On Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 4:28:44 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> 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>

Here's a more detailed explanation:

<https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28946234/>

Since I don't like the taste of honey, it's all kind of moot for me.

Cindy Hamilton