. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. CANDIED HONEY. saw it (seven years after), it was going back to the liquid condition. Some cans were al- most entirely liquid, and others had streaks of candied honey reaching out like the branches of an evergreen-tree all through the package. These same jars are being watch- ed with the expectation that the honey will ultimately turn back to the liquid state. But there is no probability that it will taste the same as before it candi
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. CANDIED HONEY. saw it (seven years after), it was going back to the liquid condition. Some cans were al- most entirely liquid, and others had streaks of candied honey reaching out like the branches of an evergreen-tree all through the package. These same jars are being watch- ed with the expectation that the honey will ultimately turn back to the liquid state. But there is no probability that it will taste the same as before it candied. Indeed, there is every evidence to show that so far it has un- gone a slight chemical change. Whether that change is due to the continued effect of light upon the granules is not known. THE SCIENCE OF GRANULATION. While we do not know very much as yet about the theory of honey-candying, yet we do know that, while the nectar of flowers may be, chemically, cane sugar, yet after it has been stored in the hive by the bees, and partially digested or worked over as ex- plained under Honey elsewhere, it is known to science as invert sugar. Ordinary honey is a combination of dextrose, levulose, and water, in approximately equal propor- tions. "Honey candies upon standing," says Dr. Headden. of the Colorado Experi- ment Station at Fort Collins, "because of the ability of its dextrose to assume a crys- talline form much more readily than the ; At the Colorado State bee-keep- ers" convention, he showed samples of free dextrose and levulose. The former looked like, very nice light-colored brown sugar; the latter appeared like a cheap grade of dark-colored molasses. The doctor went on to explain that, if candied honey were subjected to a sufficient pressure, the greater portion of the levulose could be obtained, leaving the solid mass largely dextrose. The levulose of honey candies slightly, but is very different in appearance from its dextrose constitu
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