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Last years uncapped honey or nectar

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Jen:
I have a couple of frames of nectar that didn't get capped last year, could it be fermented and unedible?

Bakersdozen:
Did you smell it or taste it?  If it's not capped it could ferment.
A couple of years ago I had 2 supers that I didn't get extracted.  The bees had capped the frames and all looked great.  I stored them in the garage.  When I did get time to extract those frames the  honey tasted off, almost metallic.  I fed that back to the bees with no problems.

Jen:
Thanks Baker, that's what I thought as well. I've had some hives the last couple of years that are very lazy about getting the nectar capped.

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