Darkening Honey?

[Countryboy]

Comb honey doesn't crystalize the way liquid honey does.

It depends on the nectar source.  Canola, sunflower, and goldenrod/aster can all be really bad about crystalizing while in the comb.

[Brian D. Bray]

Comb honey doesn't crystalize the way liquid honey does.

It depends on the nectar source.  Canola, sunflower, and goldenrod/aster can all be really bad about crystalizing while in the comb.

When the bees are capping a cell of honey in the comb they adjust the fill so that there is absolutely no air space under the cap.  Capped honey is also as pure as it gets, no contaminants such as wax bits, crumbs of propolis, bee legs, pollen, or anything else that gets into it during the uncapping and extracting process.  I don't care  how careful one extracts honey it will still attract some contaminants.  It also doesn't freeze when in the comb, but take it out and it well.

That said, given enough time all honey will crystalize at some point, for capped honey that point can be years away.

[Acebird]

 

It also doesn't freeze when in the comb, but take it out and it well.

Maybe the uncapped honey absorbs moisture which causes it to freeze easier.  Has anybody tried to pull a vacuum on the container to see if it would last longer.

[T Beek]

Maybe we don't know as much about bees as we'd care to admit sometimes :-D

thomas