CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How can raw honey become mature honey?

1. How can raw honey become mature honey?

Honey is actually brewed by bees, and does not require manual secondary brewing. After the bees collect nectar, they will hand it over to the house bees for brewing. The house bees add a variety of enzymes they secrete into the nectar through continuous intake and exhalation, and then increase the temperature in the beehive by dancing their wings and shaking their bodies to evaporate the excess water in the nectar. Generally, it takes about 7-15 days to brew the honey into mature honey with a water content of about 20%.

Therefore, as long as it is high-quality honey, it does not need secondary processing to make it mature honey. However, during the honey flow period, some beekeepers, in order to increase production, do not wait for the honey to mature naturally, or even take honey after 1-2 days. Such honey is immature and has a very high water content, which does not meet the standards.

There is no distinction between "raw" and "ripe" honey, there is only "ripe honey" and "immature honey".

The so-called mature honey refers to the nectar that bees collect, add their salivary gland secretions and put into the nesting cells. After sufficient brewing and water discharge, the water content is below 20%, and the sucrose is fully converted into monosaccharides, so that the total content of glucose and fructose reaches more than 70%.

The nectar that bees have collected recently has not been fully brewed, the water content is above 21%, and the sucrose has not been fully converted, so it is called "immature honey". Honey cannot be matured by frying, boiling or boiling like other foods.

From a scientific point of view, mature honey brewed by bees in the beehive has the highest nutritional value and the longest shelf life. It can be eaten directly after filtering to remove wax residues, larvae and other debris without any processing. In fact, mature honey can be taken out of the hive, filtered and packaged directly before it can be put on the market.

2. Are the bees purchased from beekeepers real?

The honey bought from the beekeeper should be real, but the quality of honey is not the same. If you only take the honey from the whole comb with a cap, then this honey is of good quality and is mature honey. Its Baume degree is around 42 degrees. If you take the honey from half of the comb with a cap and half of the comb with no cap, then its quality is not as good as mentioned above and its Baume degree is below 41 degrees. In addition, some beekeepers, in pursuit of output, take honey whenever they see it. The water honey collected by the worker bees but not yet brewed is called water honey. It has a low concentration and needs secondary processing to be stored, but it cannot be said to be fake honey. It can only be said that there is a difference in quality.

The honey you buy from the beekeeper is not necessarily real honey. If it is real honey, the Baume degree is too high, which is not conducive to preservation and is easy to deteriorate. Some of the beekeeper's honey is not fermented, so it is okay to buy some to eat, but if you want to buy real concentrated honey, you still have to go to large supermarkets and specialty stores that sell honey. Don't be superstitious about so-called wild honey.

3. Is the honey that is shaken live in the beekeeper’s hands real?

Even if you go to a bee farm, it may not necessarily be good real honey.

1. According to media reports, some beekeepers feed bees with sugar water, so even if you see the beekeeper take out the beehive on the spot and shake the honey in front of you, it may not be good.

2. Honey needs to go through a 7-10 day maturation period in the beehive before the honey you shake out is mature honey. If you buy honey at a bee farm, it is best to make sure you buy mature honey. If you buy immature honey, the nutritional value is not high, it contains too much water, and it is not easy to preserve.

3. The honey in the bee farm has not been disinfected and inspected for hygiene. I hope you understand this clearly. [Tasmanian Honey, Australia]

The honey shaken out by the beekeeper on site is not necessarily real honey of good quality.

There are many ways to make fake honey. Some people boil sugar into syrup and then add pigments to make fake honey. From a sensory point of view, this kind of fake honey can be mistaken for real honey.

Some honey is fed directly to bees with syrup, and the worker bees carry the syrup to the hive for storage. Although this kind of honey is shaken out from the honeycomb, it is indeed fake honey. And this kind of honey is more deceptive to consumers.

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