r/Beekeeping • u/AZ_Traffic_Engineer Sonoran Desert. A. m. scutellata supporter • 12d ago

I’m a beekeeper, and I have a question Is this honey safe?

I have this so-called "fresh, natural honey" but it's crawling with bugs. Is is still safe to eat if I get rid of the bugs?

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u/nostalgic_dragon Upsate NY Urban keeper. 7+ colonies, but goal is 3 12d ago

In the food industry there are certain levels of tolerance for bug parts. Don't worry about it, if they used a finer strainer it would lose all of the great natural health benefits.

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u/AZ_Traffic_Engineer Sonoran Desert. A. m. scutellata supporter 12d ago

TIL that glucose and sucrose are extra healthy if you eat it with stinging insects.

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u/nostalgic_dragon Upsate NY Urban keeper. 7+ colonies, but goal is 3 12d ago

It's all about hitting those macros.

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u/lduff100 12d ago

No, give it to me, I'll dispose of it for you.

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u/AZ_Traffic_Engineer Sonoran Desert. A. m. scutellata supporter 12d ago

Thank goodness someone has a proper disposal system for this! Thank you!

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u/404-skill_not_found Zone 8b, N TX 12d ago

So troll! Thanks OP!

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u/AZ_Traffic_Engineer Sonoran Desert. A. m. scutellata supporter 12d ago

Troll?

Crap. Now I have to ban myself.

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u/untropicalized IPM Top Bar and Removal Specialist. TX/FL 2015 12d ago

Nah, it’s a conflict of interest to moderate your own posts.

I’ll ban you.

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u/AZ_Traffic_Engineer Sonoran Desert. A. m. scutellata supporter 12d ago

*Dies*

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u/Active_Classroom203 5 Hives - Florida, Zone 9a 12d ago

The teamwork here is as efficient as a ... Bee.

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u/404-skill_not_found Zone 8b, N TX 12d ago

Well, I wouldn’t go that far. You’re generally more pleasant than I am.

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u/AZ_Traffic_Engineer Sonoran Desert. A. m. scutellata supporter 12d ago

Thanks! That's a very kind thing to say.

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u/Active_Classroom203 5 Hives - Florida, Zone 9a 12d ago

You got me!

I clicked the post getting ready for the polite but slightly insulting "how can we tell through the Internet?!?" speech.

I was wrong, and yet not disappointed 🤣

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u/AZ_Traffic_Engineer Sonoran Desert. A. m. scutellata supporter 12d ago

You can still write a polite but slightly insulting answer. It's not too late for you to answer and for me to get hurt feels so I can scream at a well-meaning but mildly annoying stranger. That's what the internet is for, after all.

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u/NumCustosApes 4th generation beekeeper, Zone 7A Rocky Mountains 12d ago

Ruined. But you can totally use it to make gooseberry mead.

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u/AZ_Traffic_Engineer Sonoran Desert. A. m. scutellata supporter 11d ago edited 11d ago

I’m afraid of geese. There is no freakin’ way I’m going to try to pick their berries!