He aha ka meli?
No ka nalo, ʻo ka meli wale nō ke kumu o ka meaʻai a me nā meaʻai pono i ka wā ʻino a me nā mahina hoʻoilo. I ka wā pua, haʻalele ka nalo paahana i ko lākou hives a lele e ʻohi i ka nectar. Pono lākou e lele a hiki i 1500 mau mea kanu pua e hoʻopiha i ko lākou ʻōpū "meli" - kahi ʻōpū ʻelua i hoʻolālā ʻia no ka nectar. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻi i ka home me ka ʻōpū piha. Hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka nectar i ka hive. Hāʻawi ka nalo mai ke kula i ka nectar i hōʻiliʻili ʻia i ka nalo hana i ka hive. A laila, hoʻoili ʻia ka nectar mai kekahi nalo a i kekahi, nau a kuha i nā manawa he nui. Hoʻokumu kēia i kahi syrup mānoanoa i loaʻa i ka nui o nā haʻahaʻa a me ka liʻiliʻi o ka wai. Ninini ka nalo hana i ka syrup i loko o ke keena o ka waihona meli a puhi ia me kona mau ʻēheu. ʻOi aku ka mānoanoa o ka syrup. Penei ka hana ʻana i ka meli. Hana ka hive ma ke ʻano he hui a hāʻawi i kēlā me kēia pī me ka meli lawa. I ka manawa like, hiki i hoʻokahi pi i kona ola holoʻokoʻa ke hana i 1/12 teaspoon wale nō o ka meli - ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ko mākou manaʻo. He mea nui ka meli i ka pono o ka hive. Hana pono ʻole ʻO ka manaʻo maʻamau ʻo ka ʻohi ʻana i ka meli e kōkua i ka ulu ʻana o ka hive he hewa. I ka ʻohi ʻana i ka meli, hoʻokomo ka poʻe beekeepers i ke kō i loko o ka hive, kahi mea maikaʻi ʻole no ka nalo no ka mea ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā meaʻai pono, nā huaora a me nā momona i loaʻa i ka meli. A hoʻomaka ka nalo e hana ikaika e hoʻoponopono i ka nui o ka meli. I ka ʻohi ʻana i ka meli, nui nā nalo, e hoʻomalu ana i ko lākou home, sting beekeepers, a make mai kēia. Hana ʻia nā pi limahana e hoʻonui i ka huahana o ka hive. Ua pilikia kēia mau nalo a ua maʻalahi loa i ka maʻi. ʻO ka manawa pinepine, loaʻa nā maʻi i ka wā e "hoʻokomo ʻia" nā pi i loko o kahi hive ʻē aʻe iā lākou. Laha ʻia nā maʻi pi i nā mea kanu, ʻo ia ka meaʻai no nā holoholona a me nā kānaka. No laila, ʻo ka manaʻo he hopena maikaʻi ka hana ʻana o ka meli i ke kaiapuni, akā naʻe, mamao loa mai ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Eia kekahi, ʻoki pinepine ka poʻe beekeepers i nā ʻēheu o ka mōʻī wahine nalo i ʻole lākou e haʻalele i ka hive a noho ma kahi ʻē. Ma ka hana ʻana i ka meli, e like me ka nui o nā ʻoihana kalepa ʻē aʻe, loaʻa mua ka loaʻa kālā, a he kakaikahi ka poʻe e mālama i ka pono o ka nalo. ʻO ka mea ʻokoʻa Vegan i ka meli ʻAʻole like me ka nalo meli, hiki i ke kanaka ke ola me ka meli ʻole. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, he nui nā meaʻai mea kanu ʻono: stevia, date syrup, maple syrup, molasses, agave nectar… Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohui iā lākou i nā mea inu, cereals, a me nā mea ʻono, a i ʻole e ʻai iā lākou ma ka puna i ka lā ke makemake ʻoe i kahi mea. ʻoluʻolu.
Puna: vegansociety.com Unuhi: Lakshmi