Pure honey according to Indonesian Pharmacopoeia is obtained from the hive honey honeybee Apis mellifera and other species that have been purified by heating to 70oC. After a cold, filtered impurities that float. Furthermore, honey can be added with enough water to dilute so that the weight of honey per ml meet the requirements that have been standardized.The form of a thick liquid like honey syrup. The color is clear or pale yellow to yellowish brown. Distinctive taste, which is sweet with the scent of delicious and fresh. When heated, the aroma becomes stronger but did not change its shape. Its weight per ml ranged from 1,352 grams to 1,358 grams.
2. Classification of Honey
Based on the origin of nectar, honey can be divided into three groups, namely flora honey, honey ekstraflora, and honey dew.Flora honey is honey produced from the nectar of flowers. Derived from a single type of flower called monoflora honey, which comes from a variety of flowers called honey pliflora. Excellent for honey flora additional feed for energizing Atua, while honey poliflora great for treating people who fatigue, heat, cold, exposed to burns, suffered cuts and stab wounds exposed. Honey contains enzymes poliflora free amino acids are more numerous than the honey monoflora.Ekstraflora honey is honey produced from the nectar out of flowers, such as leaves, branches, or stems of plants.Dew honey is honey produced from insect succession proceeds fluid, which then eksudatnya placed at the plant. Furthermore it sucked liquid and collected by honey bees. The dark-colored honey with stimulating scents.
3. Nektar processing
Two factors necessary to produce honey. First, flower nectar is a raw material for making honey. Second, the insects, the bees, which are energy experts.Nectar can be used immediately to feed the bees and larvae in the nest. If not used immediately, the bees store the nectar is converted into honey, to be used later. Honey bees are eaten the same function as bread, sugar, jam Atua eaten by humans. Honey produced by bees called honey bees or honey ant.Bees suck nectar from the flowers is used for two things. First, to be collected in the honey stomach. Secondly, for their own consumption. For own consumption that is entered into in other parts of the stomach smaller, ie digestion.After the bees to hive, the nectar collected in plots poured honey. Nectar that has a moisture content of about 50%. The moisture content should be reduced till about 18% after treatment and water content evaporated with fanning wings to wear for a few days.Preformance processing, flower nectar is mixed with enzymes (saliva) produced gladula thoracus. After the processing is completed, the resulting honey is stored in the cells of the hive is a unique food reserves storage. Hive of honey storage cells was sealed with wax to prevent damage to the contents.
4. Honey Extraction
Based on the process of their extraction, honey can be distinguished on honey extraction (extracted honey ¬) and forced honey (strained honey). Obtained from the extraction of honey bee hives are not undermined by confusing or play it using an extractor tool, honey dengna forcibly acquired via beehive pengepresen damage, suppression, or through other means