Honey never cleared and had turned into soft set

[daveincrewe]

First harvest of honey this year so I've got a question.

Despite filtering, settling and warming my honey never cleared, and now it's in jars it's set (very nicely it must be said).

Is this due to particular nectars the bees are taking? There are lots of brambles about in particular...


Cheers

Dave

 

[Swarm]

When filtered into jars it seemed to remain cloudy? I had a similar thing about six years ago.
Higher glucose content will cause faster granulation, each season has its subtle differences. How fine did you filter it? I don't go any finer than the double strainers.
It won't affect the taste

 

[Gilberdyke John]

First harvest of honey this year so I've got a question.

Despite filtering, settling and warming my honey never cleared, and now it's in jars it's set (very nicely it must be said).

Is this due to particular nectars the bees are taking? There are lots of brambles about in particular...


Cheers

Dave

If it's the only honey you have taken off and depending on when the bees began foraging you have all sorts of possible constituents. Oilseed Rape being a distinct favourite but there are a host of other sources that form rapidly crystallising honeys.

 

[Erichalfbee]

First harvest of honey this year so I've got a question.

Despite filtering, settling and warming my honey never cleared, and now it's in jars it's set (very nicely it must be said).

Is this due to particular nectars the bees are taking? There are lots of brambles about in particular...


Cheers

Dave

I have one bucket exactly the same. I put it in the warmer for a couple of days then bottled it to sell. A couple of spares in the cupboard have set with a fine set too. Strange. Never happened to me before. The stuff to sell is in the warmer but is still cloudy. Lot of clover in it this year.

 

[Anduril]

I have a bucket of dandelion honey like that. First year I have had so much.

 

[Swarm]

Or is it a bucket of sweaty socks?

 

[Erichalfbee]

Or is it a bucket of sweaty socks?

Not mine, thank heavens
Yes pooooooo ....I gather it improves with age

 

[enrico]

That is the beauty of your own honey, every year is different, even different supers from the same hive can be different. I have one cloudy one, and a day later with another box, same colour but clear as a bell. That is why I say it is good to keep one jar from every year just for comparison purposes if nothing else. Colour, setting, taste and consistency all change from season to season. This year cloudy honeys seem to be fairly common, this usually leads to setting but not always, I think it may be dandelion mix but I have a high proportion of lime too so I have a cloudy, runny honey, very light in colour. Love this time of the year waiting to see what I end up with.
E

 

[Swarm]

Couldn't agree more, Enrico and every year as the liquid gold runs into the buckets, I can't help wondering how on earth they do it.