I suspect that you could beed the honey back to the bees any time there=20
is not a nectar flow in your area (and providing it is suitable for the=20
bees to fly)
 
If the honey is pretty firm simly tip the pail on its side and make it=20
available to the bees.  This is pretty low tech and you have no control=20
over which bees visit the pail. =20
 
I have not tried this but was told about an option so here it is - use it=
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at your peril.
 
Cut a 1 inch hole in a piece of cardboard and place on the top super.  It=
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should act as a barrier between this super and the one you will place=20
above it.  Place an empty box over this cardboard with your pail inside. =
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Put a lid on everything.  The theory that was explained to me is that the=
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bees will now transfer the honey down and into their comb.
 
I have always wanted to try this so please let me know if it works or not.
 
Eric Abell                           email: [log in to unmask]
Gibbons, AB, T0A 1N0
Canada
(403) 998 3143
 
On Mon, 12 Jun 1995, Marc Party wrote:
 
> A small problem:  Last season, I tainted 30 kg of honey by getting some v=
ery
> fine silt into it.  Not wanting to sell it, I left it in a container and =
it
> has since crystallized (though is rather creamy now).  I=B4d like to feed=
 it
> back to the bees, let them do the sorting between honey and silt.  Any
> suggestions as to HOW and WHEN I could do this without losing hundreds of
> bees by drowning in honey?  Please send replies directly to me. =20
> In my neck of the woods, the bees are just starting to work on surplus ho=
ney.
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> Cheers!
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> Marc Patry
> Ottawa, Ontario
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