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21124058 No.21124058 [Reply] [Original]

Isn't it weird how out of all the foods out there, honey is the one to never spoil
Like, it's juice made for bee larvae. You'd think it'd be the easiest thing for maggots and bacteria to attack.

>> No.21124109

>>21124058
no dude the hive would never survive if they produced food that any old bacteria/mold/larvae could eat too and ruin their whole society. also, and im not going to call you retarded for this, but to mention maggots means you seriously thought it was possible for a fly to just show up and plop some eggs down on a hive without any issues from the bees

>> No.21124116

>>21124058
i mean it's one of the only foods that organisms create for themselves isn't it
stands to reason it'd be engineered to be stable

>> No.21124311

It's like 99% sugar. Sugar doesn't spoil either.

>> No.21124319

>>21124058
No water.

>> No.21124320

>>21124319
I was going to say this, then realized fat doesn't have water either but eventually goes rancid. While honey from thousands of years ago is supposedly still edible.

>> No.21124328

>>21124320
fat doesn't go rancid by growing bacteria though, it goes through oxidation that makes it inedible

>> No.21124330

With all the sugar the osmotic pressure fucks anything trying to grow in it. Interestingly it's one of the few foods designed as food from the get go.

>> No.21124473

>>21124311
its about 82% sugar
the bees flap their wings really fast at nectar to lower its water content

>> No.21124487

Honey barely lasts a few months if that.

>> No.21124494

>>21124487
Silence, bot. The humans are talking.

>> No.21124651

>>21124058
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa27cUwfmQQ

>> No.21124887

>>21124651
britain shouldve been nuked

>> No.21126443

>>21124058
it's amazing how stupid the last 3 generations are.

bacteria cannot grow in anything with too high a concentration of sugar.

>> No.21128614

>>21124109
I have seen mold in active honey bee hives myself, but it's only ever been after something has happened (high winds rip the outer paper envelope of an aerial nest, a skunk tried clawing it open and gave up after getting a few good stings, neighborhood kids shot at it with super soakers and the entire nest is waterlogged and falling apart, etc)

t. former exterminator who's bosses also were apiarists in their spare time

>> No.21128684

wat do when your bottle or honey is crystallized to shit? how do i make it liquid again or do i throw it out because it’s gone bad?

>> No.21128687

>>21128684
let it sit in a warm water bath