Not meant to be humorous. I make my Whole Hive Mead by using only raw honey ( not heated above 100 degrees ). It goes thru the first screening but not the fine screening. I put pollen from hives, royal jelly, propolis, and also include some of the wax cappings in my original ferment. A bee keeper gave me approximations of how much of those ingredients would be in a normal hive. However, I don't throw any bees in it, that would be to cruel...LOL. This makes an incredibly good mead. From what I have been hearing over the past 10 years of making it this way I may be the only one in the country making Whole Hive Mead.