On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 12:39:55 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:
>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?
This is the first one I found:
"The microwave will essentially destroy all of the beneficial enzymes
and properties of the honey. Sure it will return it to a liquid state,
but then you can just consider it not much more than a honey colored
sweetener."
<http://www.lincolnlandbeekeepers.com/uploads/1/0/6/4/10649295/how_to_decrystalize_honey.pdf>