ENVS 2210 Lecture 9: Unit 9
24 Mar 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Honey: viscous, saturated sugar solution produced by honey bees from plant nectar, contains simple sugars (mainly glucose and fructose), proteins (including enzymes), vitamins, minerals, and water (not more than 20%) Nectar: an unsaturated sugar solution produced by flowing plants, contains complex carbohydrates (mainly sucrose) Is collected ad processed by bees to transform into honey. The honey harvest: honey is ready for removal when it contains less than 18-20% water, rule of thumb is to harvest when at least 75-80% of the (cid:272)om(cid:271)"s surfa(cid:272)e has been capped. Is ideal for small scale beekeepers: use of a bee escape. Bottling honey and bottling for retail marketing: settled honey still contains small impurities that need to be removed before bottling it, needs to be filtered or fine strained, stored honey tends to crystalize or granulate (hardens) Composition of honey mix at 14 c. 17% (g ood honey s hould not have more than 18% mois ture)
