SubscribeNo Honey, No Haagen Dazs’s Strawberry Ice Cream
What? No honey, No ice cream? You must be kidding. Most of you would have heard something like, “No money, no honey?” And now, “No honey, no ice cream.” Well, not what you have in mind. ‘Honey’ here means honey bee - to be more exact. And what has honey bee gotten to do with ice cream? Can you imagine what the world would be like without ice cream? I can’t even bear to think about it. I remember growing up with ice cream being one of my favorite desserts. There was an occasion during my army days, when my camp mates and I each finished a whole tub of ice cream; you can’t really blame us, it was summer and the ice cream just tasted too good.
Whenever I heard of people talking about ice cream, I would always say, “eating ice cream makes one happy.” So when do you think is the best time to eat ice cream? I heard someone ’shouting’ anytime? I shared this common thing with one of my friends; we both love to eat ice cream on a rainy day or on a cold day. To us, ice cream seems to taste especially good on a cold day.
While I was surfing and reading some blogs on the net the other day, I saw this very interesting and attractive advertisement by Haagen Dazs about honey bee. Out of curiosity, I clicked on the advertisement and it brought me to a well designed interactive flash website with the heading, ‘Imagine a world without honey bees.’ Then there is a passage after that that caught my attention:
“Now imagine that world without tasty pears, luscious raspberries and juicy strawberries. Honey bees are responsible for pollinating one-third of all the foods we eat, including many of the ingredients that define our all-natural ice creams.”
Do you have any ideas of that? I certainly have no idea. It is good to see that Haagen Dazs is bringing this information to us. If you like, you may surf over to the website by Haagen Dazs at Help the Honey Bees. It is a fun interactive website where you and your kids will definitely love to explore; your kids will love the honey bees at the site and both of you can get more information about the honey bees. Just one of the things I learned while exploring the website:
“Cherries: We cannot tell a lie. More than 80 percent of all cherries rely on honey bee pollination. In order to produce quality fruit, a cherry blossom must get 100 grains of pollen from a honey bee visitor. Luckily, honey bees can carry as many as 100,000 grains of pollen at once!”
While I was exploring the site, I came across one article from CNNMoney.com, ‘Disappearing bees threaten ice cream sellers.’ “Premium maker Haagen Dazs says vanishing bee colonies in the United States could mean fewer flavors and higher prices,” according to this article by Parija B. Kavilanz, CNNMoney.com senior writer in February 20 2008. I have learnt from young that the honey bees are very industrious but I never knew that a creature as small as a honey bee could become a big problem for the premium ice cream maker’s business.
“Honey bees apparently are responsible for 40% of its 60 flavors - such as strawberry, toasted pecan and banana split and these are among consumers’ favorite flavors,” according to Katty Pien, brand director with Haagen Dazs. In fact, one-third of the U.S. food supply - including a variety of fruits, vegetables and even nuts - depends on pollination from bees. And we think that oil price increases will increase food prices. If there are no honey bees, then we may not have one-third of the food to begin with?
It is comforting to know that at least premium ice cream maker’s like Haagen Dazs is doing their bits for the honey bees to raise consumer awareness about the problem. We do have to recognize the honey bees for billions worth of work each year! Just in case if you are wondering if Haagen Dazs is paying me to spread this information, I am not paid anything; though it is not a bad idea if I can get free tubs of Haagen Dazs’s new Vanilla Honey Bee flavored ice cream to share with my family and friends. 
Since I do the have the financial means to support such a good cause yet, I am always happy to assist in raising the awareness to the honey bees problem. Next time when you are having a tub of Haagen Dazs’s ice cream, think about the honey bees. Remember that no honey, no ice cream.
Disappearing bees threaten ice cream sellers.
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by Brandie, on August 12 2008 @ 6:21 am
Wow, that is interesting! I knew the honey bee’s population has been declining, but I didn’t know it would affect everything from produce prices to ice cream prices & flavor variety. Thanks for sharing, and I hope someone soon discovers what’s causing this serious decline in honey bee numbers.
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@ Brandie, I agree with you that that is interesting! That was what gotten me to click on the ad in the first place; to find out what has honey bee gotten to do with ice cream and Haagen Dazs. I do hope too that someone can do something about it or it may really cause some problems with our food supplies.
by Michael, on August 12 2008 @ 8:36 am
I love coffee flavor!
As for bees, there’s a way to do what they do, but it’s labor-intensive.
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@ Michael, my coffee flavor is my mother’s favorite. As for me, I am not too choosy on ice cream.
by My Bug Life, on August 12 2008 @ 6:48 pm
Thanks for sharing this…there was a cartoon shown recently asking the same question..imagine what it would be like w/o honeybees. Thanks for visiting my blog and I like ice cream anytime of the day
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@ Bug Life, there is always something we can learn … even from cartoon right?
by shaxx, on August 13 2008 @ 12:37 am
didn’t know that some flavors come from bees! So, l learned something new today. Thanks!
by Randall, on August 13 2008 @ 1:22 pm
That’s great information.
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by Symphony of Love, on August 13 2008 @ 9:51 pm
@ Shaxx, I learned something too when I was exploring that site.
@ Randall, thank you. You have yet another great WW.
by Chelle, on August 14 2008 @ 7:26 am
As much as I hate bees, they do have an important job to do! I try to leave them alone, they usually leave me alone too
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by Sherxr, on August 14 2008 @ 8:53 am
Thanks for the information!
Lazy I tell you!!
I didn’t click on that banner even though it was on my site some time ago! Ha…
I was going to do a writeup about Honey. But given the limited internet access at the moment, it seems like an impossible task.
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by Symphony of Love, on August 15 2008 @ 3:36 am
@ Chelle, I don’t quite like bees too but usually if we don’t mess with them, they won’t mess with us.
@ Sher, yes, I saw it in one of the websites with Foodbuzz and could not help but clicked on it. It sure was a worthy click.
Limited internet access? Did I hear excuse?
You can type out the article first and then post it when you go online. Don’t be lazy.
by Theresa, on August 16 2008 @ 8:33 pm
Oh jeez, if a bee is around, I’m not. I am terrified of them - I don’t swat them, I run. For some reason, there aren’t many honey bees here in Arkansas where I live. I’m not complaining! But, it never crossed my mind the impact the little buggers have on everything. Thanks for sharing this info!
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by Jess @ NBP/MomDot/MCC, on August 17 2008 @ 9:07 am
EC Droppin.
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by Symphony of Love, on August 17 2008 @ 11:16 pm
@ Theresa, I would not want to be around them too. But usually they don’t bother me if I don’t disturb them.
@ Jessica, thanks for dropping by.
by Leet, on August 19 2008 @ 10:17 am
I like ice cream
hmmm strawberry….
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by mspennylane, on August 19 2008 @ 12:21 pm
I used to hate bees but my boyfriend (yes, he loves bees!) has recently taught me their wonders. I think it was me getting them confused with wasps probably! I also saw a program about this on TV. I really hope that the problem doesn’t get worse.
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by Symphony of Love, on August 21 2008 @ 5:00 pm
@ Leet, thank you. I have seen your paintings; they are remarkably done and captured the feeling of the subjects well.
@ Mspennylane, I know what you mean, bees are not so bad. Wasps are different definitely. Stay clear from wasps all time!