Is raw honey from a beehive safe to eat?
If that was honey and it was any good it would likely have been overwhelmed by foraging bees within an hour of hitting the ground. Honey is the number one food preference of bees, as they get to skip all the processing. It’s possible, though, that you’ve got honey. It can get quite dark, depending on the local flora. If it’s not honey, it’s maybe some kind of foulbrood, but you should be able to easily tell the two apart. One will be runny, decomposed larvae, and the other will be sweet and delicious. If you still want to have a go, you just need to crush it and strain it. The old-fashioned way was to crush the comb in cheesecloth. The best way is a centrifuge, but these are designed to take frames of comb, not loose comb like you’ve got there. On a side note, it is indeed possible for honey to go bad–it can grow moldy or, if you’re lucky, ferment. Honey that was sealed at the proper moisture level will stay good as long as it remains sealed.
