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Bridget Beattie <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 11 Aug 1997 16:12:21 +0100
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>>My lightest honey has very fine, suspended particles in it
>>which I can't seem to get out.  I have filtered it through gross and
>>fine filters, the last one being a women's stocking.  I think these
>>suspended particles are fine pollen specks.  It is most visible in
>>the lightest honey.  Does anyone have a method for clearing up this
>>honey?
>
> If you indeed do have particles of pollen or dust, I don't know of a more
> effective filter than women's hose.  Anything that would trap more solid
> particles would probably absorb too much honey and therefore be wasteful
> (coffee filters come to mind).
>
Try fine muslin or cheese cloth. Warming the honey helps to speed up filtering.
 
The particles may be minute crystals beginning to form, in which case warming
will remove them.
Time and temperature should be managed though, to prevent loss of quality.
 
Bridget.

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