Osr

[Toadge]

Hello. Iv just extracted OSR honey and was going to put some of the bee's away from the OSR and onto Hawthorn. If there was any residue of the OSR in the frames would this afect future honey, as in crystalisation?. Another question does honey from peas stay runny or does it crystalis?.

 

[Hivemaker.]

Another question does honey from peas stay runny or does it crystalis?.

Never known honey from peas to crystallize.

 

[Ian123]

Never had any problems with wet frames setting new stuff off as the bees do a good job of cleaning up...and guess you mean beans?

 

[drex]

Just had the oddest OSR extraction. Some frames had set OSR in them, yet failed the shake test and some were partly capped and also failed the shake test. I guess it was due to the odd weather pattern of being very hot, then very cold, then hot again. Had to use my refractometer a lot more than usual. I put the wet and set frames back on for the bees to clean up, and have never had a problem with the summer crop setting.

 

[Toadge]

Yeah Ian I meant beans, just wondered if the honey from the beans crystalised or stayed runny as my bees are in the middle of 2 fields of beans.

 

[Beefriendly]

I'll bet you took frames mid afternoon on a warm day and they are filled with fresh nectar that have yet to process.6

 

[Toadge]

What would make you think.that?. I Took the supers off late afternoon, whether that's right or wrong iv no idea but, done the shake test and all was good and then checked with refractometer after extraction and got a reading of 18%. That was OSR the beans haven't started flowering yet.

 

[drex]

I'll bet you took frames mid afternoon on a warm day and they are filled with fresh nectar that have yet to process.6

No, took them in the morning, but it had been warm for last few days.

 

[Beefriendly]

No, took them in the morning, but it had been warm for last few days.

Perhaps they hadn't finished processing yesterdays nectar...
I had a similar problem as I was brush clearing but many of the uncapped cells had been used for fresh nectar.

 

[Beefriendly]

What would make you think.that?. I Took the supers off late afternoon,

Was replying to Drex's post...sorry should have quoted.

 

[Rosti]

Yeah Ian I meant beans, just wondered if the honey from the beans crystalised or stayed runny as my bees are in the middle of 2 fields of beans.

Honey is made up of two sugars glucose and fructose. Those with higher levels of glucose (like OSR) tend to crystalize, those with higher levels of fructose (like field beans) tend to stay runny. Honey will also crystalise if seeded with larger crystals. All honeys will crystalize over time, but you can ****** crystallization by seeding a batch with some of last years honey that has not crystalized, typically seed at 8-10% of the batch to be conditioned