Thread: Beekeeping

Originally Posted by Grazor

Heard something interesting on talk back radio recently, that local honey can help prevent asthma and allergies because of the regional pollen content.

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That is why you should buy local.

What you buy in the average store has the good stuff filtered out and probably cut with corn syrup.

Originally Posted by 32t

That is why you should buy local.

What you buy in the average store has the good stuff filtered out and probably cut with corn syrup.

Yeah, I had never heard of it. Honey prices have basically doubled in the last 2 years.
There are some local bee keepers, but after seeing Cincinnatus's post, should invest in a hive or 2.
That is a lot of honey...

One article I read said that last year the average Minnesota hive was down a bit and averaged 58 lbs.

My big excitement today was installing some honey gates in 5 gallon buckets.

Gosh I lead a boring life!

Sometimes old tools work best.

I ran across this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLKmfZCYh0s

Took the first honey of the year for me. About 70 lbs by the bathroom scale. 1 bucket 18.2'% moisture the other 18.4%.

I have to check out the new to me used heated knife. It kept cooling off I think that it needs a new plug end. I hope that is all it is.

I took a picture of this hive yesterday. It's in a fake tree trunk and viewable from front and back. The bees enter from outside through the tube on the lower left.