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Offline rober

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18% honey
« on: September 27, 2022, 03:56:08 pm »
i had a laying worker hive that had 6 full frames of honey. i  gave the frames to a friend to extract & keep. he called me today & said he was going to feed the honey to the bees cuz it's reading 18% moisture & he's afraid it will ferment. i told him he was wasting the honey. i've kept 19% & 20% without any problems. opinions? if i'd known he'd do that i'd have let my bees rob them out.
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Re: 18% honey
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2022, 04:55:40 pm »
As humid as my climate is, for most of my honeys I'm lucky to be down to 18%.  Anything around 20% or higher I'd be a little concerned about, but 18% is great.  The lowest I've ever seen is 17.5%. 
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Re: 18% honey
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2022, 04:59:58 pm »
Rober, if you knew that he was going to do that, I would have paid the shipping to give it to me. Darn ~ you do a good turn and it doesn't turn the way you want  :cry:
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Re: 18% honey
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2022, 08:06:09 am »
18% is still acceptable.  Some other options would have been placing those frames in a room with a dehumidifier for a couple of days before extracting or freezing those frames then putting them in the colonies in preparation for winter.
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Re: 18% honey
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2022, 08:45:04 am »
18.6 is said to be the breaking point. Anything below that is fine.
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Re: 18% honey
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2022, 01:26:09 pm »
Iddee, do you mean that 18.6 is acceptable for marketing the honey?
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Re: 18% honey
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2022, 04:28:33 pm »
You can market at 25 to make mead or feed bees. 18.6 or below to prevent fermenting.
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