real honey not supermarket honey

no1dad

does anybody know if it is possible to buy honeycomb in Dublin or even to mail order it ??????????
Many thanks

Orla K

I've seen it in health shops, I think the honey was from cork but it's pricy, 10 for one piece.

doctor evil

Try here:

http://www.irishbeekeeping.ie/

Best to buy direct, any shop would put a mark up on it.

no1dad

Many thanks you guys

--Kaiser--

What do you mean by 'real honey'? Is supermarket honey made by fake plastic bees?

no1dad

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

What do you mean by 'real honey'? Is supermarket honey made by fake plastic bees?

your intelligence is shown by using the words fake and plastic in the same context
why oh why did I respond to this , guess I am getting old and I promise not to respond to any more like this

emeraldstar

no1dad wrote: »

your intelligence is shown by using the words fake and plastic in the same context
why oh why did I respond to this , guess I am getting old and I promise not to respond to any more like this

It's a perfectly reasonable question. There can't be a "real" honey without there being a "fake" honey, and I'm pretty I've never come across such a thing as fake honey.

Orla K

Are you really that uptight about how sentences are formed that you fail to understand it's meaning or are you just nit picking?

I mean seriously wtf does it that add to the thread

emeraldstar

Orla K wrote: »

I mean seriously wtf does it that add to the thread

Clarifying a confusing, misleading thread title?

Orla K

emeraldstar wrote: »

Clarifying a confusing, misleading thread title?

It's not confusing or misleading anyone with a basic grasp of the English language could understand it.
I'm not going to say anymore, it's pointless as is the nit picking

El_Dangeroso

I presume by fake honey the OP meant that a lot of commercial honey comes from bees that are fed sugar, not allowed to collect nectar themselves.

Most beekeepers will feed their bees sugar water throughout winter to stop bees from starving.

Yi Harr

Not exactly fake but a lot of the honey in supermarkets (I won't name any) are blended honeys from multiple origins. A lot of countries don't have any or have lax regulations with regards to drug (antibiotics, anti varroa drugs etc) levels in honey. For this reason a lot of the mass produced honey wouldn't be of the same quality as the honey from a local beekeeper.

It could be likened to the difference between an organic farmer and a mass scale food producer.

As a previous poster said get in touch with the Dublin Beekeepers Association. Chances are (at this stage in the season) there won't be any for sale. Honey sales are seasonal (usually starting around September/October).

The Dublin honey show is usually held in Christchurch in Rathgar in October/November. Lots of honey for sale but it usually gets bought very quickly.

HTH

emeraldstar

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

I presume by fake honey the OP meant that a lot of commercial honey comes from bees that are fed sugar, not allowed to collect nectar themselves.

Possibly, but in the original post the OP then asks about honeycomb. Honeycomb =/= honey. Hence: confusion. Which is it he's looking for?

KindOfIrish

no1dad wrote: »

does anybody know if it is possible to buy honeycomb in Dublin or even to mail order it ??????????
Many thanks

I've bought some very good "real" honey from Bulgaria and New Zealand in health shops. And i know a bit about the subject, as my grandad kept bees. It should not be necessarily honeycombs.

--Kaiser--

no1dad wrote: »

You're intelligence is shown by using the words fake and plastic in the same context.
Why oh why did I respond to this? I guess I am getting old and I promise not to respond to any more like this

Your intelligence is shown by your inability to write a grammatically correct sentence or use the word real in its correct meaning.

For the record, the reference was to 'Fake plastic trees', a song by Radiohead

metamorphosis

Can we all stop been pedantic?

Back on topic please

johnfaul

I presume the op wants raw organic honey that is not processed like much of the stuff baught in the shops.
I myself would be interested in some as well.

El_Dangeroso

If anyone is near Clare direction, Burren Wildflower Honey:

http://www.burrenperfumery.com/newsletters/2006/summer/2006summerhoney.html

They sell it in Galway's market, it's absolutely gorgeous, great for making icecream!

al28283

metamorphosis wrote: »

Can we all stop been pedantic?

Back on topic please

Don't you mean being pedantic?

Or Beeing if you want to go with a pun.

I hate puns.

saa

no1dad wrote: »

your intelligence is shown by using the words fake and plastic in the same context

Thom Yorke is so a dope so.