Beekeeper pipes up Was Re: raw honey

[Guest guest]

said:

>

> The bees keep the hive temperature at 93 degrees no matter what the

> outside temp.

----->As a beekeeper let me correct that misconception. Bees keep the

hive temperature at 63 degrees no matter the outside temperature. So,

if this is true:

> Personally, I think the principle with honey is the same as with

>meats, dairy, and oils. You should only consider them genuinely raw

>if they haven't been processed at a temp. higher than what they would

>have reached in nature.

------> then room temperature is too high.

Genuinely raw means take frames from hive, extract honey, jar or

bottle. No filtering, no heating at all to any temperature.

>pollen doesn't naturally occur together with the honey, beyond

accidental traces; it's not filtered out because it's not there in

the first place.

That's not true, either. Pollen is packed into the bottom of the cells

which will later store honey. The pollen is used to feed the larvae.

Someone pondered the weight of 5 gals of honey. Well, that's highly

dependent on the moisture content of the honey - it varies up to 11

lbs., 14 ounces per gallon.

told us:

>I react terribly to filtered honey or to eating the pollen after it's

been filtered out, ....

Sorry, I just can't understand that. What is your reaction? I'd really

like to hear more about it. Do you swell up? Breakout?

Sharon