When honey is ready for harvesting is a question of general interest and some contorversy. Here are some answers I have heard: 1) 100% capped (required for comb honey) 2) 80% capped 3) Unable to manually shake nectar out of open cells 4) Whatever is in the supers at the end of the honeyflow. Personally, I try for 1) but usually end up at a combination of 2) and 3). Most years, my honey tests out < 17 % moisture. Anything that's really thin gets tested, and if its > 18.6 % moisture will get fed back to the bees as soon as the flow is over. W. G. Miller Gaithersburg, MD