Stedic
House Bee
I was searching for my drawn super combs at the apiary. Turns out, after extracting 4 supers of OSR honey in May, I forgot to return them to the bees. Any left over honey in the comb is now like rock.
Am I right to think that if I spray the combs with a little water the bees will clean out the honey and use-store it?
If so, when would you do this? Will my summer honey be at greater risk of crystalusing if I let the bees mix in this stuff? Should I feed it back once I remove any summer crop? Before winter to use as a ‘nadir’? Or should I keep them separately as use these first next spring?
Am I right to think that if I spray the combs with a little water the bees will clean out the honey and use-store it?
If so, when would you do this? Will my summer honey be at greater risk of crystalusing if I let the bees mix in this stuff? Should I feed it back once I remove any summer crop? Before winter to use as a ‘nadir’? Or should I keep them separately as use these first next spring?