The following refers to real honey, fake honey and artificially processed so-called honey, excluding them.
The types of honey, according to different classification methods, there are about 6 classifications, which are:
1. According to the different classifications of **, there are:
Natural honey: Natural honey is made by bees collecting nectar. They ** in the flower nectar glands of plants or in the outer nectar glands, usually what we call honey refers to natural honey.
Nectar honey: Honey produced by bees collecting honeydew or insect metabolites (i.e., nectar) from the leaves or stems of plantsThere are insect metabolites here, don't think too much, the metabolites of aphids are nectar, but they are generally produced in the hottest time of summer, and they are basically eaten by ants.
2. According to the different brewing bee species, there are: soil honey and Italian honey.
3. According to the different physical states, there are: liquid honey and crystalline honey. It's just a different performance at different temperatures, but Du Niang is divided like this. We won't explain the details.
Fourth, according to the different production methods, there are:
Separated honey, the honey shaken out by the honey shaker, or the honey squeezed by the modern method of bees and honey, this kind of pressed honey is different from the ancient method of pressing honey, so it is classified as separated honey.
Nest honey: also known as lattice honey, using the biological characteristics of bees, in the standardized honeycomb brewed with honey with honey block, nest honey not only has the effect of separating honey, but also has the characteristics of the hive, is a kind of high-grade natural honey products.
Pressed honey: Pressed honey is honey obtained by the old method of beekeeping and harvesting wild honey. This kind of honey should not be sold in the market now, and if there is, it will definitely be considered fake honey. This kind of honey, when taking honey, will mash the bees and the hive together, and then heat it in a pot to separate the honey, which is cruel and not delicious, and has a strange taste.
5. According to the color: there are: water white, extra white, white, extra light amber, light amber, amber and dark amber 7 grades, the basis for distinguishing the color is the Pufonte colorimeter, Pufont colorimeter reading grading is as follows:
Aqua white 8mm
Extra white 8 17mm
White 17 34mm
Extra light amber 34 50mm
Light Amber 50 85mm
Amber 85 114mm
Deep Amber 114 140mm
The color of honey varies greatly depending on the plant species from which it is derived. Whether it is a single flower or a mixed honey seed, it has a certain color, and it is often a light color honey seed, which has a better taste and smell. Therefore, the color of honey can be used not only as the basis for honey classification, but also as one of the indicators to measure the quality of honey.
6. According to the nectar source plants, there are: single nectar and mixed nectar (hundred flower nectar).
Monofloral nectar: **All kinds of monofloral honey as the main body in the flowering period of a certain plant, such as orange nectar, lychee honey, longan honey, wolf tooth honey, citrus honey, loquat honey, rape honey, black locust honey, milk vetch honey, jujube nectar, wild osmanthus (柃) honey, vitex honey, motherwort honey, wild chrysanthemum honey and so on.
Mixed nectar (potpourri nectar) is :* to different nectar source plants, among which the advantage of single plant nectar is not obvious, which is called heterofloral nectar or potpourri nectar. Due to its diverse nectar sources, the efficacy of health care is relatively stable, and it is often used as a primer for medicine.
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