1, odor
The smell of honeycomb honey varies according to the honey species, but in any case there is certainly a floral flavor, such as acacia hive honey has acacia flower fragrance, date flower hive honey has the flavor of date flowers, and fake hive honey basically no floral flavor, more likely to have a strong syrupy flavor, the reason is that the fake honeycomb honey is generally used to sugar syrup to fill the spleen and then by the swarm of the capping and become, or the beekeepers The reason for this is that fake hive honey is usually produced by filling the spleen with sugar syrup and then capped by the colony, or by beekeepers who feed a lot of sugar syrup.
2, taste
The taste of honeycomb honey is very special and natural, there is a strong floral flavor when eating, unlike honey, honeycomb honey contains beeswax, so eat a little bit like chewing gum and very elastic, the aftertaste of the faint sour taste and a slight sense of spicy throat, and the taste of the fake honeycomb honey is very single, basically only the pure sweetness (the taste of white sugar), chewing It is not as chewy as real honeycomb honey.
3, crystallization
Crystallization is an inherent characteristic of honey (glucose precipitation process from the honey), but the hive honey is very difficult to crystallize (in the conditions to meet the honeycomb honey is also crystallized, but the honeycomb honey relative to the separation of the honey is more difficult to crystallize), if you buy honeycomb honey is very easy to crystallize and crystalline particles of hard (white sugar crystals), you can basically be sure to say! You can buy a fake honeycomb honey made of sugar syrup.
4, price
The production of honeycomb honey determines the relatively expensive price, in fact, the production of honeycomb honey cycle is relatively long (honey completely brewing roughly 7 days, and brewing the whole spleen of the mature honey takes longer), while the production of honeycomb honey will miss the flowering period and the serious impact on the production of honey, so the price of honeycomb honey is definitely not cheap, those who are unusually cheap is definitely not cheap. The unusually cheap hive honey is definitely problematic.
Expanded information;
The efficacy of honeycomb honey;
1, the health effects of honeycomb honey: honeycomb honey has antibacterial anti-inflammatory, nourish the lungs and intestines, detoxification and liver protection, benefit the spleen and kidneys, forcibly hematopoietic, to improve sleep, to promote the regeneration of tissues and promote children's growth and development and other effects.
2, the beauty of the nest honey: nest honey has a moisturizing skin, skin nutrition, clean skin, remove scars and blemishes, hair beauty, youth and anti-aging effects.
3, nest honey in addition to ordinary honey has the same composition and role, but also has beeswax and a small amount of propolis, often eat nest honey can clean the mouth, protect the teeth, slow down and clear mouth ulcers and swelling, but also can prevent rhinitis, hepatitis, constipation. Chewing after drinking alcohol has the special effect of relieving alcohol, protecting the liver and moisturizing the lungs.
4, the nest honey can enhance the human immune system, women have breast enhancement and beauty (through endocrine regulation) good maternal and child health products. Nest honey can improve pregnancy and maternal health, promote the growth and development of the fetus, infants and young children, improve children's health and intelligence level. Nest honey can increase the phagocytosis rate of phagocytes, inhibit and kill a variety of cancer cells, is a good adjuvant to radiotherapy for tumor patients.
5, prolong life: nest honey can activate the old cells, improve the health of the elderly immunity, enhance hematopoietic function, make the elderly spirit, restore youthful glow, improve sleep, regulate the endocrine, on the elderly, chronic diseases have a good effect on the improvement and rehabilitation.
6, nest honey has high thermal energy, can promote hematopoietic and liver cell regeneration, promote liver into the liver function recovery, hepatitis also good medical effect.
7, honeycomb honey both honey, honeycomb function, has a high edible and medicinal value, on heart disease, hypertension, lung disease, cough, hepatitis, anemia, constipation, burns, frostbite, rhinitis, gastric and duodenal ulcers, gingivitis, and other diseases have a certain auxiliary effect.
Source of Reference; Baidu Encyclopedia - Bee Hive Honey