May contain nuts

[King Scavenger]

I am getting ready to make some labels up for my honey and something came to mind. How can I guarantee that my bees haven't found some peanut plants? Either in a garden, greenhouse or polytunnel, within the 3 miles radius from my apiary. Should I keep to the safe side and put "May Contain Nuts" on my labels. ?

 

[snelgrove]

To be honest, I think your going a bit far, more importantly make sure your honey is labelled correctly for weight and that it is described wright. Honey which is predominantly rape should not be described as wildflower.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Should I keep to the safe side and put "May Contain Nuts" on my labels.

Yes, absolutely and make sure it is in really big letters

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I am getting ready to make some labels up for my honey and something came to mind. How can I guarantee that my bees haven't found some peanut plants? Either in a garden, greenhouse or polytunnel, within the 3 miles radius from my apiary. Should I keep to the safe side and put "May Contain Nuts" on my labels. ?

And what about hazelnuts there's catkins everywhere, you should also be mindful that some people are gluten intolerant - can you be sure that your honey is gluten free? and SWMBO informs me that tomato allergies are now very common. ....
Better get a bigger label

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[King Scavenger]

Many thanks!! 1 for and 1 against. ............ I think I will!!

 

[madasafish]

Many thanks!! 1 for and 1 against. ............ I think I will!!

Your leg has been pulled.

 

[Richard Elder]

I would have thought that this Forum should also have such a warning!!

 

[user 6228]

I would have thought that this Forum should also have such a warning!!

ommiting the "may"

 

[wessexmario]

Trading standards will be after you if you have a "may contain nuts" label, as that's not within the permitted contents, but you might want to add a "drink responsibly" label just in case it ferments.

 

[Chriszog]

Is it any wonder why some new starters don't bother to post!!!

 

[Erichalfbee]

Is it any wonder why some new starters don't bother to post!!!

Chill......maybe the OP's post was tongue in cheek.
If it wasn't then the answer is NO
You can't go far wrong than ordering a ready made label from Thorne in your first season. They have masses of designs to choose from

 

[Hivemaker.]

Is it any wonder why some new starters don't bother to post!!!

Suppose you would never know whether they even exist if they don't post.

 

[Chriszog]

Suppose you would never know whether they even exist if they don't post.

Surely they must exist to join in the first place!

 

[Hivemaker.]

Surely they must exist to join in the first place!

But you can never know what they are, cos they don't post, so to all intensive purposes they don't exist on here.

 

[For want of a better word]

But you can never know what they are, cos they don't post, so to all intensive purposes they don't exist on here.

How many do not reply to posts... and if they do not.. do they not exist either?

All relative in reality!

Yeghes da

 

[Gilberdyke John]

I am getting ready to make some labels up for my honey and something came to mind. How can I guarantee that my bees haven't found some peanut plants? Either in a garden, greenhouse or polytunnel, within the 3 miles radius from my apiary. Should I keep to the safe side and put "May Contain Nuts" on my labels. ?

I've got this mental image of foraging bees flying back to the hive while struggling to carry nuts, some of which exceed the size of the bee by several magnitudes

 

[madasafish]

No nuts in my honey. I wear protection.

 

[Zante]

Marginally related: on the stalls of local beekeepers in Italy, you can buy small jars of nuts in honey. Is that a thing in the UK?

 

[For want of a better word]

Marginally related: on the stalls of local beekeepers in Italy, you can buy small jars of nuts in honey. Is that a thing in the UK?

The colonials over the pond like their almonds bottled in honey... and without bees there would be neither!

Yeghes da

 

[MuswellMetro]

I am getting ready to make some labels up for my honey and something came to mind. How can I guarantee that my bees haven't found some peanut plants? Either in a garden, greenhouse or polytunnel, within the 3 miles radius from my apiary. Should I keep to the safe side and put "May Contain Nuts" on my labels. ?

As peanuts are a tropical not temperate climate plant and require soli temps of 65-70c will it even grow in quanities in the uk, do you know of any growers of peanuts in the UK as it would be very unecomonic venture ? Even if they did exist, what chance of peanut oil transfer do you think is possible from nectar?

Pollen maybe a source of the oil but it is a small legume flowered plant and honeybees cannot easily collect the pollen

DONT OVER THINK and look at over honey labels for guidance if unsure