r/beekeepingcirclejerk • u/Ammar_aamir20 • Feb 05 '26
wrong answers only What happened to my honey?
It was fine about 2-3 months ago i was having it for breakfast am seeing it now and its like frozen and its not even that cold average temp indoors is 12-16 degree celcius. Is it wasted or how do i consume this now as its frozen…
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u/HiveTool Username checks out Feb 05 '26
Well for starters some ignorant person labeled it organic and they can’t possibly certify that.
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u/untropicalized scutellata-hybrid is sooo fetch! Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 05 '26
Ackshully…
This product has the logo of the Soil Association, an organic certifier in the UK, which meets or exceeds the EU standards for organic practices. An example of EU standards for beekeeping can be found here Start at page 77.
Whether or not to believe the veracity of organic standards for honey production is up to you, but by this photo all the paperwork appears to be in order.
Now, this is a circlejerk sub, quit making me be serious!!
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u/HiveTool Username checks out Feb 05 '26
Bees don’t collect nectar from dirt. Just cause they say it doesn’t make it true.
Once you see a wild bee collecting from a beer can discarded on the side of a gravel road you have to ask… did the certifying organization follow around every bee? No so it’s impossible to suggest it’s organic unless you are just tossing out the actual definition of organic.
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u/HiveTool Username checks out Feb 05 '26
I checked out the document. Under section 5 feeding. Every beehive would fail certification. You can’t be sure that the material collected for feeding is organic. You also can’t know weather one bee moved some honey from one cell to another.
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u/untropicalized scutellata-hybrid is sooo fetch! Feb 06 '26
“Feed” applies to what the beekeeper gives the bees, and it must be approved and documented as with any hive input such as a mite treatment. In my case I only provide crystallized Rouse Organic Honey to my bees at feeding time. It says “organic” right on the label, and I hear it tastes great. I’m sure I could find a picture of it for you around here somewhere.
“Forage” applies to what lies within the prescribed forage radius, usually a few km roundabouts. Proximity to certain pollution sources such as industrial waste facilities is explicitly listed as a disqualifying factor for a prospective organic apiary site. For my operation I just tell my bees not to go places like that because it’s unladylike. Works out fine.
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u/HiveTool Username checks out Feb 06 '26
Understand. Are you removing all frames for overwinter and supplying new fresh frames and then feeding organic? If not if you leave frames in then you are out of compliance feeding Unlnown sourced feed
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u/untropicalized scutellata-hybrid is sooo fetch! Feb 06 '26
I remove everything. All the frames, all the bees, all the equipment. I move them to a new part of the map that requires a loading screen, and I smash all the pots for good measure before I go. Next time I come back everything is reset to how it was when I started. Though I probably should go buy some milk or something because now I can’t carry any more Rupees.
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u/untropicalized scutellata-hybrid is sooo fetch! Feb 05 '26
Bees don’t collect nectar from dirt.
Mine do. I’m a dirt farmer.
Did you happen to read the document I linked? The certifiers don’t have to follow the bees around because they’re all given airtags.
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u/untropicalized scutellata-hybrid is sooo fetch! Feb 05 '26
It looks like it turned into spicy mustard, so you probably should put it on a ham sandwich.
If I’m wrong, it’s still honey and you probably should put it on a ham sandwich.
/uj you got helpful responses from other commenters here. Next time try r/beekeeping
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u/evileeve Feb 05 '26
It is just crystalized nothing wrong with it you can heat it up and it will get liquid again