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This thread raises a question that I have. At what point does multiple treatments of OAV contaminate the wax and ultimately the honey. Is there a residue from the treatments especially since various...

I would be more concerned about protecting you health from OAV.

You need a respirator and a very good one. There is a great deal of hype abut vaporizing to save the bees but very little about the adverse impacts to your health. Unfortunately many bee keepers do...

The melters a WAX MELTER and not a HONEY Spinner. Maxant makes a honey spinner and wax separator for this purpose. Why dont you strain the honey i the buckets first and there are numerous methods to...

I use metal but they should be taken out before the winter cold in our climate, as they will act as a cold metal shelf in a freezer during the winter. I leave them sit out until first cost and them...

The fondant I purchased was in small squares and hard. These sites appear to be selling soft fondant. Not sure what the difference is or how long it will stay preserved.

I was excited to start chewing some good looking honey comb and given that it was from this summer I thought it would have a nice light taste like our honey aways has during the past 10 years. The...

Upper 40's and bees on the front of hives. Sun came out and was above 50 and bees were flying around hives.

I pulled some supers that we had left on after the August Harvest and there was considerable honey comb in a few supers. It was very rich looking and dripping with honey. We brought back a container...

Where do you purchase it and is it one large block?

Sorry for my ignorance, but what is DFM?
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I once saw a thread regarding sources for fondant. Would appreciate any recommendations for places where I can purchase it. Due to health problems the best I can do this year is add fondant as I was...

I am thinking of using my top feeders that hols about 2 gallons of sugar water. Instead of water fill with wood shavings. Bees could get in but doesn't seem like an issue.

I extracted and used a dehumidifier and fan with buckets partially filled. Took a while but worked.

I live in an oak forest but since th bee fly 1 or more miles there may be Linden or Basswood as these trees are common to Illinois. The honey is fabulous.

I had one of our worst years in terms of honey production. The honey however is excellent. The honey has a very light taste, is lighter in color and has a very defined minty taste. Everyone loves it...

I just did the same with a dehumidifier and a fan. There is a thread. It will work but it could take several days. Have to stir. It would be faster in 2 buckets.

If I have had my wax go thru a Maxant spinner would it still be necessary to do the rinsing and washing

I dont have a freezer. So I may try and reduce the amount of honey and use 2 buckets with smaller amounts. Thnaks

Still struggling with a bucket of honey .After mixing it is 18.9-19.0. If I wait a few minutes it goes down to 18.8. I am using a dehumidifier and a fan and stir several times a day. About 3-4...

Yes I am trying but recovering from surgery so going slow.
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Finally I used a fan and a dehumidifier and reduced one 2 gallon bucket from 19.1% to 18.4%..the other 4 gallon bucket was 19.1% and is at 18.7%...... will let it run for another day. This has bee a...

Recovering fro serious surgery so i cant lift anything.Since I haveseveral buckets I wil use my dehumidifier which did do thatmuc and Iwill add theuse of a fan.
Will report back on the results.

I have several buckets with about 4 gallons of honey per bucket that I had to extract early due to health issues. I have placed them in a small room with no cover and a dehumidifier. I periodically...

I asked our landscape architect and he said it is a Sawtooth Sunflower, native toi Illinois. He also has the latin name if anyone wants it.