January Honey

[BeeMade]

BeeMade, you would have been better putting your question in the beginners section - it just might have avoided the sarchastic answers!
(Beekeepers here aren't getting out to bother their bees at the moment in the UK so some of them bother each other!)

However you are witnessing how bees convert sugar syrup into stores that they would use in times of no nectar flow. So now you know!

Thanks for the advice on both accounts.

Yes, brand new keeper here and I've been trying to study about this as much as possible; just didn't expect any bee veteran to simply punk before offering help. And no, I won't be selling any honey until I know its actually honey.

One question: will the stored sugar water eventually turn to honey or do I need to remove it to prevent some issue/problem from developing. Hope this isn't a stupid inquiry but had to ask.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Thanks for the advice on both accounts.

Yes, brand new keeper here and I've been trying to study about this as much as possible; just didn't expect any bee veteran to simply punk before offering help. And no, I won't be selling any honey until I know its actually honey.

One question: will the stored sugar water eventually turn to honey or do I need to remove it to prevent some issue/problem from developing. Hope this isn't a stupid inquiry but had to ask.

It won’t turn into honey but the bees will eat it just don’t feed if the bees are foraging normally and making their own stores

 

[citrus]

BeeMade
The bees are eating the sugar syrup, putting it into the cells then capping it. It isn’t honey. It’s syrup.
Try the rough and ready honey test and get back to us

Here's how to do the water test:

Fill a glass with water.
Add one tablespoon of honey into the glass.
Adulterated or artificial honey will dissolve in water and you will see it around the glass.
Pure honey on the other hand will settle right at the bottom of your glass.

The water test ... does anyone do that on their market stall with some tesco honey vs real honey ?