Honey

This is the only mushroom in the world that tastes sweet like honey

In Hungary there is a sweet Hungarian truffle that supposedly tastes like honey. I can’t even begin to imagine how fantastic that is because truffles are already “the diamonds of the kitchen” and honey very well might be nature’s greatest creation, so combining both in one is practically unfair. The truffle is used in dessert…

Sploid Casey Chan Sep 2

The Seedy World of Honey Smuggling (And How Science Is Fighting Back)

Honey. We’ve all heard about the bee disappearance and wondered whether we’d be seeing a honey shortage. Well, here’s another reason to be worried about the sweet, sweet bee juice: honey laundering. https://gizmodo.com/ask-an-entomologist-anything-you-want-about-the-disappe-1616898038 Top image: african bees like honey by Evan Bench/flickr/ CC By 2.0 Yes, honey laundering. Real honey is almost magical, but we…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jan 20

Will California’s Drought Cause a Honey Shortage?

California’s punishing drought, which has been claiming victims both above ground and below, has set its sights on a new kind of prey: Our honeybees. https://gizmodo.com/just-how-bad-is-californias-drought-heres-a-scary-10-1618712607 https://gizmodo.com/what-will-californias-drought-do-to-our-food-supply-1615733458 https://gizmodo.com/drought-is-parching-the-united-states-from-underground-1610362293 Until the last decade, California was the nation’s top honey producer. But, with the crops that the bees usually feast on either not flowering or plowed under,…

io9 Ria Misra Aug 22

Will Bee Disappearances Lead To A Honey Shortage?

As our bee populations dwindle, could we also be facing down the prospect of a honey shortage? Entomologist May Berenbaum joined us today to take our questions about bee behavior and disappearances, including a question about what we might expect to happen to our stores of honey as bee populations continue to falter: The short…

io9 Ria Misra Aug 6

Stunning photos show the ancient tradition of honey hunting in Nepal

Twice each year, the Gurung tribespeople of Central Nepal risk their lives collecting wild honey from the world’s largest hives high up on Himalayan cliffs. Travel photographer Andrew Newey recently spent two weeks capturing this ancient but dying art. All photos courtesy Andrew Newey. They are are republished here with permission. You can find him…

io9 George Dvorsky Mar 6

The World’s First Beekeeping Donkey Is Sort of Adorable

Meet Boneco, the world’s first beekeeping donkey. He lives in Brazil and helps his owner, Manuel Juraci, make honey. Boneco also does not appear to like his beekeeping suit. But boy does he look adorable while wearing it. This isn’t just a funny hobby for Juraci and Boneco, though. Beekeeping is their livelihood. In their…

Biology Adam Clark Estes Feb 26

Why honey is the only food that doesn’t go bad

Honey is magic. Besides its delicious taste, it’s pretty much the only food that does not spoil while in an edible state. But why, exactly, doesn’t honey go bad? Honey has a lot of pretty incredible properties. It’s been used and investigated for medicinal properties for a long time, especially as a treatment for open…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Aug 30

What Happens When You Drop a Hot Ball of Nickel Into a Giant Gummy Bear

After seeing the beautiful massive destruction that a hot ball of nickel can cause to honey, it’s obvious to want to drop that burning ball of seemingly eternal fire into more things. But most things just burn boringly. But what about the world’s largest gummy bear? It’s like seeing T-1000 destroyed. https://gizmodo.com/what-happens-when-you-drop-a-hot-ball-of-nickel-into-ho-5992018 I gotta admit…

Tech News Casey Chan Aug 2

What Happens When You Drop a Hot Ball of Nickel Into Honey

Because dropping super freaking hot balls of nickel is always fun to do, seeing it get dropped in various substances never gets old. This time, honey gets the hot nickel treatment. It starts pulsating like a geyser while getting all bubbly and foamy until it squashes the plastic container holding down the steam. At the…

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 22

Ten Crazy Things People Use to Make Booze

Sometimes you just don’t have the right resources to make a decent drink. But if you get enough sober, thirsty minds focused on the problem, humans can find some pretty creative ways to come up with alcohol. Did you really think something like a lack of grapes or a shortage of barley could keep mankind…

Tech News Brent Rose Jan 4

Digital Beehive Counter Accurately Tracks Your Colony’s Collapse

Trying to count the bees buzzing about in a hive is like trying to count the grains of sand on a beach. But if you’re worried the deadly virus that has been decimating beehives across the country might be jeopardizing your source of fresh honey, check out this honey bee counter that tracks the comings…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Sep 24

Olympic Gymnasts Use Honey, Coke, Melted Gummy Bears and Other Hand Goop to Stay on the Bars

If you’ve ever wondered how the heck gymnasts manage to keep a grip on the parallel bars, know this: it ain’t just chalk. Olympic gymnasts use any and all forms of hand goop, from honey to coke and beer and sugar to melted gummy bears and a special concoction created by a chemist and more.…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 24

10 Ghastly Sounding Food Additives That Are (Mostly) Harmless

It’s rare to read an ingredients label these days without stumbling over at least a few unfamiliar words, and many of these words can be a little… disconcerting. Here are some of the weirdest, grossest, and most unpleasant-sounding additives to ever grace the back of a food package — including what foods you’ll find them…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez May 7

Let’s Make Mead: The Ancient Berserker Crunk-Juice of Kings

Mead is almost certainly the first beverage that got humans drunk (sorry, beer). It predates wine by ten to thirty thousand years. Hell, it predates the cultivation of soil. Best of all, you only need three common ingredients to whip up a batch. So let’s do that. It’s Friday afternoon, you’ve made it through the…

Tech News Brent Rose Feb 10

Philips Beehive Concept Has Urban Farmers Abuzz

Urban beekeeping is reemerging as a popular pastime for city-dwellers but a stack of conventional hive boxes won’t generally fit in a third-story apartment. Philips’ new urban beehive concept, however, aims to bring a colony to every balcony in your town. The hive consists of a smart-looking central chamber pre-loaded with honeycomb frames. Bees enter…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Nov 10

Lies, damned lies, and honey badgers

I recently wrote a piece about a bird called the greater honeyguide, whose chicks brutally murder those of other birds. But honeyguides are better known for a more helpful behaviour – leading humans to bee hives. The people break open the hives and leave behind an otherwise inaccessible piece of honey for the bird. In…

io9 Ed Yong - Discover Sep 25

This is the only mushroom in the world that tastes sweet like honey

The Seedy World of Honey Smuggling (And How Science Is Fighting Back)

Will California’s Drought Cause a Honey Shortage?

Will Bee Disappearances Lead To A Honey Shortage?

Stunning photos show the ancient tradition of honey hunting in Nepal

The World’s First Beekeeping Donkey Is Sort of Adorable

Why honey is the only food that doesn’t go bad

What Happens When You Drop a Hot Ball of Nickel Into a Giant Gummy Bear

What Happens When You Drop a Hot Ball of Nickel Into Honey

Ten Crazy Things People Use to Make Booze

Digital Beehive Counter Accurately Tracks Your Colony’s Collapse

Olympic Gymnasts Use Honey, Coke, Melted Gummy Bears and Other Hand Goop to Stay on the Bars

10 Ghastly Sounding Food Additives That Are (Mostly) Harmless

Let’s Make Mead: The Ancient Berserker Crunk-Juice of Kings

Philips Beehive Concept Has Urban Farmers Abuzz

Lies, damned lies, and honey badgers

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