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Hank Rogers[_4_]

Bruce wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 13:43:59 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> I never ask for more info about things that are moot to me
>

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