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Offline Ben Framed

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What Is The Lowest Moisture Content You Have Found In Your Honey Frames?
« on: July 10, 2022, 11:53:17 pm »
What is the lowest moisture percent you have found in your honey frames before extraction?

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Re: What Is The Lowest Moisture Content You Have Found In Your Honey Frames?
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2022, 07:21:11 am »
After extraction, 16.5% last year and from some supers this year.
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Re: What Is The Lowest Moisture Content You Have Found In Your Honey Frames?
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2022, 07:32:55 am »
48 years and I've never owned a refractometer.  I have no idea.
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Re: What Is The Lowest Moisture Content You Have Found In Your Honey Frames?
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2022, 04:16:16 pm »
14.5
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Re: What Is The Lowest Moisture Content You Have Found In Your Honey Frames?
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2022, 04:25:35 pm »
14.5
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Re: What Is The Lowest Moisture Content You Have Found In Your Honey Frames?
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2022, 12:37:28 pm »
Some of the spring honey I spun out this year was 14.5%
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