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Eating vs making honey

Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2024 7:27 pm
by rbunch
When you look at a frame of uncapped honey is there a way to tell if this is honey recently uncapped and the bees are eating the honey vs they are still adding nectar? I was wondering if there is some sort of tell in the way it looks?

Re: Eating vs making honey

Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 7:57 am
by Jacobs
Short of repeated examinations to see what is going on or having a hive scale on the hive, I don't know of a way to tell. I can't detect relatively small weight changes by hefting the hive.