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My problem this year is quite the reverse of normal years. My main crop is spring honey with a high proportion of rape, so I usually extract in June and honey begins to crystallize within a month or so. Very little summer honey, which is mostly left for the bees.
But this year no spring honey at all, but a reasonable crop of summer honey. However, this honey is very runny (soaks straight through toast or runs straight over the sides. It's showing no signs at all of thickening up - wondering if there is any way of speeding things up? (There is no possibility of sugar syrup in the honey, nor of it being under ripe when extracted - capped and 17% on refractometer)
But this year no spring honey at all, but a reasonable crop of summer honey. However, this honey is very runny (soaks straight through toast or runs straight over the sides. It's showing no signs at all of thickening up - wondering if there is any way of speeding things up? (There is no possibility of sugar syrup in the honey, nor of it being under ripe when extracted - capped and 17% on refractometer)