Tag Archives: honey sweetness

Why your honey gets hard

Posted on January 22, 2018 by

One thing that puzzles a lot of new (and used) beekeepers is the way that some honey granulates while other honey doesn’t.  There are a number of things that affect crystallization rate, including ‘seed’ floating in the honey (dust, previous … Continue reading →

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This Cat Don’t Eat Honey

Posted on February 7, 2017 by

Humans can taste one drop of sucrose (table sugar) diluted in 150 parts water. A honey bee outranks our sugar sensitivity six-times over: about one part in a thousand and the bee is on it. What about Puff, the cat? … Continue reading →

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