Sugar filling is the simplest and crudest way to fake honeycomb honey. The method is to pour high-concentration syrup directly into the honeycomb during the honey flow period, and then place the honeycomb filled with syrup into the bee colony. Bees seal. In fact, honey, whether it is syrup or honey, is food. As long as it is not used in a short period of time, it will be sealed with beeswax. After the comb is completely capped, it will be taken out to pretend to be real comb honey, and The appearance of this fake honeycomb honey is basically the same as that of real honeycomb honey.

Hive honey

3. Sugar feeding and counterfeiting

Sugar feeding is a relatively advanced method of counterfeiting honeycomb honey. The method is to feed bees in large quantities during the honey flow period. Feed syrup or low-quality honey. After the bees collect the syrup, they will also add invertase to convert the sucrose in the syrup into simple sugars, and then store it on the comb and seal it with beeswax. In other words, this method is used to make fake comb honey and The process for bees to brew real comb honey is basically the same. If the comb honey is produced by feeding low-quality honey, it will be more difficult to distinguish between real and fake honey.

Honeycomb honey

4. Identification of authenticity

The authenticity of honeycomb honey should be comprehensively identified from various aspects such as appearance, smell, taste and crystallization. The appearance In terms of smell, honeycomb honey is mostly in an irregular semi-solid shape. In terms of smell, honeycomb honey has the floral fragrance corresponding to the nectar plant. In terms of taste, it has a light sour taste and a slight spicy throat feeling. In terms of crystallization, honeycomb honey is less likely to crystallize and the crystallization is very soft and soft. Delicate, and the price of real honeycomb honey is definitely not cheap, so there must be problems with any abnormally cheap honeycomb honey.

Summary: The counterfeiting of honeycomb honey is very common like other honeys. Therefore, you must pay attention to identify the authenticity when purchasing. Basically, you can tell the clues from the price. Expensive honeycomb honey may not necessarily be the same. It is true, but the extremely cheap honeycomb honey must be fake.