# I don't think it is possible to not get honey everywhere **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 24, 2013, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-it-is-possible-to-not-get-honey-everywhere/656581 "2013-04-24T11:15:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-it-is-possible-to-not-get-honey-everywhere/656581/21 "2013-04-25T22:39:46Z")
where are your cleanup ants? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-it-is-possible-to-not-get-honey-everywhere/656581/22 "2013-04-25T22:49:49Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > I learned something not that long ago: when the honey crystallizes in the squeeze bear, you can NOT de-crystallize the bear in the microwave. ☹ I had to go out, buy a new bear, use up THAT honey, and then decant the big bottle into the new bear… Honey bears decrystalize better in a bowl or pot of hot tap water. Takes a bit longer, but less Chernobyl Bear meltiness. I used to use a honey bear, but now I use a cleaned out ketchup bottle with the [newfangled opening](http://www.flickr.com/photos/61308195@N05/5708725963/) that sort of slurps the end of the stream back up into the bottle. Transferring to honey into the ketchup bottle is a matter of time and gravity. And a funnel. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-it-is-possible-to-not-get-honey-everywhere/656581/23 "2013-04-25T23:55:36Z")
You can’t get honey in Antarctica, unless someone brought it over. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-it-is-possible-to-not-get-honey-everywhere/656581/24 "2013-04-26T00:02:15Z")
I need glasses. I read this _I don’t think it is possible to not get horny everywhere_ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-it-is-possible-to-not-get-honey-everywhere/656581/25 "2013-04-26T00:33:53Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > I need glasses. > > I read this > _I don’t think it is possible to not get horny everywhere_ I’ve heard rumours that that is indeed true for teenage boys. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-it-is-possible-to-not-get-honey-everywhere/656581/26 "2013-04-26T00:56:31Z")
As far as the OP’s question about cleaning up the bottling plant, hot water, my friend, and lots of it. 😃 And that’s the best thing to clean up your table, counter or the rim of the jar. In commercial food processing, one shift is designated as the sanitation shift. Everything gets hosed down, scrubbed and sanitized. The honey biz would be subject to FDA, USDA or Bakery Board inspection. If it’s USDA, they would have an office right in the plant. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-it-is-possible-to-not-get-honey-everywhere/656581/27 "2013-04-26T17:42:18Z")
Is there any taste difference between the “regular” honey and those special ones that are white? ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-it-is-possible-to-not-get-honey-everywhere/656581/28 "2013-04-26T18:39:48Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Is there any taste difference between the “regular” honey and those special ones that are white? Do the white one have less bee poop or something? Never heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-it-is-possible-to-not-get-honey-everywhere/656581/29 "2013-04-26T20:29:07Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Is there any taste difference between the “regular” honey and those special ones that are white? Are you talking about the creamed honeys? They start out the same and then are crystallized in a specific way. Just look up creamed honey to find a description of how they do it. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-it-is-possible-to-not-get-honey-everywhere/656581/30 "2013-04-26T20:38:48Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > Are you talking about the creamed honeys? They start out the same and then are crystallized in a specific way. Just look up creamed honey to find a description of how they do it. No, though that was my first thought as well. I googled it and apparently there are some types of honey that are extremely light in color and called white. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-it-is-possible-to-not-get-honey-everywhere/656581/31 "2013-04-26T20:38:51Z")
I don’t have this trouble with any of these, but the best is the sort **Jman** was probably talking about, with a thin rubber or plastic cover over the opening with a cross cut into it. All you need to do is turn it upside down, squeeze, stop squeezing, then turn it right-way up. ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-it-is-possible-to-not-get-honey-everywhere/656581/32 "2013-04-26T21:16:01Z")
No one else read the word ‘horny’ rather than ‘honey’ in the thread title? Just me? ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-it-is-possible-to-not-get-honey-everywhere/656581/33 "2013-04-26T21:32:25Z")
> [@perfectparanoia](#): > > No one else read the word ‘horny’ rather than ‘honey’ in the thread title? Just me? You’re not alone ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-it-is-possible-to-not-get-honey-everywhere/656581/34 "2013-04-26T22:34:03Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Is there any taste difference between the “regular” honey and those special ones that are white? It would be the vegetation that the bees pollinate. There are dark honeys too. Orange blossom honey is a special treat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-it-is-possible-to-not-get-honey-everywhere/656581/35 "2013-04-27T01:19:26Z")
Some people claim that eating honey from your particular area can desensitize you to local allergens. I have never tried this, but my sinuses are telling me this might be a good year to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-it-is-possible-to-not-get-honey-everywhere/656581/36 "2013-04-27T05:31:08Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > No, though that was my first thought as well. I googled it and apparently there are some types of honey that are extremely light in color and called white. Yeah, different flowers produce different honeys. Also, many honeys which are, uh, honey-colored when liquid cristallize pretty light. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-it-is-possible-to-not-get-honey-everywhere/656581.md?page=1)