Our 'local' Honey Man!

Well here's our local guy selling his wares at the Festa del Bitto.... As you can see he has a variety of 'goodies' and is, I suppose, the modern equivalent of the old Wild West Travelling charlatan (?)
His 'cure alls' you can see here are, in order left to right...

Veleno d?api.: Bee's poison. Against all pains.

Balsamo al miele: Honey balm. Containing choice honey, mint, eucalyptus, pine, propoli (?), thyme, boninacea(?), and dog rose......

Propoli syrup: Advisable for coughs and inflienza syptoms.

Propoli delle api: Bee's propoli. preventative cure.

It would seem, from what I can find out, that propoli 'may' be beeswax. At anyrate, it seems it is the thing the bees use to seal the nectar in their honeycomb....

I don't know how efficacious his 'cures' are...but he is very popular amonthe the older generations locally. He was doing quite a steady trade here with the 'incomers' too at the festa on Sunday. 

posted by Carole B @ 5:03 PM