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What's worth knowing about honey and bees: how honey is made, why it crystallises, how to recognise good honey and what the bees do all year round. Clearly explained, with sources.
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Why does honey crystallise, and what should you do about it?
If the honey in the jar has gone hard, it has not gone off: crystallisation is a natural process. Here is why it happens and how to make it runny again.
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Does honey go off? How to store it properly
Honey keeps for a very long time, but not for ever: moisture is its greatest enemy. Here is what to watch out for when storing it.
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Baking and cooking with honey: tips and a little gingerbread history
Honey isn’t a one-to-one sugar substitute: it browns differently and adds liquid to the dough. Here’s how to use it in the kitchen – and how gingerbread became a Hungarian tradition.
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Bee or wasp? How to tell them apart, and what to do if you get stung
In late summer and autumn, wasps land on fruit, soft drinks and honey too. Here’s how bees are different, why wasps turn up at this time of year, and what to do if you’re stung.
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A bee-friendly garden and balcony: what to plant for flowers from spring to autumn
From bulbs planted in autumn to late-autumn flowers: how to give bees food all year round in your garden or on your balcony – and which popular “bee-friendly” plants are better avoided.
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Honey at a Hungarian Christmas: honey wafers, poppy seed guba and gingerbread
Honey wafers on Christmas Eve, poppy seeds and honey on the fasting table, gingerbread on the tree: honey was once one of the main flavours of a Hungarian Christmas. This is how the tradition lived – and how it can live on today.
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How does nectar become honey? From flower to jar
For a kilo of honey, bees are estimated to visit millions of flowers. This is how nectar becomes ripe honey, and how it gets from the comb into the jar.
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The life of a honey bee colony: summer bees, winter bees, the queen and the dance
Up to sixty thousand bees in summer, a few thousand in winter: this is how a honey bee colony works – one of the most complex communities in nature.
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The beekeeping year: what does a beekeeper do from January to December?
A beekeeper’s year does not start with extracting honey: most of the work is about getting the colony safely through the winter and helping it grow strong in spring.
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A guide to honey varieties: from acacia to honeydew honey
What makes a honey acacia honey, and why is it a Hungarikum? What is honeydew honey? Variety by variety: colour, flavour, crystallisation and what each one goes with.
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How to spot fake honey
In an EU investigation, nearly half of the imported honey samples were suspicious. Home tricks don’t work – the label, the origin and a trustworthy beekeeper do.
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What a honey label tells you – with the new 2026 rule
Since June 2026, labels on blended honey have to show a percentage for each country of origin. Here’s what the wording means, and how the label on producer’s honey is different.
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Are bees really dying out? Pollination and bee protection, by the facts
The number of managed honey bees worldwide is growing, but some wild pollinators really are in trouble. What does that mean, and what can you do?
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The hive’s other treasures: bee pollen, propolis, royal jelly and beeswax
A bee colony gives more than honey. Here’s what bee pollen, propolis, royal jelly and beeswax are, what the bees use them for, and how the beekeeper collects them.
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Honey tasting at home: how to get to know the flavours of different honeys
You can taste honey the way you taste wine. Here’s the professional method in a home version – plus which honey goes with which cheese.
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A bee swarm in your garden: why bees swarm, and what to do
In spring, thousands of bees sometimes gather on a tree branch. No need to panic: a swarm is gentle, and a beekeeper will collect it. Here’s what to do in Hungary.
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Mead: one of the world’s oldest drinks – and what the word reveals
The English word mead and the Hungarian méz (honey) share an ancient root. Where the word comes from, what people drank at Attila’s court, and why Hungarian mead disappeared.
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Hungarian honey in numbers: beekeepers, harvest, exports and prices
Hungary has one of the densest bee populations in the EU, yet most of its honey is sold abroad. The latest official figures on the harvest, exports and prices.