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Cloudy extracted honey
Hi everyone
I extracted my first honey of the year at the weekend. This is the first time I've extracted honey on my own. I didn't extract any that was uncapped and dripped from the frames when they were shook (horizontally up and down with the open cells facing down), but I did extract some uncapped stuff that didn't drip.
Now for the question - this honey was never what I'd call totally clear, but it's already really cloudy (not crystallising from the bottom up, looks more like set honey already). Could it be fermenting, or am I just finding something more to panic over?
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Hi, sounds like you did everything right. Cloudy out of the extractor or cloudy in the bucket?
Cloudy in the bucket could just be fine air bubbles from the sieve. Cloudy from the extractor could be a little wood honey with Melecitose (honey would be fairly dark, crystalises in the frames).
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Calum
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Cloudy in the jars actually (should I have left it longer before bottling?).
There did look to be a lot of air tiny bubbles in it.
It's a very pale colour (mostly Sycamore, gorse and garden forage) - no rape (that I've found anywhere near).
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Hi tumuli,
You have what we call spring honey which is usually quite pale. If you have Sycamore that is usually the first major spring flow. The next main flow will be July/Aug. Keep a jar in a warm place and the bubbles should rise to the top. When I extract honey I leave it in the bucket with a honey tap in a warm place for a few days then run it off into the jars. If it is fermented the top of the jar look disgusting and sometimes the honey leaks from the lid. If you smell the honey it will also have a yeasty alcohol smell.
Jimbo
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Thanks Jim, but it's definitely not just bubbles - the honey has a "set" texture (even after only 3 days in the jar).
It has been kept in a warm place (though one jar is in the kitchen which is cooler).
It doesn't smell or taste yeasty or alcoholic in any way (though might do by the weekend as some is destined to be Mead ).
The plot (and the honey) thickens...
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Pale, spring and setting rapidly all points to rape. They could fly 3 miles easily, 5 without too much bother and even further if they really wanted to. Try these numbers on Google Maps for your area, might be the explanation.
G.
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