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Title: cloudy honey
Post by: stu on April 27, 2015, 06:54:16 PM
So I did a removal last week, saved most of the colony and raided the honey comb. I used the crush and strain method to harvest the honey. The honey tastes fantastic, but it is a brown semi opaque color. Not sure if my first foray into this is a flop or if I did something wrong lol. I have noticed in the 3 days it has been sitting that the air bubbles are collecting at the top of the jars but the overall color has not changed. My hives have foundation and I will be using an extractor in the future, when I started this (crush and strain) I read in a few places and thought I had it figured out. Any help would be appreciated!!!!
Title: Re: cloudy honey
Post by: don2 on April 27, 2015, 07:02:33 PM
Honey has many different colors. Depends what the source was. I don't see anything in your post to be alarmed about. d2
Title: Re: cloudy honey
Post by: stu on April 27, 2015, 07:33:25 PM
Thanks Don!
Title: Re: cloudy honey
Post by: Kathyp on April 27, 2015, 09:09:00 PM
real honey has bits of stuff in it.  the honey from the store is pasteurized and micro-filtered so that there are no bits in it.  you want the bits.  that's the good stuff  ;-)