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I did a removal from under an old trailer house. It was a large nest. I wound up with around three 5-gallon buckets of mainly honey in nice comb.
Unfortunately, the nest was surrounded by the old "pink panther" fiberglass insulation and I refuse to use it "as is" for human food.
What do you do with this much "dirty" honey?
I know most recommend NOT feeding honey from an unknown source to other bees because of AFB problems. My feeling is that a colony this large shouldn't have too much problem with AFB.
If I feed it back, can I be reasonably sure that the bees will recycle the honey and remove any fiberglass that might be in it?
It sure would hurt to have to throw away that much honey.
Fuzzybeekeeper
Unfortunately, the nest was surrounded by the old "pink panther" fiberglass insulation and I refuse to use it "as is" for human food.
What do you do with this much "dirty" honey?
I know most recommend NOT feeding honey from an unknown source to other bees because of AFB problems. My feeling is that a colony this large shouldn't have too much problem with AFB.
If I feed it back, can I be reasonably sure that the bees will recycle the honey and remove any fiberglass that might be in it?
It sure would hurt to have to throw away that much honey.
Fuzzybeekeeper