Why, when you buy set Honey from the same source do you get varying thickness, some more solid than others ?
Is it in the processing, just natural because no beehive is the same or what ?
Cheers
Richard
A Set Honey Question
A Set Honey QuestionWhy, when you buy set Honey from the same source do you get varying thickness, some more solid than others ?
Is it in the processing, just natural because no beehive is the same or what ? Cheers Richard New Member? Get more from the Forum and join in 'Members Chat' - you're very welcome
Re: A Set Honey QuestionIt may not depend on the hive so much as the crop the bees have been foraging. Oil seed rape honey will set very quickly (by itself) to a coarse honey, sometimes while still in the comb.
I never made set honey only clear (that possibly set over time, in the jars), when I kept bees. Dance caller. http://mo-dance-caller.blogspot.co.uk/p/what-i-do.html
Sunny Clucker enjoyed Folk music and song in mid-Cheshire Re: A Set Honey QuestionWhen I buy squeezy honey, it always sets after a few weeks
Not that this answers your question Richard, but perhaps it will always happen? Helen xx
3 children, 3 grandchildren, 3 chooks, 3 fish, a shrimp that thinks its a prawn and a dappy dog. http://www.acountrygrandma.blogspot.com Re: A Set Honey QuestionP. Penn, if your runny honey starts to set just put it in the microwave for a few seconds and it will go runny again. Apparently it's quite normal that it does this.
Kath xx
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Re: A Set Honey QuestionThat's an interesting tip
Interesting Mo. Richard New Member? Get more from the Forum and join in 'Members Chat' - you're very welcome
Re: A Set Honey QuestionYou can also stand it in some warm water. The heat/warmth melts it again.
I would try to just warm what you want, rather than repeatedly re-heat the bottle/jar though. I have been finding recently that most runny honey I buy sets pretty quickly, Wasn't sure if it's because my kitchen is soooo cold, or what? It hardly ever used to. I usually buy another jar, then keep the solidified stuff to use in cooking. |
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