On 7/8/2020 9:56 AM, graham wrote:
> 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.
>>>> Presto!
>>>> In just a little while you've got smooth honey again.
>>>>
>>> Easier to nuke it in the MW.
>>
>> Â*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*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.
It's not so much the temp as it is the microwave RADIATION .
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Snag
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