On 2018-11-04 7:05 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 21:48:46 -0500, Terry Coombs >
> wrote:
>
>> On 11/3/2018 8:05 PM, graham wrote:
>>> On 2018-11-03 4:57 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
>
>>>> Â*Â*Please tell me you did NOT put your honey in the microwave ... that
>>>> will kill all the beneficial properties of the honey .
>>>
>>> Old wive's tale!
>>
>> Â* OK , it's an old wives tale and we beekeepers know nothing about it
>> .Â* You go right ahead and nuke your honey . Mine will never see temps
>> above about a hundred degrees - the highest temp usually seen inside a
>> hive . Oh wait , what you've got is probably not even real honey , but
>> flavored corn syrup . Nuke away !
>
>
> Most honey sold in the US is pasteurized, anyway. And filtered.
>
> Besides, very few eat enough honey to make any nutritional difference
> in diet, even if the enzymes, bee pollen, etc are still there.
>
My point was that nuking (at low level) is no different to sitting the
jar in hot water. Some seem to associate microwave radiation with nuclear.