On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 23:55:12 -0500, Snag > wrote:

>On 7/7/2020 10:13 PM, graham wrote:
>>>
>> 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 .

There's an unexpected laudable hippie element in you.