{"id":892,"date":"2015-09-08T18:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T23:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rex.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/?p=892"},"modified":"2015-12-02T14:20:45","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T20:20:45","slug":"de-crystallizing-honey-diy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/?p=892","title":{"rendered":"De-Crystallizing Honey &#8211; DIY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my best harvests this summer was from a few hives that had been near a LOT of mesquite trees while they were in bloom.\u00a0 The honey is some of the lightest, sweetest honey that I have seen.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, though, mesquite nectar tends to crystallize.\u00a0 Quickly.\u00a0 Did I mention that it gets granular and crystallized fast?\u00a0 It does.\u00a0 Really&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a shot of my last jar of my personal stash of mesquite tree honey:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_b1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_b1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Crys_b\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_b1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_b1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_b1-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_b1-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_b1-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_b1.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_a1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_a1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Crys_a\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_a1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_a1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_a1-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_a1-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_a1-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_a1.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>The entire jar has crystallized almost solid.<\/p>\n<p>The fix is to warm it.\u00a0 I put this particular jar in my truck &#8211; with the windows rolled down a bit to keep it from getting too hot.\u00a0 A few hours later, I checked it &#8211; and it was completely liquid again.<\/p>\n<p>Here it is AFTER being in the cab of the truck for about 2 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Be careful not to get the honey too hot.\u00a0 If it gets above about 110 deg. F, then there is a potential to destroy beneficial enzymes in the honey.\u00a0 So, keep the honey to a range of about 100-110 deg. f. to keep the beneficial aspects intact.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_d1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_d1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Crys_d\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_d1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_d1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_d1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_d1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_d1.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_c1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_c1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Crys_c\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_c1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_c1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_c1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_c1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_c1.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my best harvests this summer was from a few hives that had been near a LOT of mesquite trees while they were in bloom. The honey is some of the lightest, sweetest honey that I have seen.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, though, mesquite nectar tends to crystallize. Quickly. Did I mention that it gets granular and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[97,98,99,100,15,102,11,103,107],"tags":[188,241,296],"class_list":["post-892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bee-yard-projects","category-beekeeping","category-bohemian-utopia","category-elements-of-nature","category-harmony-hollow-apiaries","category-life","category-permaculture","category-recipes","category-texas-master-beekeeper","tag-crystallized-honey","tag-granular-honey","tag-liquefy-honey","odd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Crys_b1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2ze45-eo","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=892"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1115,"href":"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892\/revisions\/1115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bohemianutopia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}