A presentation made by students of Gimnazija Bernardina Frankopana Ogulin during the 3rd Comenius meeting of multiltarel LLL school partnership project "Enterprising, healthy and creative"

1. HONEY

2. HONEY
word meaning ˝to enchant˝
 The tradition of apiculture was brought to
this part of the world by the Celts
 Sweet, sticky liquid food
 Dark yellow
 It’s made by honeybees
 Effective medicine for
all kinds of diseases
 Hebrew

3.  Good
for health
 Improves the function of blood
stream and heart
 Gives shine and freshness
to stressed skin
 2 to 3 teaspoons per day

4.  Food,
medicine or, in the past,
money for a man
 Not advised to put honey in a hot tea,
can be toxic
 Fermented wine made ​from honey-a
kind of beer and that’s a drink of the
Gods

5. COMPONENTS OF HONEY
 Sugar
(fructose, glucose and sucrose)
 Acids, vitamins, minerals, proteins

6. TYPES OF HONEY
 Chestnut
honey
- characteristic intense aroma,
slightly bitter taste
 Linden
honey - enhances
metabolism, mild flavor

7.  Acacia
honey - mildest flavor,
light on stomach and
therefore, recommended
for children and people
with diabetes
 Flower
honey - mild and
slightly aromatic

8.  Sage
honey - cleans the
blood, stimulates the secretion
of mucus
 Lavender
honey - rich and
pleasant taste, darker
or lighter

9.  Royal
jelly - strengthens
immune system, recommended
for infertility and menopause
difficulities
 Pollen
- increases blood flow
to the brain, improves
memory and concentration

10. drops –
the most powerful natural
antibiotic, for any time of
year
 Propolis

11. Honeydew - not produced from the
nectar, good for anemia
 It
is considered the king among honey types
due to the way it is created in one of the most
perfect natural processes
 The honeydew honey contains 13 times more
different minerals, especially iron, than the
wildflower honey

12. PROPERTIES OF HONEY
 In
honeycombs which is in the hive
 Double layer of equal six-sided cells
 Soluble in water
 Composition quite tart

13. FACTS ABOUT HONEY
 Not
advised to put honey in
a hot tea
 2 to 3 teaspoons per day
 It
isn’t good to take with a
metal spoon
 A wooden spoon

14. WHAT IS THE MYSTERY OF
THE HONEY TASTE?
 Plants
determines smell, color
and flavor
 Floral derived from different plant species
unifloral honey

15. BENEFITS OF
HONEY

16. WHY IS HONEY GOOD FOR
HEALTH?
 Composition
of honey includes
sugars and minerals
 Vitamins
A
B1, B2, C, B6, B5, B3
calming effect on the mind,
promotes sleep

17.  Powerful
anti-bacterial
properties
 Prevent
cancer and
heart disease
 Increase
athletic
performance
 Blood
sugar regulation

18.  Apitherapy
was first applied in the second
half of the 20th century
 Today
more and more physicans use it in
their professional work
 Body
can not get used to bee products

19.  For
Dry Skin: Honey and Egg
Mask
 For
Normal Skin: Apple Honey
Mask
 For
Oily Skin: Carrot Face Mask
 For
Sensitive Skin: Banana
and Honey Mask

20. HONEY OR SUGAR?
 One
tablespoon of honey- 64 calories
 One tablespoon of sugar- 46 calories

21. WHO CAN EAT HONEY?
 Balanced
 People
diet
with allergies
 Children
younger than one year of age

22. SOME
INTERESTING
FACTS
ABOUT
BEES

23.  Flying
insects closely related to wasps and
ants, pollination, producing
honey and beeswax
 Hard
work and order for feeding
on nectar and pollen
 It
is believed that bees that bees can be
trained to detect mines
 20,000
 Bee
known species
never sleeps

24. HISTORICAL FACTS
 “The
land Good and spacious,
to the land of milk and honey“
 Oldest
known apiary- the Middle East

25.  The
tears of the solar deity Ra
 Honey
in closed jars was
found in the tomb of the
Pharaoh Tutankamun
 Egyptian
Queen Cleopatra
bathed in milk and honey

26. A
 For
profession called
˝a bee – nurse˝
destroying beehives
or stealing honey by cutting off one
of their arms

27. Honey is a mystery.
People can’t
produce it, only we,
the small
HONEYBEES!

28. Without bees there is no Life –
no crops, no food,
no Man!