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John Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:58:42 -0700
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Ham Morton wrote:

> I had good production this year with cotton honey however it did granulate.
> Does this always happen with cotton honey? What can I do so that the honey
> will not granulate so fast?

Yes.
Sell it quickly.
Actually, if you want to use this property to your advantage, you might try the
approach used by early 1900s beekeepers in the Phoenix/Buckeye area of
Arizona.  They sold honey in waxed paper blocks, advertising that this proved
the purity of their product, since adulterated honey would not crystallize.  Of
course, at that time, all homemakers knew how to deal with solid honey.
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John F. Edwards
(Cotton Farmer's Son)
Carl Hayden Bee Research Center
Tucson, Arizona

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