This is a good question, though not so obvious, yet one we often experience new beekeepers asking. Questions, framed in various forms including : Does the queen excluder go above the brood box or below it? I put the queen excluder above the inner cover, and then added the lid. Is that right? Ama niaje? What …
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Clearly, our Next-Generation Beekeeper had beaten me to it!!! I woke up to find this NextGenBeek, munching away at my breakfast …… of comb honey. I must admit, few things bring me closer to my bees than this nature’s perfect fast food—preserved, packaged, portion controlled, and ready-to-eat. …and so….. today, much as I had intended …
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What bee hive frames to use? Lots of bewilderment exists on which frames to use – there shouldn’t be – once you understand what the different frames are designed to do…. ! At Simon & Sons Bee Solutions we make our bee equipment and products seriously and treat our customers sincerely *Whatsapp / Call* – 254 …
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Harvesting and hive inspection has become a ton easier, with the entry of Langstroth hives and their movable frames, beekeepers have much easier access to beeswax and honey. It’s also true, that should you opt to raise a colony, it may also be easier to use pre-made hive wax foundations. However, choosing the quantity of …
To begin with, the correct scale of the refractometer for measuring honey are the following values: Water 12-27% (The water content must be less than 20 – 21% to prevent fermentation or honey degradation) Brix 58-90% (s ) is the sugar content of an aqueous solution. One degree Brix is 1 gram of sucrose in 100 grams of …
How to Test Honey? Rapid Honey Screening Solution – Refractometer! Read More »
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