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Rookie
06-09-2004, 01:03 PM
Mixed in the comb with the capped honey and a few cells of clear liquid, is a few cells of much darker thicker looking stuff. Any thoughts what it might be?

chemistbert
06-09-2004, 02:04 PM
Benn feeding syrup?

Rookie
06-09-2004, 02:06 PM
Yes, just stopped about two weeks ago.

Scot Mc Pherson
06-10-2004, 12:21 AM
Clear stuff is probably your sugar syrup. If you taste it, it will taste like honey, but be quite flavorless other than the sweetness.

Rookie
06-11-2004, 10:32 AM
What about the thicker darker looking stuff?

Michael Bush
06-11-2004, 12:14 PM
Is it transparent or opaque? If it's liquid and transparent it's honey. If it's opaque and pasty it's pollen.

Scot Mc Pherson
06-11-2004, 12:34 PM
Or is its opaque and pasty, its brood so young you can't see the larve yet.

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Michael Bush
06-12-2004, 10:37 AM
>Or is its opaque and pasty, its brood so young you can't see the larve yet.

But not darker looking...

Rookie
06-14-2004, 03:48 PM
It is dark brown and you can not see thru it.

Scot Mc Pherson
06-14-2004, 05:40 PM
Its probably honey that is being stored in brood combs. Not uncommon.