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Offline rober

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10% honey?
« on: August 13, 2023, 08:42:07 pm »
my daughter was by today & i gave her my refractometer. she checked her honey when she got home & said she had some honey that was drained from the cappings that read 10%. is that even possible with liquid honey. over the years the lowest reading that i ever had was 16%.

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Re: 10% honey?
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2023, 11:32:04 pm »
Was it calibrated properly?  I've definitely never seen honey that low, but in my humidity, I doubt I'll ever see 16%.  :-\
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Re: 10% honey?
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2023, 09:54:13 am »
i told her that 10% was unlikely. she retested & came up with 18%. she just needs to learn how to read the scale. she & her husband have vision issues.

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Re: 10% honey?
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2023, 10:59:40 am »
I would think 10% would be so thick that it would hardly pour.  18% is acceptable!   :thumbsup:

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Re: 10% honey?
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2023, 12:05:08 pm »
mt thinking too. 10% would be crystalized.