storing jar'd and labelled honey

[citrus]

so I had a harvest of ~50kg of honey that is currently sat in plastic buckets but got buried with house build/moving and only now coming back for air.

my question is ... do I try and bottle it all .. then store the jars ?
(the worry is cold storage and runny honey going solid)

or jar what i need for xmas presents and gifts now ...

then jar a 2nd batch in the new year ?

 

[enrico]

I put into jars from day 1 but if you store in buckets then dmake a nice warming cabinet and you will have no problems. Jar up a bucket at a time. Work out what you need for you and gifts.(75 jars for a year) and sell the rest!!!!
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[Ian123]

Guessing it’s a summer honey and little chance of osr bottle and label as required. Leaving the label off gives a few options for warming jars. If you bottle the whole lot it starts to set and looks bad. But you will need to have a method to melt buckets. Store the jars in a warm room not in the garage as the cold will start it setting faster

 

[drex]

The majority of runny honeys will crystallise given time. I put it into buckets and store there. I see how it behaves. If it starts to crystallise soon, then I make it into soft set, if it stays clear a long time, then I process it as runny. No year is the same. I usually jar up a couple of buckets at a time, as needed. You will need a warming cabinet though. Plenty of threads about making your own. Mine is in an old fridge, with fan, heating tubes and thermostat.

 

[Poly Hive]

Google STC 1000 it's the temperature controller that thousands use for honey and homebrew.

PH

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Google STC 1000 it's the temperature controller that thousands use for honey and homebrew.

PH

You can even get one now on Amazoon which has a built in power socket - so you can just plug in your heater, no need for any fiddly wiring

 

[citrus]

You can even get one now on Amazoon which has a built in power socket - so you can just plug in your heater, no need for any fiddly wiring

ah so one of these then

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Elitech-Temperature-Controller-Thermostat-Centigrade/dp/B07KP5MJM9

and the mains lead.....does that snuggle through the fridge door then so its not a big break in the seal ?

any pictures of how you guys do it ?

 

[enrico]

ah so one of these then

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Elitech-Temperature-Controller-Thermostat-Centigrade/dp/B07KP5MJM9

and the mains lead.....does that snuggle through the fridge door then so its not a big break in the seal ?

any pictures of how you guys do it ?

And I guess you could plug one of these into the cooler side
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Orchid-BO-AF-100-UK-Diameter-Horticultural-Extractor/dp/B01N6Y2HSF
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[jenkinsbrynmair]

and the mains lead.....does that snuggle through the fridge door then so its not a big break in the seal ?

There will rpobably be a hole somewhere in the back where the refrigerant pipe was - use that, or just drill a hole to thread the lead through.