Thank you. I had already spun out a decent bit of honey to make space for my honey-bound hives this year. Most of those frames were not capped… but we’re closer to the brood area of my horizontal hives… and should be older nectar. I figured (was hoping) they left it uncapped for swarming. I got a refractometer and it wound up being about 16.5% luckily. Re-stocked my personal stash… and am bringing in 7 bottles to work this morning to sell.
David, thanks for doing this video because I have several frames not completely capped, you have answered many questions for me. Enjoy the Bourbon Maple syrup on many foods.
Very interesting! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I guess honey moisture content also has to do with location location and climate. Great idea to always test. Thanks, Gina
Hi David, You mentioned at the start that you calibrated your refractometer. Yet later you say that they come calibrated, plus in your other video, you say not to mess with the calibration. So why did you need to calibrate your refractometer, this time? (I use my refractometer, constantly. Even on my extracted honey, to make sure it's not changing.) Thanks!
Hi David Long time watcher. Keeping bees four years now. Truly enjoy and apply your knowledge and suggestions. Thank-you. A question about honey moisture. What is a good average moisture percentage at time of harvest?
If you extract excess backfill nectar from deep frames what is the Brix reading to make 1:1 to feed back to the bees. Isn’t feeding back diluted nectar better then refined sugar?
Thank you for the great video! What do we do with our super frames that are not ready? It is getting close to time to treat for mites. I can't treat until the supers are off.