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Re: Conversion - Honey - Volume to Weight
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Peter Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 3 Sep 2008 23:35:21 +0100
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Chris wrote:

> I have it in my mind, whence I don't know - Wedmore maybe -that the 
> relative
> density of honey is 1.6

White (1975) gave values as shown here:

http://www.fao.org/docrep/w0076e/w0076e04.htm

I had always thought 1.42 was generally correct for the honeys from the UK, 
where the average wate content seems to be around 17.5%.
Best wishes

Peter Edwards
beekeepers at stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk
www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/

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