>>Townsend, the authors report, showed fully ripe honey actually 
picks up relatively little color, although the amount could be 
measured. 

A lot of nectar, with its higher water content, is initially 
deposited in the brood nest.  If there's any absorption of substances 
any changed color honey will be moved up into the supers.

Has anyone determined if the supposedly slight color change was due 
to absorpotion of propolis?

Waldemar
Long Island, NY

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