> Not cheap, but my refractometer from Bellingham + Stanley is superbly
> engineered.  The line is absolutely clear and it is easy to measure to
> within 1/4%.

Mine is twenty-five years old and measures to 0.1 % and has temperature
correction.  I thought that accuracy was pretty much standard.  Maybe
not.

That kind of accuracy is nice, and important if you are packing
commercially, but for most beekeepers who are shipping bulk and/or just
selling locally, the bubble test (described in the archives) is plenty
accurate.

Unless you are competing so hard that you are pressing the legal
moisture limit just to survive ( and pay for your Mercedes), as some
packers are, just being sure that unpasteurized honey is well under
17.8% is usually all we need to know.

If you check commercially packed honey, I think you will never find it
at a moisture level detectably below the legal limit.

Funny.  I wonder how they get so close...

allen
http://www.honeybeeworld.com

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