03/18/2026
WHAT’S WITH THAT CRYSTALIZED HONEY?
Do NOT throw it away.
It’s warming up and my backyard bees are about to start making honey.
Good thing because I’ve gone through most of the honey from the hive from last year.
And after a winter in the cupboard a few remaining bottles of honey have crystalized.
WELL, HERE’S QUICK TIP FOR HONEY LOVERS.
This tends to happen more often when it starts getting cooler in the fall and winter months — usually with raw, natural honey like the stuff that comes out of my hives.
The natural sugars in honey bind together to form little crystals making your honey harder.
This can also occur depending on the level of moisture in the honey.
It’s fine.
Check out this jar showing how the honey hardened so it won’t even pour out of the jar.
Here is what you do:
As you see, I put the jar in a pot of warm water … and slowly began stirring the honey.
In a matter of minutes the honey reverts back to its original form … free flowing and tasty.
You are good to go.
The truth is crystalization is one sign you have quality honey.
It means the honey has not been processed or overheated in the bottling process.
It is raw and 100% pure and natural straight from the hive.
And remember, as long as honey is properly stored, sealed and not contaminated it will literally last forever.
Honey was revered in ancient Egypt and some was actually found in one of the pyramids estimated at several thousand years old.
And the honey was still edible.
THERE YOU GO … PROBABLY MORE THAN YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT HONEY.
