Due to my medical problems I often throw up stuff that
>>>>>> never made it to my stomach.
>>>>> You just don't care about facts, do you? You think what you
>>>>> think, and there's no budging it.
>>>>>
>>>>> PP
>>>> What keeps popping into my mind while watching this discussion is
>>>> the fact that honey is so clean, you can use it medicinally. I
>>>> had some kind of, for lack of a better word, lesion on my ankle
>>>> for months. Never did figure out what it was. Put a little honey
>>>> on it and it cleared up in days. I've had a jar of honey in the
>>>> top of the cupboard for years -- it doesn't mold.
>>>>
>>>> If that's "bee barf" all I can say is, as prolific as my dogs are,
>>>> I wish they could produce something that useful. ;-)
>>> Yes, honey has been used throughout history to promote healing of
>>> wounds. I don't think it's because it's "clean," though.

>>
>> Once again, I've used the wrong word and my point was lost. "Clean"
>> wasn't the best word, but I couldn't think of anything better, and
>> still can't.

> it kills bacteria
>
> spread honey on the wound, and the wound will heal quicker
>
> what's that bit about botulism? where you can't get that from honey
> (warning, do not feed honey to children under 1 yrs of age)
>
> kate


Most commercial honey is pasteurised these days.