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Taff wrote: Mon Jun 26, 2023 9:24 pm The first honey extracted in 2023.

This makes me very happy 😊


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Wow. That's really cool.

This your main job/income?
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Taff wrote: Mon Jun 26, 2023 9:24 pm The first honey extracted in 2023.

This makes me very happy 😊


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How do you decide on a 5 year best by date?
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Horse wrote: Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:30 pm
How do you decide on a 5 year best by date?
I'll have a guess. :D

You have to put a date on and 5 years is the max you're allowed.

(Honey is reputed to keep for virtually ever. I think they found a Roman stash that was still identifiably honey and was edible).
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Taipan wrote: Mon Jun 26, 2023 9:38 pm
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Well chrome runs as slow as a one legged asthmatic sloth on here, so I suspect skullduggery is afoot! :angry-cussingblack: `Edge it is then...
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Just got a tax refund for £3002 :)

That'll pay a few trips to Portmao :)
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I'm currently having my flat refitted. Taking the opportunity to as my last tenant had moved out.

One of the labourers working on it wants to rent it !!!

Easy peasy :)
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Count Steer wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:50 am
Horse wrote: Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:30 pm
How do you decide on a 5 year best by date?
I'll have a guess. :D

You have to put a date on and 5 years is the max you're allowed.

(Honey is reputed to keep for virtually ever. I think they found a Roman stash that was still identifiably honey and was edible).
Very very close.
Honey label regs say it must have a BB date, I pick a date far enough out to make sure I use up all of the labels with 2 years to go.

Strictly speaking I don't have to comply with the label regs if I sell directly to the consumer, which I do with 90% of my jars.
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Taff wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 5:21 pm
Count Steer wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:50 am
Horse wrote: Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:30 pm
How do you decide on a 5 year best by date?
I'll have a guess. :D

You have to put a date on and 5 years is the max you're allowed.

(Honey is reputed to keep for virtually ever. I think they found a Roman stash that was still identifiably honey and was edible).
Very very close.
Honey label regs say it must have a BB date, I pick a date far enough out to make sure I use up all of the labels with 2 years to go.

Strictly speaking I don't have to comply with the label regs if I sell directly to the consumer, which I do with 90% of my jars.
It looks just my sort of honey too. :thumbup: Is there a particular main pollen source that they have access to in your area?
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Count Steer wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:01 pm
Taff wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 5:21 pm
Count Steer wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:50 am

I'll have a guess. :D

You have to put a date on and 5 years is the max you're allowed.

(Honey is reputed to keep for virtually ever. I think they found a Roman stash that was still identifiably honey and was edible).
Very very close.
Honey label regs say it must have a BB date, I pick a date far enough out to make sure I use up all of the labels with 2 years to go.

Strictly speaking I don't have to comply with the label regs if I sell directly to the consumer, which I do with 90% of my jars.
It looks just my sort of honey too. :thumbup: Is there a particular main pollen source that they have access to in your area?
And how much is it?
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Mr Moofo wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:54 pm And how much is it?
I bloody love Honey, but fuck me is the 'proper' stuff expensive! As in, stuff which you know isn't cut with Chinese sugar and god knows what else :D

I kinda don't mind paying it TBH 'cause I also love Bees. :lol: I just don't buy it very much. Makes amazing ice cream, both 'cause of the flavour and 'cause of the texture it provides.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:59 pm
Mr Moofo wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:54 pm And how much is it?
I bloody love Honey, but fuck me is the 'proper' stuff expensive! As in, stuff which you know isn't cut with Chinese sugar and god knows what else :D

I kinda don't mind paying it TBH 'cause I also love Bees. :lol: I just don't buy it very much. Makes amazing ice cream, both 'cause of the flavour and 'cause of the texture it provides.
This. Local stuff here is about 10-12€ a jar :o :o Normal jam jar sized ones too, not gurtly big ones!! :lol:

100% worth it tho :wub: :wub:
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:59 pm
Mr Moofo wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:54 pm And how much is it?
I bloody love Honey, but fuck me is the 'proper' stuff expensive! As in, stuff which you know isn't cut with Chinese sugar and god knows what else :D

I kinda don't mind paying it TBH 'cause I also love Bees. :lol: I just don't buy it very much. Makes amazing ice cream, both 'cause of the flavour and 'cause of the texture it provides.
Not honey bee related but I chucked my gardening fleece in a heap in the conservatory last time I wore it. A couple of days ago I noticed a few holes in an old J-cloth on my window wash bucket and thought 'oh oh, mice'. Then I saw a solitary, quite small bee too-ing and fro-ing with pale stuff in the jaws - disappearing into a fold in my fleece.

