On 8-Sep-10, at 10:53 AM, randy oliver wrote:

> My discussion with Canadian beeks indicates that the humidity is so  
> low,
> that the metabolic moisture evaporates (or sublimates) off so  
> quickly that
> the bees are faced with dessication, and are unable to efficiently  
> liquefy
> the hard canola honey.
>

Hi Randy and all

Yes, out west in Alberta they have a dry cold.  "You don't even  
notice it at -40C/F".  Here in Ontario its a damp cold in the south  
where I am and dry up north. In answer to Bill's query; I think that  
the newspaper absorbs moisture from the hive which dampens the sugar,  
thus softening it.  The crystallized honey is packed away in cells  
with no moisture for the bees to soften it.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W(Alberta starts at 49N and goes to 60N)

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