On 2020-07-07 10:55 p.m., Snag wrote:
> 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.
>
> Â*Â* 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 ...
> Â* 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 .
The way I do it, the temperature doesn't get any higher than the warm
water method. It just saves the bother of heating a pan of water.