Honey has two different physical states at normal temperature and pressure, namely liquid state and crystallized state (regardless of whether the honey is stored in the nest cavity or separated from the nest room).

Liquid honey is honey that is separated from the honeycomb and remains a transparent or translucent viscous liquid.

However, after being left for a period of time, especially when the temperature is low, most varieties of honey gradually form a crystallized state, so the honey is called crystallized honey.

Crystallization is due to the fact that the glucose contained in honey is easy to crystallize. Therefore, crystallizing honey does not reduce its nutritional value and nature of natural food. It is a purely physical phenomenon.

The honey spleen is taken out from the honeycomb and placed in a honey shaker. The honey is shaken out and filtered by centrifugal force, or the honey is separated from the honey spleen by squeezing the honey spleen and filtered. This fresh honey is generally in a transparent liquid state, and some separated honey will crystallize over time.

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Due to the different sizes of crystals, crystallized honey can be divided into large crystals, small crystals and greasy crystals. Those with a crystal particle diameter greater than 0.5 microns are large crystals; particles Those with a diameter less than 0.5 microns are small crystals; the crystal particles are very small and appear to be homogeneous, and are called greasy crystals or grease crystals.

Different types of honey have different crystallizations. The crystal particles of Zanthoxylum bungeanum and acacia honey are a bit thick and hard, and they are often thought to have added sugar. Vitex honey is finely crystallized and looks like grease when twisted by hand, but there is a thin layer on the surface that is a bit hard. Date honey is not easy to crystallize and can remain crystallized for a long time if kept still.

But if it is kept at low temperature, It crystallizes quickly after stirring, and the date honey crystallizes finely. All kinds of pure natural honey have a unique floral fragrance.

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