Altai honey is collected in the foothill and mountain areas of the Altai Territory. The product has a transparent texture and amber color. It is used to treat and prevent a wide variety of diseases.
Altai honey is a unique product that is famous for its healing properties, rich composition of useful microelements, color and aroma. There are no analogues to this honey in the world, because as soon as this region is distinguished by good ecology, the absence of large industrial enterprises and the preservation of the age-old traditions of beekeeping. The mild climate makes it possible for plants that produce nectar to replace each other, and bees to collect this amazing healing product.
Honey differs in the name of melliferous plants and can be linden, heather, melilot, acacia, etc. According to the lands where it is collected - meadow, forest and mountain, and according to the geographical area - Far Eastern, Bashkir, Altai, etc. Altai honey can be called only the product that is obtained from the natural melliferous massifs of this region. Sown crops cannot claim to be the “progenitors” of real honey from Altai. Among these species, the mountainous product of beekeeping, which has a unique aroma, stands out.
In the foothill and mountain zones, the main melliferous plants are tartar, sow thistle, meadow geranium, oregano, rough cornflower, sweet clover and white clover. Spring bribes in the mountain-forest zone are provided by anemone, lungwort, strawberry, dandelion, wolf's bast, yellow acacia, coltsfoot, willow, etc. In summer, bees collect honey from sainfoin, sweet clover, oregano, ringed sage, blackberry, fireweed, Siberian barberry, raspberry, currant, etc. The onset of the main flow occurs in mid-June, and it lasts until August 10.
The steppe zone, in contrast to the mountainous, is poor in melliferous vegetation.
Altai honey has a transparent texture and light amber color with a greenish tint. The consistency is thick, crystallizing very slowly, eventually acquiring an average density with the inclusion of small grains and a white color. Such a product has a delicate, delicate, pleasant aroma and taste, and the aftertaste remains in the mouth for a long time. Altai honey contains biologically active and mineral substances, vitamins, enzymes, carotene and ascorbic acid. It contains 17-21% water, 0.1% organic acids, 0.1-1.0% cane sugar, 76-81% invert sugar, 0.5-0.7% ash and 7-8% dextrins.
There is a legend that says that whoever eats Altai honey obtained from one honey bee will get rid of all diseases. Whoever eats honey from ten bees, throws off the burden of past years and grows younger, and whoever is lucky enough to eat a whole spoonful will live forever. Altai honey has a number of pharmacological properties. It has antimicrobial, antibacterial, wound healing, antitumor, tonic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects.
Honey from the Altai Mountains prevents the onset of sclerosis.
It is used to normalize metabolism, increase resistance to toxins, restore intestinal microflora and regulate its secretion, improve digestion and digestion of food, tone up the activity of the cardiovascular and nervous systems, normalize the functioning of the kidneys, stomach, liver and other organs. Altai honey restores strength, improves immunity and working capacity.
