Soon, it will be the Spring Flow but right now we're locked into Winter!
How To Avoid Fermented Honey?
This photo was posted online saying the honey has split and the jars are about to pop open... "It is UNRIPE HONEY..." "Why does this happen?...Read below!"
"What Mistake Are You Making During Nectar Flows?" Honeybees may not cap or seal the honeycomb if there is a strong nectar flow on (blossoming crop and flowers) and they have no available space in the hive for the excess storage and forage of nectar available to them... (the super is full) "Avoid Making This Mistake By Doing This..."
This is where bee hive and nectar flow management is critical for beekeepers as they may go on for weeks while the colony has excess nectar forage available... but not enough space to store it in because...The beekeeper has not yet added a new super chamber that will provide extra storage in time for the strong nectar flow or prolonged nectar flow from blossoming flowers.
"What's the Important Insight?" Ensure you monitor the nectar flow of the apiary site and how much food is coming in while monitoring the available space in your hives via empty or additional supers at the best time to allow them to cap ripe honey during a nectar flow but also continue to forage and store more excess honey in new and empty super chambers!
We teach this in our African Masterclass Bee Training Online as well as discussing how to identify unripe honey and ripe honey... and most importantly, so you don't get 'off and fermented honey', when is the best time to harvest honey!
"How Do You Plan To Get More Honey?"
"P.S. Some Nectar flows can result in a super chamber being built out and filled within about 10 days with a strong colony - NOT NOW during winter months - besides on the Aloes in the Highveld area that are coming up in July... "
"By recognising the value about hive management, apiary management and nectar flow management you can ensure you take full advantage of coming spring nectar flows like Blue gum, Sugar gum, Red River Gum, Citrus and more... "
"A wet super - a harvested and extracted super with 'empty' comb returned to the hive and colony - can be refilled in as little as 6-7 days during a heavy nectar flow...
If you leave your hives without more space to build and fill during one of these types of flows can result in the colony not capping the honey EVEN IF they could." "Doing this can result in at least 1 less super of harvested honey in the same time period of one or two weeks...!"
Discover more with this Online African Masterclass Bee Training > https://newbee.beeware.co.za/webinar2-0
What to look out for when harvesting honey?
Ripe honey is only ready to harvest when bees cap it. Only take honey to harvest when at least 85% of the frame is capped with white or off white-coloured beeswax seals! | 
