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Offline Davepeg

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Stored sugar vs. honey - how to tell?
« on: May 03, 2012, 07:08:57 pm »
How can you tell if what you have in a frame is actual honey or just stored sugar syrup from feeding?  I usually don't take anything unless I know I have not been feeding for a while.
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Re: Stored sugar vs. honey - how to tell?
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2012, 07:29:05 pm »
my rule is to assume that it's syrup if i'm feeding.  i don't feed with honey supers on and i don't take from the brood chamber.
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Re: Stored sugar vs. honey - how to tell?
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2012, 07:37:35 pm »
There is never a need to feed when you have honey supers on.  That honey is the extra that they make, for you.   
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Re: Stored sugar vs. honey - how to tell?
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2012, 08:02:07 pm »
Taste it. If you like it, it's honey. :D
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Re: Stored sugar vs. honey - how to tell?
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2012, 08:29:27 pm »
Too late now, but if your worried about it in the future,  use food coloring to dye your syrup.
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Re: Stored sugar vs. honey - how to tell?
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2012, 02:49:51 am »
Quote from: Robo on May 03, 2012, 08:29:27 pm
Too late now, but if your worried about it in the future,  use food coloring to dye your syrup.

Wow - great tip!
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Re: Stored sugar vs. honey - how to tell?
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2012, 04:00:48 am »
>Wow - great tip!

But you may not like what you learn...
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Re: Stored sugar vs. honey - how to tell?
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2012, 05:56:37 am »
Quote from: Michael Bush on May 04, 2012, 04:00:48 am
>Wow - great tip!

But you may not like what you learn...



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