Making honey, no bees

[Robert]

Its really interesting and amazing some of the facts they talk about in the video. I want to try some of the coffee flavored honey.

The World's Cleanest Honey

https://youtu.be/e6uC8pEQKag

[Chrisj CMA]

No thanks. Defeats the whole purpose. Garbage. Just like Bill Gates fake meat. I love stick with local real honey from actual bees

[Jess from VA]

I have three containers of honey, all hard crystallized.  I don't eat enough before this always happens.

They say boiling it returns it to liquid, but they are all plastic containers and I think it's unhealthy to boil plastic with your food. 

[scooperhsd]

Do it in a water bath, gently heated. Unfortunately, as it cools it will probably recrystalize, so you might be better off just pitching it.

Microwaving with the honey in plastic is a definite NO - unless you're looking to replace your microwave oven.

[Chrisj CMA]

I have three containers of honey, all hard crystallized.  I don't eat enough before this always happens.

They say boiling it returns it to liquid, but they are all plastic containers and I think it's unhealthy to boil plastic with your food. 

Don’t boil it. But heat it. Put the plastic container in a big pot of water on low heat just enough to warm the honey stir often  

[old2soon]

Do it in a water bath, gently heated. Unfortunately, as it cools it will probably recrystalize, so you might be better off just pitching it.

Microwaving with the honey in plastic is a definite NO - unless you're looking to replace your microwave oven.

         Honey NEVER goes bad. Warm it gently and transfer to glass jars/bottles. I've heard it Is GODS perfect food. It Will crystalize with age but reheating GENTLY Will reliquify it. I had a small amount recently that crystalized and GENTLE warming made it liquid again. 2 year or so back Friend here gave me some near 100 year old honey. It was very dark but tasted Very GOOD! RIDE SAFE,

[3fan4life]

Do it in a water bath, gently heated. Unfortunately, as it cools it will probably recrystalize, so you might be better off just pitching it.

Microwaving with the honey in plastic is a definite NO - unless you're looking to replace your microwave oven.

         Honey NEVER goes bad. Warm it gently and transfer to glass jars/bottles. I've heard it Is GODS perfect food. It Will crystalize with age but reheating GENTLY Will reliquify it. I had a small amount recently that crystalized and GENTLE warming made it liquid again. 2 year or so back Friend here gave me some near 100 year old honey. It was very dark but tasted Very GOOD! RIDE SAFE,

John the Baptist only ate locusts and wild honey.

[sandy]

Crystallized honey was found in Egyptian tombs. It was warmed and tested and found to be perfectly good to eat. “Waste not want not”

[pais]

No thanks. Defeats the whole purpose. Garbage. Just like Bill Gates fake meat. I love stick with local real honey from actual bees

     

We are fortunate to have a apiary near by. Locally grown and harvested honey does wonders for seasonal allergies. Nature's food rather than man made drugs. Tastes great!

[Patrick]

Yep, it never goes bad. Warm enough to get out of the plastic. Then do want you want. I prefer glass.

I enjoy playing with bees and honey. The Honey Bees has been in trouble for a couple decades. Between mites and pesticides it's taking it toll. I used to like different types of it, except for buck wheat which we a lot of around here.

[suthrncop]

I’m definitely not a connoisseur but do like to relax and drink a cup or 3.  I like the flavored coffees with or without cream and just a touch of sweetener.  I try to visit local coffee shops on every trip/vacation.  Most of my riding involves a stop at my favorite local shop. 

[Thunderbolt]

Been using clover honey for my coffee for many years.  I was told that it is good for the joints in your body.  I don't know, I do have a little sciatica problem but all the rest seem to be working well.

[hubcapsc]

I douse my oatmeal with honey every morning. The store mostly has different
brands of clover honey. I like to get it in small plastic bottles, including the bear
shaped ones, with flip lids that you can squirt the honey out of. It is hard not to be
messy spooning gooey honey out of a jar. I skip around from brand to brand and
like to try ones that aren't clover when I can find them. Had some really light
Alfalfa honey recently, a really nice change up. I'm on a clover/orange-blossom
bottle right now... mmmmmm....

The "different" (non clover) kinds often cost more and don't come in bear shaped
bottles... after spooning out the Alfalfa honey for a week I cleaned and saved
a plastic bottle to transfer the next jar of "different" honey into...

Honey that has begun to crystallize belongs in an Egyptian tomb as far as I'm concerned 

-Mike

[JimmyG]

If you want an interesting read, research honey. See where most of it goes, what a racket it is and what you are buying in big stores may not be pure honey. 
I like my backyard honey. Only have one hive left now, but still get honey from it. 

[old2soon]

I douse my oatmeal with honey every morning. The store mostly has different
brands of clover honey. I like to get it in small plastic bottles, including the bear
shaped ones, with flip lids that you can squirt the honey out of. It is hard not to be
messy spooning gooey honey out of a jar. I skip around from brand to brand and
like to try ones that aren't clover when I can find them. Had some really light
Alfalfa honey recently, a really nice change up. I'm on a clover/orange-blossom
bottle right now... mmmmmm....

The "different" (non clover) kinds often cost more and don't come in bear shaped
bottles... after spooning out the Alfalfa honey for a week I cleaned and saved
a plastic bottle to transfer the next jar of "different" honey into...

Honey that has begun to crystallize belongs in an Egyptian tomb as far as I'm concerned 

-Mike

      check yer local farm and ranch store see if they have any local raw honey. thank me later. RIDE SAFE.

[old2soon]

        Some have y'all have mentioned dispensing the honey without waste. I transfer warm honey from the glass quart jars it arrives in into an empty syrup bottle with that flip up snap cap. Easier to put in my coffee or on my oatmeal. Takes a mite of practice gittin the honey into the syrup bottle just go SLOWLY. RIDE SAFE.

[Patrick]

My favorite is Tupelo, but, its pretty rare in NYS. I pick some up on the way south for the winter and try to remember to bring some back north.

[old2soon]

    Fairly CERTAIN made in a lab Ain't NATURAL. NATURE is ALWAYS Better!  ARIDE SAFE.

[hubcapsc]

check yer local farm and ranch store see if they have any local raw honey. thank me later. RIDE SAFE.

Heck, my neighbor had bees for years... I love good honey. It is a mistake to
think there's none at the grocery store... here's the bottle I'm working on now:



But still... I'll thank you now  ...

-Mike

[da prez]

  O2S , take the lid off instead of pouring into the little flip up hole.  If the honey is not marked raw , it is pasteurized .  Most of the health benefits are gone.  Raw unfiltered local honey is the best.

                                           da prez

[HayHauler]

I get my honey from HotGlue's hives.  They say it is best to eat honey from local bees to get the most benefit.

Hay
Jimmyt

[Hook#3287]

I kept bees for three years in a row.  New "Nuc" every year.

Lost all three to harsh New England weather and my own mistakes.

It was/is a great hobby I'd suggest to anyone that has the time, cause it does take some time and at the right time.

Lots to learn and consider when tending and protecting the hive.

I have enough honey to probably last my life time, or close.  And it cost my way more than any honey use I'll have, but I enjoyed it.

I just might do it again in the future.

Some of the honey crystalizes, so I just leave my Mason Jar of honey on my kitchen stove and the residual heat from using the oven seems to be enough to liquefy it.