Ellie:

> I had a letter from the Really Raw Honey people who said there is no
> certifiable organic honey in the US. The law is that it's OK to feed bees
> sugar in th US. It's not so Europe, maybe why  Stefan gets a stop.

I would be curious to know what "organic honey" really means. That no
antibiotics should be used? That the flowers are wild or come from organic
cultures? Is there any specification about sugar feeding in Europe?

> Schaeffer says if the honey comes from more than one hive it may not give
> a stop. Really Raw Honey comes from many hives.

I get a good stop with "Really Raw", generally after 1 or 2 tablespoons!
Wild honey is certainly naturally mixed, since bees forage on many different
flowers.

>Can we order Orkos products from the US?  Shipping them from France would
>be kinda expensive.  But I'd love to try some really PURE honey, just to
>see how pure or impure the stuff I eat actually is.

I asked before leaving France. They won't send fresh products (of course). As
for dried products, they sometimes send a few pods of cassia in anonymous
packages (without the name "orkos" on it), and it may or may not pass the
customs. For honey, I don't know the regulations. But even without the shipping
price, Orkos honey is about 3 times more expensive than "ordinary" organic
honey.

Jean-Louis