Well, I just visited my local guy today. No fake Chinese honey here. I should be good until this time next year.
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Well, I just visited my local guy today. No fake Chinese honey here. I should be good until this time next year.
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Sorry - I meant the color difference of my honey compared to yours.
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If I cut comb honey it will only be capped. If some is uncapped I will eat it for breakfast, lunch, dinner until it is gone.
What is wrong with fermented honey? Isn't that called Mead!:shrug:
Seriously I have been told as a general rule that over 80% capped should be good as it get mixed up together.
lets see if I can post a picture....
2 frames of imperfect comb honey, but my first try!
Can't get pictures to post. Gotta figure out why......:gaah:
Anyway, I got two medium frames of comb honey and four deeps of regular today. I got the four deeps extracted but will bottle them tomorrow.
I got stung twice in my right hand. Once because i squished the bee and the other because one of my hives is dying out and they are ornery.
I estimate there is about 5 gallons of honey in the one that is going bad so it won't be a complete loss...:shrug:
Hey Tim
Any idea why the hive is dying?
Because of me.
They appear to not have a queen or she is infertile. That issue may or may not have been my fault. The big mistake I made is that I was to worried about swarm cells and when the bees made supersedure cells I took those out. :gaah:
Swarm cells are for the hive wanting to split. Supersedure cells are made when the bees realize something is wrong with the queen and they need a new one. The bees knew what they needed to do and I should have left them alone.