This weekend, as a change of pace from only digging clay (although there was a considerable amount of that too), I helped a friend put honey into jars.
It was our first time, so we had to experiment a bit. We ended up with a bain-marie of hot water and 2 small pots of honey melting over it. The one at the front being stirred is nearly melted, and the one at the back is just getting going. The honey needed to be strained to get rid of all the impurities (um, that would be bees legs and such :-/ ). We didn't want to heat the honey too much as I think heat destroys some of the essential goodnesses in raw honey.
We made quite a few pots of honey too - lovely dark, strong and healthy manuka honey. When we had finished we gave the pots and utensils back to the bees for them to lick clean. Assuming my friend's dog didn't get to them first. And then had a sourdough and honey sandwich. Of course!
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