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"Andy L. Kettlewell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 11 Aug 1997 15:16:56 -0700
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Cheesecloth will introduce particless into it that will be detected in a
honey show
At 04:12 PM 8/11/97 +0100, you wrote:
>>>
>>>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.
>
>
Andy L. Kettlewell
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