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 [log in to unmask] -- Editor of the Piechowski Home page http://home.earthlink.net/~rungun305/