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From: Sr. Monica Ryan <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 07 October 1998 21:31
Subject: Ivy honey
 
 
>I am interested to know how one can best handle such a
>crop.  It granulates almost rock hard, and I'm told it is not the type
>of honey one would relish at breakfast.
>Questions:  (1) How can it be got out of the combs?  (2)  What use can
>be made of it?
>Many thanks for any tips.
>Sr. Catherine Duffy.
 
 
I have always felt that the ivy flow, being the last nectar flow of the year
should be left to the bees for their winter stores. If the flow is good then
the amount of syrup required is reduced.
 
Ruary Rudd
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