On 7/7/2020 10:13 PM, graham wrote:
> On 2020-07-07 8:20 p.m., wrote:
>> On Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 7:06:29 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> I've
>>> got a jar in the pantry dated 2006 and have yet to open it.Â* But I'm
>>> glad you're getting some money from those hives. 
>>>
>>> Jill
>>>
>> The wonderful thing about honey is it never goes bad.Â* If it should get a
>> bit grainy just put the jar in a pan of very warm to hot water.Â* Presto!
>> In just a little while you've got smooth honey again.
>>
> Easier to nuke it in the MW.
SHRIEK !! Never never never nuke honey ! You kill all the microflora
that give it it's unique properties . Many big operations heat their
honey to thin it so it's easier to filter . And filtering takes out all
the microfragments of pollen and the heating kills all the microflora .
I process cold and the only filtration is 4 layers of cheesecloth to
strain out the big stuff like wax fragments and the occasional wing or
leg . But then I'm not running 1000 hives either ...
I also do not treat my hives with chemicals . My bees were bred to be
resistant to Varroa Destructor mites . Apparently those genetics are
dominant in my immediate area because their resistance has remained
unchanged for 6 years now .
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