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    Crystalised heather honey

    Yeah it's definitely crystallised. I will try and make the makeshift warming cabinate to get it de crystallised.
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    Crystalised heather honey

    No I decamped it and scraped it off the frames leaving the foundation on the frame. It's in a bucket but it has comb mixed through it so it needs to be pressed but it has crystallised in the bucket while I was waiting on a press
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    Crystalised heather honey

    Hi all, I have a small amount of hetaher honey (7litres) that has crystised while I was waiting on a press to process it. Can I press it while it's crystallised or would I need to decrystalis it before pressing it. If so what's the best method to decrystalise without damaging the honey enzymes.
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    Uncapped heather

    Hi all, I unexpectedly ended up with some heather honey this year. The last super I extracted had 4 frames of heather in it. I have one super left on a hive that looks to be all heather honey. The problem i have is its only about 90% full and frames range from 40% capped to 90% capped. I don't...
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    Moving a swam

    I unintentionally caught a swarm today, it took up residence in an old wooden box. I transferred what I could to a 5frame nuc, as I had no spare hives, and removed the woden box and left the nuc in its place and the remaining bees made there way in. The issue I have is it’s in a terrible...
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