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<blockquote data-quote="EmmetHuttValley" data-source="post: 232" data-attributes="member: 151"><p>Thanks [USER=30]@tristan[/USER] and [USER=1]@Grant[/USER] for being strong on this point. [USER=90]@afmargetts[/USER] one of the hardest and earliest lessons I learned when starting beekeeping was what can happen when exposed honey is left out in the apiary for any length of time. I made all the big mistakes in my first harvest (the worst of which resulted in my house besieged with bees) to learn that keeping any hive product that had exposed honey contained is imperative to personal safety and wellbeing and the harmony and hygiene of the apiary. This old method of leaving bees to clean frames outside (e.g. in open boxes in a yard) a contained environment (i.e. a hive box on the hive they were harvested from) is just bad form. Pity it is still a method shown in YouTube vids, older text books etc, particularly from the States.</p><p>Go well with your season [USER=90]@afmargetts[/USER] and hope you have a nice bit of honey on toast from your own hive soon <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EmmetHuttValley, post: 232, member: 151"] Thanks [USER=30]@tristan[/USER] and [USER=1]@Grant[/USER] for being strong on this point. [USER=90]@afmargetts[/USER] one of the hardest and earliest lessons I learned when starting beekeeping was what can happen when exposed honey is left out in the apiary for any length of time. I made all the big mistakes in my first harvest (the worst of which resulted in my house besieged with bees) to learn that keeping any hive product that had exposed honey contained is imperative to personal safety and wellbeing and the harmony and hygiene of the apiary. This old method of leaving bees to clean frames outside (e.g. in open boxes in a yard) a contained environment (i.e. a hive box on the hive they were harvested from) is just bad form. Pity it is still a method shown in YouTube vids, older text books etc, particularly from the States. Go well with your season [USER=90]@afmargetts[/USER] and hope you have a nice bit of honey on toast from your own hive soon :) [/QUOTE]
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