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Fourth year, ten hives in central Texas, tallow flow going strong. I keep seeing checkerboarding recommended in the same breath as supering and I think people are mixing …
Devon, fourth year, five hives. The farm hedges around my out-apiary are absolutely humming with privet bloom right now, and the bees are working it hard in the mornings …
The black locust (robinia) flow ended maybe five days ago and it was a good one this year — my six colonies each packed a super and a half. Problem: nights here have been…
First year doing serious heather. The thixotropic honey is unreal — won't spin out of frames at all. What are people actually doing? Pricker + spin? Pressing? Selling cut…
First extraction ever. The honey looks cloudy rather than clear gold. Is it spoiled or is this a crystallization / air bubble thing? Extracted through a double sieve, fil…
Pulled a rosemary monofloral in April, jarred and stored cool. By June it had crystallised into solid white blocks. Buyers are asking if it's gone bad. Is this normal for…
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