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Drone Bee
If you do a winter vape around Christmas and later in the year do a demaree for example, could you use the honey in the top box frames….even though they were part of the bb when it had its winter vape?
Yes I mean is it ok for consumption. Do people routinely extract from brood frames that are likely to have been subject to vaping during the winter? Is it considered safe?I assume you mean eat or sell? You can certainly use it, for feeding back to the bees if nothing else.
James
You don’t extract the top box of a demaree? So you would remove and extract the shallows and just leave the top deep full of honey as their winter stores?why would you extract that anyway? extract at the end of the summer, anything they bring in after that is for the, in any case, it would be mixed with syrup and any thymol feed you give them.
Your initial question confused me a bit.You don’t extract the top box of a demaree? So you would remove and extract the shallows and just leave the top deep full of honey as their winter stores?
Yes, and sensible US regs. permit honey supers to be on hives during vaping with OA. Some years ago the short-sighted UK declined to join an EU research group investigating OA residue in honey; result was that levels of OA were insignificant, and not above natural levels, but of course, that conclusion was not valid in the UK.Is it considered safe?
Yet again we are on the back foot and behind the rest, I’m vaping a colony this next week by removing supers vaping then putting them back on!Yes, and sensible US regs. permit honey supers to be on hives during vaping with OA. Some years ago the short-sighted UK declined to join an EU research group investigating OA residue in honey; result was that levels of OA were insignificant, and not above natural levels, but of course, that conclusion was not valid in the UK.
Thanks for the contextYes, and sensible US regs. permit honey supers to be on hives during vaping with OA. Some years ago the short-sighted UK declined to join an EU research group investigating OA residue in honey; result was that levels of OA were insignificant, and not above natural levels, but of course, that conclusion was not valid in the UK.
Yes, the USA is famed for its food safety standards.Yes, and sensible US regs. permit honey supers to be on hives during vaping with OA. Some years ago the short-sighted UK declined to join an EU research group investigating OA residue in honey; result was that levels of OA were insignificant, and not above natural levels, but of course, that conclusion was not valid in the UK.
That may be so, but the critical factor remains true, that OA residue in honey is not above levels occurring naturally; perhaps the US has it right this time? The EU research concluded the same: it's not a hazard to honey.Yes, the USA is famed for its food safety standards.
If the vape is a one-off, take off the supers, put a sheet of newspaper on the BB, put the supers back on and vape.removing supers vaping then putting them back on
Thanks for that Eric I should of thought of thatIf the vape is a one-off, take off the supers, put a sheet of newspaper on the BB, put the supers back on and vape.
If the vape is a one-off, take off the supers, put a sheet of newspaper on the BB, put the supers back on and vape.
as it's a one off - why not just vape the brood box whilst the supers have been removed to put the newspaper sheet on?If the vape is a one-off, take off the supers, put a sheet of newspaper on the BB, put the supers back on and vape.
True.as it's a one off - why not just vape the brood box whilst the supers have been removed to put the newspaper sheet on?
How does this vaping thing work time wise?True.
The original gas vap did have a few issues. None insurmountable but these have been addressed and here's a bit of video where they are discussed.How does this vaping thing work time wise?
How long would you need to wait with the supers off?
If I left supers with honey in them outside, or even a whiff of honey in them anytime here in the last five months , I would be quite unpopular, such has been the robbing propensity/eagerness. I guess they could be really well covered? This vaping thing is ahead of me I guess. They are working on getting OA approved (still not) here in AU.
Not if it’s full of Rape!You don’t extract the top box of a demaree? So you would remove and extract the shallows and just leave the top deep full of honey as their winter stores?
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