> received is fine.  However, I think you're implying that because the
> honey is uncapped then it won't keep.  (It's unripe.)  This would be
 
Also, for people who have mild allergy to honey, uncapped honey is
generaly a lot more irritating then the capped stuff.
 
 
> the water.  The bees are eternal optimists.  If the cells aren't full
> they leave them uncapped in the hope of more nectar becoming available.
 
Um...I don't know about this...do you have any evidence to support
this??  I have seen bees cap a frame of cells less than half full,
just as I have seen them having not yet capped great big bulging
three-times-their-normal-thickness frames (I love it when they do
that)
I could still be wrong.  If you have evidence that ripened honey
remains uncapped, please tell me.  I would asume that because of the
hygroscopic nature of honey, if it is left uncapped to long, it will
start taking up water again.
Adrian.