A reason why honey doesn't expire or go bad | Osmosis

I recorded this audio back when my channel first started. I completely forgot about it when my deer CWD video went viral, and only just now looked through my flash drive and found this old project. I felt like it would be a good idea to throw together the visuals and uploaded it for all of you to see!

My channel name was 47 Seconds back then. I had the idea of making all of my videos 47 seconds or less, which is why if you look at my older videos, they’re all around that length.

I changed the name to 87 Seconds after I started making longer videos. Similar idea: all my videos should be around 87 seconds. That plan’s obviously gone down the toilet too now that several of my more recent videos are breaking the 2 minute mark.
I’m still keeping them as concise as possible though.

I found another audio recording from around the same time period. I’ll upload that video next Wednesday.

Bonus points to those who know what the thumbnail is referencing.
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Osmosis is what happens when two water solutions of different concentrations of solvents are separated by a water permeable membrane. The water moves through the membrane to equalize the concentrations in the two solutions.

Honey is a solution with a very high concentration of sugars in it.
Bacteria (and other microbes) are filled with water that contains a smaller concentration of dissolved substances.

Now remember: Cell membranes surrounding microbes are water permeable.

So when a microbe touches the honey, a water permeable membrane separates a high concentration solution (honey) from a lower concentration solution (microbe cytoplasm). The water will move out of the microbe and dry it out.

This is the main reason why honey is able to remain bacteria free for so long.

It’s basically a desert for microbes.

Honey is also slightly acidic and contains some hydrogen peroxide but those are smaller factors.

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This was one of the first videos I ever recorded, but I just never got around to uploading it. You can tell it's a bit old by the slightly worse audio quality and shorter length. My channel name was 47 Seconds back then, and the goal was to keep everything under 47 seconds.
I changed it to 87 Seconds a little bit after my CWD video so I could dive into the topics in a little bit more detail, but my recent videos have all been around 2 minutes. I probably won't be changing my name again though.


Anyway, I'll be uploading another old video next Wednesday (7/3). After which I'll be back to creating new content.

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Never knew this one, nice content you got there.