Told my wife.

Now I'm not allowed to move the fleece until she's completed her research on when the eggs will have hatched. :( (Apparently they lay male eggs at one end of a tubular nest and female at the other and stuff the middle with pollen as food for them when they hatch. One sex hatches first and leaves, then the other matures and leaves). 3 or 4 feet away is a new, uninhabited 'bee/bug hotel' that I haven't got round to putting in the garden. :lol:
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Mr Moofo wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:54 pm
Count Steer wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:01 pm
Taff wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 5:21 pm

Very very close.
Honey label regs say it must have a BB date, I pick a date far enough out to make sure I use up all of the labels with 2 years to go.

Strictly speaking I don't have to comply with the label regs if I sell directly to the consumer, which I do with 90% of my jars.
It looks just my sort of honey too. :thumbup: Is there a particular main pollen source that they have access to in your area?
And how much is it?
I'm not 100% sure what flowers its come from tbh, but think of everything that has flowered so far this year, apple, pear, chestnut, spring flowers etc. I don't normally have any to extract at this time of year, I usually have a lot of blackberry, summer flowers, and lime tree in particular to extract in a month's time.

I sell at £5 a jar because all I want to do is cover my costs of the hobby and get rid of it as quickly as possible. This year may be the last time I stick to a fiver though, I've just found out how much the jars and labels have gone up by 😵‍💫.

You can find me @ blakeney bees on Facebook 👍

I think I'll start an ongoing thread 👍
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Taff wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 7:37 pm
Mr Moofo wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:54 pm
Count Steer wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:01 pm

It looks just my sort of honey too. :thumbup: Is there a particular main pollen source that they have access to in your area?
And how much is it?
I'm not 100% sure what flowers its come from tbh, but think of everything that has flowered so far this year, apple, pear, chestnut, spring flowers etc. I don't normally have any to extract at this time of year, I usually have a lot of blackberry, summer flowers, and lime tree in particular to extract in a month's time.

I sell at £5 a jar because all I want to do is cover my costs of the hobby and get rid of it as quickly as possible. This year may be the last time I stick to a fiver though, I've just found out how much the jars and labels have gone up by 😵‍💫.

You can find me @ blakeney bees on Facebook 👍

I think I'll start an ongoing thread 👍
Well, if you do honey by post, I'm in for a couple, probably from each batch through the season. :thumbup:
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Taff wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 7:37 pm You can find me @ blakeney bees on Facebook 👍
No I can't :lol:

Do you sell by post?
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 8:05 pm
Taff wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 7:37 pm You can find me @ blakeney bees on Facebook 👍
No I can't :lol:

Do you sell by post?
Try here
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1613147 ... ?ref=share

I've never posted jars before, I'll look into it and see how much it'd cost, however if you're anywhere near Wadebridge Cornwall, Rutland or builth wells we'll be near you over the next few months👍
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I'd be well up for a jar or two, but appreciate that the cost of postage will at least double the cost. Still sounds like a bargain to me, though.
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One pound jars are about a tenner a shout at Farmer's Markets and the like IME. I suppose you don't have to buy from somewhere which charges the Yuppie tax, but no-one else sells it :D
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 8:41 pm One pound jars are about a tenner a shout at Farmer's Markets and the like IME. I suppose you don't have to buy from somewhere which charges the Yuppie tax, but no-one else sells it :D
My local 'health food' shop sells locally branded honey but I think it's a group of keepers that banded together and pool resources and product so they have a certain scale. My friend and neighbour used to supply from her 3 or 4 hives but gave it up and moved to Shropshire...production was limited anyway and quantities varied quite a lot from year to year.

I note the availability of organic honey....I wondered how you'd make non-organic honey. (Wife says organic is made with pollen only from organic plants, but, unless the hives are completely surrounded for some distance with only organic produce, how can they be sure? Most peoples gardens probably wouldn't qualify for organic certification! :D )
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The area around where Yambo lives is a huge pine honey producer. It’s wonderful stuff and pretty cheap.