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How would you distinguish natural honey from artificial honey?

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1. Natural honey is a colloidal sol. It is distinguished from artificial one by adding ammonia cal AgNO3

2. In the case of natural honey, a metallic silver is produced assumes a reddish yellow colour due to the traces of albumin or ethereal oil which acts as a protective colloid, 

3. In case of artificial honey, a dark yellow (or) greenish yellow precipitate is formed.

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