I have started a new Photo page for this event It includes the menu and three photos Also, and I would like all NON vegans to look at the Questionaire and ...
Hi Chris, thanks for this message and for posting those pictures in photo files! About questionnaire, I would tick: o More choice in restaurants o More vegan...
Hello everyone, I find it v difficult to avoid honey altogether - we use it medicinally a lot as we avoid conventional medicine where possible - also beeswax...
Hi Megan, I know my grandparents were ethical honey keepers, in that they had a lot of respect for the bees and never took all the honey out of the hive. They...
perhaps members here would like to go and take a look http://www.worldveganday.org HONEY. Many years ago when i first joined the Vegan Society one could be ...
The Vegan Society policy is that vegans don't consume any product that has animal involvement (where practically possible) and thus avoids running the risk of...
Personally I have never been able to understand why honey is hard for some people to give up, it's nothing special anyway, I think it is actually a lot easier...
Hi Saffron, just a quickest note. Yes!! you are right about being blind are being treated royality whereas deaf people dont. Now I am as a member for the blind...
Hi Megan, I used to keep Bees, but had to give up when I developed an allergy to stings. They are fascinating creatures, and I miss the hobby very much. The...
Hi Megan and all, I did a little research for you and I came across this list about beekeepoing and it has a section on biological beekeeping, which is, if I...
Why should honey be considered medicinal anyway? This puzzles me that more than one nearly vegan on here has referred to this aspect of homey as I understand...
Hi, Some Beekeepers do leave an amount of honey on the hive for winter stores, but as most Beekeepers keep the Bees in order to produce a 'crop' then the honey...
Lesley, honey is mainly the nectar of flowers and its medicinal properties have been proven for thousands of years. I have tried to replace honey by barley and...
Hi Lesley, As Saffron has said the medicinal properties of honey are certainly not a myth! Honey was used by Roman soldiers as a wound dressing, and a great ...
Thanks to everyone who has taken part in this discussion re honey. It has been interesting. The thing about remedies is, as I think most people realise, that...
Hi Chris, Some good points very well put. With regard to honey as a medicinal treatment it is certainly true about what works best for the individual, but...
Good points Chris and Ged, thanks! Chris mentioned GM... actually, when looking for ethical beekeepers online for Megan yesterday, I came across a Canadian...
Oh should have known I could rely on you guys for a response!! Thanks to all for the help and comments, I'll just reply to a few.... Saffron - at this rate I...
Hi Megan, ... No problem there Megan, I'm 'full of useless information' or so my daughter tells me! Then she comes out with, 'Daaad, what's this mean?' Kids...
The search is on for talented cooks to take part in the first ever internat= ional vegan cookery competition at Hotelympia, Salon Culinaire International de...
Yes that does horrify me!! I wonder in what way they are doing that? If anyone does know more please let us know. On the topic of GM. Dilys has been...
Is anyone here interested in taking part in this? It would be nice if one of our members did well. If anyone is thinking about it do please tell us. *SMILES* ...
And bounced on to the ground tried to fly again but just stood there. I put my finger on its tummy and it perched on to my finger and stayed there, with its...
About 15 years ago a duck flew straight through my glass door, all the way along the hall and out the glass window at the end - I saw it from the kitchen door...
Dear Chris, This happens a lot at my house, perhaps because we have large windows and no net or voile curtains downstairs. Actually, I'm seriously considering...
Hi Chris and Saffron, There are stick on bird silouettes you can buy to put on windows. These are said to deter birds from the types of accidents you mention. ...
I'm sure the bird will have been fine Chris. Honestly it happens here (we live in a solitary cottage on marshland - hence full of birds!) all the time and they...
Thanks everyone, Saffron, Ged & Megan, for your posts re the birds. I also posted this in a Wildforbirds Group I am in. They suggested putting something in...
A true Story ! Can you believe this? This is the best lawyer story of the year, decade and probably the century. A Charlotte, NC, lawyer purchased a box of...
I am sure I heard somewhere that sparklers, like matches, contain gelatine or some animal product. Can anyone confirm whether or not this is true? Lesley...
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