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rmcpb Scout Bee

Joined: 17 Jul 2011 Posts: 447 Location: Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 11:12 pm Post subject: Strange honey |
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Nothing to really worry about I don't think but the honey we extract from our mountains hives is more like jelly than honey! It is not crystalline at all, really clear, but if you turn the bottle upsidedown it does not move. Its very gluey when on the spoon. All a bit odd but it tastes good
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Rob. |
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J Smith Foraging Bee
Joined: 13 Jan 2014 Posts: 169 Location: New Zealand, South Island, Southland, Riversdale.
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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Rob, is the honey from "Gum" trees?
Seriously, it will be a consequence of the major nectar contributor. There are very striking differences in our "bush" honeys, depending on which flower is the greatest donor. Beech, gives a similar "jelly like" honey here and sometimes the Rata honey is like that.
As long as it still tastes great, all is good.
Does it still run off the sides of hot buttered toast though? |
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rmcpb Scout Bee

Joined: 17 Jul 2011 Posts: 447 Location: Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 12:19 am Post subject: |
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Probably comes mainly from gum trees and teatrees.
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Rob. |
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rmcpb Scout Bee

Joined: 17 Jul 2011 Posts: 447 Location: Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 12:24 am Post subject: |
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Answer found on a Kiwi forum. Its described as thrixotropic honey and is from tea trees like Manuka honey.
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Rob. |
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J Smith Foraging Bee
Joined: 13 Jan 2014 Posts: 169 Location: New Zealand, South Island, Southland, Riversdale.
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 12:41 am Post subject: |
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Now that is interesting.
Most Manuka honey is quite runny (down here anyhow).
In the North Island they call Manuka Tea tree and Captain Cook was said to have used Manuka leaf tips for making tea and brewing beer.
I wonder if mineral make-up of the soil or some other geographic feature causes more of a thrixotropic effect? |
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rmcpb Scout Bee

Joined: 17 Jul 2011 Posts: 447 Location: Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 12:47 am Post subject: |
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Out of my depth now. Just relaying the info on I got from the "experts" if you can call a Kiwi an expert in anything but Rugby
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Rob. |
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J Smith Foraging Bee
Joined: 13 Jan 2014 Posts: 169 Location: New Zealand, South Island, Southland, Riversdale.
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 12:51 am Post subject: |
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Yep, pretty good at that- but don't ask them to challenge for a yachting cup!
Like you guys over that side of the ditch, we have a pretty good inkling of farming animals, bees included. We just make better Pav's!  |
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