Cloudy honey

[stoneleighhouse]

Why has my Spring honey turned cloudy?

 

[Swarm]

Granulation? I had one batch of Spring honey like that.

 

[stoneleighhouse]

Mmm but no osr what else can cause it?

 

[Swarm]

Did you get it clear at all? Mine was filtered through 200 micron cloth and it was never 'gin clear' but as you say, cloudy. The consistency was nice, runny with no obvious granulation and I have no OSR either. Gorgeous honey none the less.

 

[Rosti]

My spring honey has a high OSR proportion. It has now set, but in doing so it goes from a very free flowing slightly yellow liquid, through to cloudy white, through to fully set (off white with a hint of yellow).

It may be that there was enough OSR within 2.5 miles or so to convay some diluted elements of these attributes to your honey?

 

[Teemore]

I gather that Hawthorne Honey is cloudy, much as you have described, and that the cloudyness cannot be filtered out. I have been advised not to use Spring Honey for showing if I suspect it contains any Hawthorne.

Someone who has been jarring honey longer than I may be able to comment more fully....

 

[Finman]

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Almost all mixed honey will be crystallized. when it becomes cloudy you should stir it.


In my country fireweed honey does not crystallize. In northern parts of Finland they have only fireweed honey.

As far as I know, acacia honey is liquid too.

Dandelion honey is easy to crystallize.

In the hive honey stays longer as liquid than outside of hive.

 

[Finman]

and that the cloudyness cannot be filtered out. ...

When you notice that, stir the honey some days if you do not want to be concrete.

 

[enrico]

Nothing wrong with it, natural process from clear to cloudy to set...the majority of honeys do it at differing rates. I put an additional sticker on jars I sell explaining the process. Small amounts of heat will clear it again for a while if it bothers you. If you don't like it cloudy then sieve it so finely that there are no pollen grains in it but I don't call that honey!!!
Enjoy!
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[Finman]

Nothing wrong with it, natural process from clear to cloudy to set...the majority of honeys do it at differing rates. I put an additional sticker on jars I sell explaining the process. Small amounts of heat will clear it again for a while if it bothers you. If you don't like it cloudy then sieve it so finely that there are no pollen grains in it but I don't call that honey!!!
Enjoy!
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WOW!

National quality. It does not work that way...Question is not about clowdy. Question is that it crystallizes. The result is a mystery if you do not handle it.

But if you do not mind about your honey quality, let it be let it be.

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[enrico]

Finman, just before the crystallisation process many honeys go cloudy, in my experience anyway. Lime is a good example, sweet chestnut is another. It is not inferior it is just part of the natural process. Am I wrong? My honey as done it for the past thirty years!

 

[Lesley Hoppy]

My first batch extracted is also cloudy - despite a few days warming on the aga. I wondered if it could be that it contains a high proportion of sugar syrup - fed in April to that colony .....?

 

[Finman]

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Am I wrong? My honey as done it for the past thirty years!

They ALL become cloudy if they crystallize.

 

[Finman]

My first batch extracted is also cloudy - despite a few days warming on the aga. I wondered if it could be that it contains a high proportion of sugar syrup - fed in April to that colony .....?

When I have extracted syrup, it is stiff, clear and it does not crystallize.
It makes threads when it comes out from of cells. Sweet but not aromatic.

 

[enrico]

I'm confused finman. I think something is getting lost in the translation. I thought you were implying it should NOT be cloudy at all........apparently not.
I agree that sugar syrup taken from a super is not like honey. The problem arises when it is a mix of honey and sugar syrup. Try to avoid it at all costs!

 

[Finman]

I agree that sugar syrup taken from a super is not like honey.

The tongue says so. You do not get customer friends with syrup honey. And authorieties do not like it.

Actullay the hive must allways have about 5 kg food, and in Spring it is syrup.

this is ANOTHER STORY.

 

[Finman]

I'm confused finman. I think something is getting lost in the translation.s!

I bet that it is in brain activities

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[Hebeegeebee]

All honey will crystallize - especially new honey that's run straight into jars. To keep it clear it needs to be heated. (But not over-heated)

Often honey is allowed to set in honey buckets, then warmed to the correct temperature, then put in jars.

 

[nonstandard]

....Often honey is allowed to set in honey buckets, then warmed to the correct temperature, then put in jars.

Which is ?

 

[oliver90owner]

Which is ?

The minimum necessary.