Heather honey 2022?

[SWHives]

I had a little bit of heather honey that I have extracted. After a couple of weeks it still has a lot of air bubbles in the honey. Not too bothered as it is for personal use but curious how to remove these? Does it need warming up for a long period? Tried to put a jar of Heather honey in a bowl of hot water but didn't make much difference.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I had a little bit of heather honey that I have extracted. After a couple of weeks it still has a lot of air bubbles in the honey. Not too bothered as it is for personal use but curious how to remove these? Does it need warming up for a long period? Tried to put a jar of Heather honey in a bowl of hot water but didn't make much difference.

it won't.
If you manage to get the bubbles out of heather honey - it isn't heather honey, it's one of it's unique features, you can also tell whether it's pressed honey or loosened/extracted honey by the size of the bubbles

 

[peterbees]

Air bubbles are a feature of good heather honey.

 

[elainemary]

Jarred and labelled some of this years heather and cut comb yesterday.

 

[Mabee]

Anyone use the wooden fruit press for heather honey? The seem cheaper than a honey press, can’t see why they wouldn’t work?

 

[peterbees]

This is the press we hire out to Conwy Beekeepers' members, recommended by elainemary The purchase price is equivalent to about 25 pounds of honey.
https://www.lovebrewing.co.uk/9-10-litre-all-stainless-cross-beam-press-with-mesh-basket-v20-inox/

 

[Mabee]

This is the press we hire out to Conwy Beekeepers' members, recommended by elainemary The purchase price is equivalent to about 25 pounds of honey.
https://www.lovebrewing.co.uk/9-10-litre-all-stainless-cross-beam-press-with-mesh-basket-v20-inox/

Thank you, it’s the same price as the Thornes one, which looks a lot cleaner having an external drum, anyone used one of those?

https://www.thorne.co.uk/processing...eather-honey/stainless-steel-honey-press.html

 

[Curly green finger's]

Anyone use the wooden fruit press for heather honey? The seem cheaper than a honey press, can’t see why they wouldn’t work?

Yes I do you get a nice wax cake , I use nylon bags in the press