You seem to have bought a refractometer for wine, beer, and urine testing.

So, urine luck - you have time to return it.

Brix is essentially "percent sugar", so for honey that is 17% water, you'd
want to measure 83 degrees Brix, off the scale.

> This is what the scale in my refractometer 
> looks like when there is no sample on the prism.  

> https://www.homebrewstuff.com/media/wysiwyg/refractometer_no_liquid.gif

Here's the kind of scale you want:
http://bee-quick.com/refractometer.jpg

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