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Acebird:

--- Quote from: jtcmedic on July 24, 2020, 08:59:36 pm ---my palm honey has high moisture and ferments,
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I am wondering why the bees would do this.  Is it a question of harvesting too soon?

rast:
From past reading, palm honey has a higher yeast count and can easily ferment @ 18%. So not the bees fault.

BeeMaster2:
Rast,
Most palm nectar is very watery and with our high humidity, quite often our spring honey is above 18.5. I usually have to dry it. This year I didn?t have much palm nectar and my honey is at 17.0% moisture content.
Jim Altmiller

Bill Murray:
Jim I pulled supers yesterday off three hives and spun today. 3 out of 12 boxes all capped were over 21%. I dont know what they got into but im assuming an early flow of cabbage palm. But my boxes of saw ran around 18.2 to 18.4. And yes it is the yeast count that is the issue tied into moisture.

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