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Hi Guys
Today, I have started medicating some of my remote bees. I have left them a little later as they are sat next to fields of game cover which is currently fully in bloom with random weeds, but also mostly rape and sunflowers.
I performed a final harvest at the same time. I have never had rape honey before, and now I know why it is known as mazola.
It is darker than I has expecting, but is currently the consistancy of veg oil, smells like veg oil and tastes like veg oil. Suprisingly not in the slightest bit sweet.
How do people use it? Does it taste better when set, should it be blended, made into mead, saved for cooking or just fed back to the bees?
Cheers
Pete
Today, I have started medicating some of my remote bees. I have left them a little later as they are sat next to fields of game cover which is currently fully in bloom with random weeds, but also mostly rape and sunflowers.
I performed a final harvest at the same time. I have never had rape honey before, and now I know why it is known as mazola.
It is darker than I has expecting, but is currently the consistancy of veg oil, smells like veg oil and tastes like veg oil. Suprisingly not in the slightest bit sweet.
How do people use it? Does it taste better when set, should it be blended, made into mead, saved for cooking or just fed back to the bees?
Cheers
Pete