Refractometer must have!

[Thom]

I borrowed a refractometer because I wanted to test some uncapped honey in my hive. I figured that maybe the honey was actually curred but uncapped because there weren't enough young wax producing bees to do the job at this time of year. Wrong! 25 % moisture. So I tested some capped honey... some frames 15 % and some as high as 19%. I tested honey that other beekeepers gave me for lending them my extractor. One was 22%, another was 20% (from last year) and starting to ferment.

If you are in the honey business you really need to have one of these devices.

[NormCounterman]

25% huh?
Did you try different lighting on the same sample?
Keep up the good work!
Uncle Normy

[Thom]

Yes, and it was all about the same. Halogen is probably the closest to full spectrum and I would think it be the most reliable.

[drew]

What about sun light?

[Thom]

Sun light? What's that? I live on the coast and I hear we may see that again sometime during the summer of 05, but nothing is for sure. We didn't see it this summer.