The Honey Factory

[BigBlueHen53]

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Sounds like Buckwheat Honey. You love it or you hate it I've heard. My son and I tried it years ago at beekeeping class, we hated it.
If it's not then they probably burnt it trying to keep it from crystalizing.

Ah. Hmm. Doesn't taste burnt ....

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I blew the picture up and I think it is 2 bees. When I zoom way in the stripey parts aren't lined up they are off set. So I think 2 bees.

An unmated queen would be almost impossible to find, as she would be almost the same size as the workers. After she mates she will be easier to find as her abdomen swells up. That's why large queens are best.

 

[karenerwin]

An unmated queen would be almost impossible to find, as she would be almost the same size as the workers. After she mates she will be easier to find as her abdomen swells up. That's why large queens are best.

Makes sense to me. I guess I’ll wait a week or so and look again.

 

[R2elk]

Hi, bee keepers! I did not start at Page 1, I am just jumping in right here. I hope one of you can help me. My question is about honey, not bees. I bought a quart of lovely dark local honey from a beekeeper recently for about $30. I was tickled to get it and eagerly anticipated using it. But when I tasted it, YUCK!!! It was obvious the bees had been dabbling in local manure piles. Cow manure. Like, drinking rain water from cow pies. I kid you not, this is one of the flavors in this honey. I can also taste clover and other wild flowers in it, but the taste of manure is overpowering to me. Can the honey be filtered to get this flavor out, and if so, how? Or is this just a total wash? Thanks.

It can be "fixed" but it won't be honey anymore. You can heat it up until it is liquid enough to run through a charcoal filter. Unfortunately the charcoal filter is going to take out the good flavors as well as the bad flavors.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

It can be "fixed" but it won't be honey anymore. You can heat it up until it is liquid enough to run through a charcoal filter. Unfortunately the charcoal filter is going to take out the good flavors as well as the bad flavors.

Ah, okay. Thanks. Appreciate it. Guess I will put it out on a stump in a pie pan for the local bees. It won't hurt them, right?

 

[R2elk]

Ah, okay. Thanks. Appreciate it. Guess I will put it out on a stump in a pie pan for the local bees. It won't hurt them, right?

It won't hurt them but it may taint their honey. It may also attract unwanted guests.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

It won't hurt them but it may taint their honey. It may also attract unwanted guests.

We don't have bears.

 

[R2elk]

We don't have bears.

Unwanted guests don't have to be bears. Many animals have a sweet tooth including deer.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Anything else I need to worry about? Raccoons, I suppose. Skunks ...I'll put it away from the house.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Unwanted guests don't have to be bears. Many animals have a sweet tooth including deer.

Okay. Deer I don' mind. Will it hurt them?