To:  Pure Jane
Re:  Crystallization of Honey
 
It has been my observation that honey when exposed to very cold
temperatures will crystallize much quicker.  If the honey is not
stored in warm temperatures after bottling it will likely re-
crystallize quickly.
 
It may well be in China that the room where the honey is being stored
is not heated.  You may need to educate your customers to store the
honey in heated rooms.
 
Another solution may be to do what I have seen in some places in the
U.S.  Some beekeepers attach a small label to their containers of
honey explaining that pure honey will crystallize and that there
is nothing wrong with it.  It then gives a method of liquifing the
honey.
 
Charlie
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Charles R. Bradley
Extension Educator
Marshall County Extension Office
112 W. Jefferson Street  Room 304
Plymouth, IN 46563
Phone:  219-935-8545
Fax:    219-935-8612
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