Hi Faith:
Welcome to the "Low Country". I am about halfway between David and
Beaufort.
We have a group "Lowcountry Beekeepers" that meets here in Charleston
once a month. Also the "Colleton County Beekeepers" meet in Walterboro
once a month.
Stay in touch as to when you will be arriving, etc.
 
Bob Neely
Goose Creek, SC
Low Country Beekeeper
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On Wed, 28 May 1997 13:21:43 -0400 Faith Andrews Bedford
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>In a message dated 97-05-21 10:48:15 EDT, Dave G reen writes:
>
><<    We have never had a batch of our own honey ferment, but I think
>this
> one will.  If it were our own honey, I'd put it back on the bees,
>rather
> than extract it. We have no sophisticated drying equipment.
>  >>
>
>Dave:  I'm far from sophisticated myself but, I notice, when I'm
>warming up
>my honey to make it easy to pass through fine nylon mesh prior to
>bottling
>that alot of steam rises up.  My honey has always done very well at
>the fair
>based on water to sugar ratio and I've thought that this steam meant
>that
>some excess water was leaving the honey. You wouldn't want to boil it
>for
>that might distort the flavor but perhaps keeping it just below simmer
>so
>that steam rises would help with the excess water.
>
>P.S.  It's always helpful if people put their towns and states
>somewhere in
>their address.  When you report on what is going on I sometimes wonder
>"where."  I think you once said Myrtle Beach, SC.  Is that right?   We
>are
>considering moving to Dataw island, a sea island off Beaufort and I'm
>always
>interested to see what's going on in that nec of the woods.
>Faith Andrews Bedford, Ivy VA and Tampa
>