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This is what Cogghall/Morse list in the bibliography of their book 'Beeswax'.
Townsend, G. F. Absorption of colour by honey solutions from brood comb, Bee
World 55:26-27.
1974.
Looking at the original article, I see that, at paragraph 1 'Honey extracted
from dark combs is usually darker than that extracted from light combs in
the same super (honey chamber).
At paragraph 3 Mr Townsend describes an experiment in which honeys of
various moisture content were mixed with dark or light comb and stored under
various conditions that he describes. The light comb was one year old drawn in
supers; the dark had been used fro brood rearing for a number or years.
A heavy precipitation developed in the samples containing 50 & 75 % water in
contact with dark comb.
The concluding sentence reads 'Sufficient evidence was obtained to indicate
that the turbidity found in some honeys may be due to the addition of
suspended material in the fresh nectar from dark combs when stored in them.'
Chris
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