hello, just found a five gallon pail of honey that seems to be slightly fermented. what can i do with this, is it safe to eat or should i feed it back to the girls?
fermented honey
hello, just found a five gallon pail of honey that seems to be slightly fermented. what can i do with this, is it safe to eat or should i feed it back to the girls?
Why did it ferment? was it capped when you extracted? Unless it has a high moisture content that should not happen. I don't think its good to feed back to them but I could be wrong.
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fermented honey
I have heard it can give the bees the green apple quick step.
Fermented
Alcohol is toxic to bees
But sometimes there is a layer of high water content & fermentation on top of heavier liquid. Viscocity will be different
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As it crystallizes in a bucket the crystals settle to the bottom, and the top becomes more and more liquid.
So the fermentation is probably just on the top. If you can separate the top layers from the bottom, the rest will probably be fine once you warm it and dissolve the crystals.
Troy
Don’t give it to the bees, throw it away. If it fermented it probably had to high moisture when extracted.
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