22% Moist Honey

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Hello,
I harvested my Flow Frames recently and in my zeal I did not check their moisture content until all frames had drained.
I now have several jars in the freezer of 22% moist honey.
Questions: If I give away jars what do I tell my friends about the storing of their honey? If left out of the freezer how long will the honey stay unfermented?
Thanks for your insights
Do Bee do Bee do Eric in Longmont, Colorado

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I would tell them to refrigerate or freeze it. It will keep indefinitely in the freezer (years). At room temperature it should be fine for at least a couple of weeks, and it may be OK for a month or more - it depends on the honey. Very variable, I am afraid!

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You could also rig some sort of honey dryer.

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@Martha has also pasteurized unripe honey with good results, but you will destroy most enzymes and denature some of the other proteins if you opt for that method.

:blush:

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I’m sure it will get consumed quicker than you can keep it…

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thanks for your help

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exactly and it doesn’t go to waste. But people that put honey in hot tea do the same thing. It amazes me when they tell me they like the probiotics in the honey but end up killing the healthy stuff they desire by adding honey to hot water. HI DAWN! I’ve missed ya! I took a step back for a bit. But the new invention took me to the forum again as I’m gearing up for the season.

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I pasturize my honey that’s to thin from the end of the season and winterizing my hives if necessary and I use it to cook with since all the probiotics in raw honey will be destroyed in heat. So BBQ sauce gets the pasturized honey and other heated recipes which use honey.

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We all missed your cheery and funny comments too, @Martha. Sorry that you have had so many busy and sad times, but I am very happy to see you on the forum again. Hope your bees are doing well with this funky winter we are having! :wink:

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HI Dawn, Dec 2023 we had an ice storm and my bees were doing great but then we had a second snow and it killed all the blossoms on the trees. While my bees had fondant and pollen patties they rejected the feast I laid out for them and they starved to death. I was seriously bummed but I also had my Moms estate to settle so last year is the first year in a while that I had no bees. But this year is lined up to regroup, maitanence my hives, and install 4 nuks of russians. I was pretty gob smacked the bees didn’t eat the food I set for them as they have historically eaten the lemon fondant and the pollen I mix up. New year, new bees and let’s hope all is well with the new crew. One other thing is that I did not go throught he hives to see what actually happened because life had my attention elsewhere. But that’s the truth of it. :smiley: So happy you greeted me too :smiley:

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