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Re: Moisture roduced within the hive from honey.
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:22:17 -0700
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> >Anyone care to give me a comment on this?


Quick math says that his final figure is about right.  I got 29 liters, but
with 17% moisture honey.
A portion of that moisture is critical to the colony to replace water lost
to evaporation, and to dilute the honey.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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