On Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 2:56:35 PM UTC-4, Snag wrote:
> 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 .

Can you provide a citation for this?

Cindy Hamilton