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House Bee
- Joined
- May 1, 2011
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- Location
- Surrey
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 6
Well as strange as it sounds that is exactly how it appears - soft jelly or gelatine. I've tried warming it before extraction and ended up with only about a 1/3 extracted and when it did, it hit the side of the extractor like a blob of soft jelly. I had to use the hair drier to warm the sides of the extractor to encourage it to slide to the bottom and when I tilted the extractor it had a skin or film on top much like soft toffee.
I don't think this is ivy as it's not flowering in the area. Strange thing is the hive next to it had runny honey.
I've ended up cutting this comb into blocks and bottling it with runny honey as it tastes really really good.
Anyone experienced this? If I'm going to be faced with the same scenario next year I'll go for cut comb.
I don't think this is ivy as it's not flowering in the area. Strange thing is the hive next to it had runny honey.
I've ended up cutting this comb into blocks and bottling it with runny honey as it tastes really really good.
Anyone experienced this? If I'm going to be faced with the same scenario next year I'll go for cut comb.