>>> Peter Dillon sez:
Accepting that honey is mainly Oxygen, Hydrogen and Carbon - it doesn't sound like a promising
fertilizer to me.

Maybe not directly as a fertilizer, but possibly as an "activator" for the bacteria that live in compost
piles.  I have heard of a number of sweet or sugar based substances being used as bacterial
activators in compost piles, and such compost subsequently is used as a soil conditioner/fertilizer.

When I wash honey residue (that I do not need or where it is not cost effective to extract 100% of it
from cappings, etc.) out of wax, I dump the dilute honey water mixture into my compost pile with the
intent that my composting bacterial will get a boost.  At least I don't feel like it is being wasted entirely.

Layne Westover, College Station, Texas

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