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Re: High Moisture Honey
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T & M Weatherhead <[log in to unmask]>
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T & M Weatherhead <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 9 Sep 2004 17:05:01 +1000
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> What is the possibility of this honey being too high moisture since
> it was virtually 100% capped.

I have seen honey from the coastal tropical areas of north Queensland that
was fully capped in the hive, taken immediately out of the hive and
extracted.  It went 22% moisture content on a refractometer reading..

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA

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