Wow. That's really cool.
This your main job/income?
How do you decide on a 5 year best by date?
I'll have a guess.
Try Firefox. We run that on our Windoze machines and Chrome on the android stuff.Taipan wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 9:38 pmWell chrome runs as slow as a one legged asthmatic sloth on here, so I suspect skullduggery is afoot! `Edge it is then...KungFooBob wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 12:37 pm Edge is a great browser now it uses the Chromium engine. Old Edge was pants, but I prefer it to Chrome now.
Very very close.Count Steer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:50 amI'll have a guess.
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).
It looks just my sort of honey too. Is there a particular main pollen source that they have access to in your area?Taff wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 5:21 pmVery very close.Count Steer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:50 amI'll have a guess.
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).
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.
And how much is it?Count Steer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:01 pmIt looks just my sort of honey too. Is there a particular main pollen source that they have access to in your area?Taff wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 5:21 pmVery very close.Count Steer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:50 am
I'll have a guess.
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).
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.
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
This. Local stuff here is about 10-12€ a jar Normal jam jar sized ones too, not gurtly big ones!!Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:59 pmI 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
I kinda don't mind paying it TBH 'cause I also love Bees. 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.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:59 pmI 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
I kinda don't mind paying it TBH 'cause I also love Bees. I just don't buy it very much. Makes amazing ice cream, both 'cause of the flavour and 'cause of the texture it provides.
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.Mr Moofo wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:54 pmAnd how much is it?Count Steer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:01 pmIt looks just my sort of honey too. Is there a particular main pollen source that they have access to in your area?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.
Well, if you do honey by post, I'm in for a couple, probably from each batch through the season.Taff wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 7:37 pmI'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.Mr Moofo wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:54 pmAnd how much is it?Count Steer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:01 pm
It looks just my sort of honey too. Is there a particular main pollen source that they have access to in your area?
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
Try here
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.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