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Re: Old honey, still good?
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Murray McGregor <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 7 Nov 2006 07:20:54 +0000
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In message <000c01c701ff$45ae2f40$0700a8c0@workstation>, Scot Mc Pherson 
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>Honey was found and in perfectly good condition in some ancient egyptian
>crypts iirc some 5,000 years old.

That is an apocryphal tale and not actually true. Yes honey was found, 
or more accurately a substance identifiable as honey, but NOT anything 
remotely in good condition.

-- 
Murray McGregor

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