Taught by Jim Fraser, EAS Certified Master Beekeeper and Maryland State Certified Honey Show Judge

• Saturday, September 26, 2020
• Sessions at 10:00 am and 11:00 am
• NEA Picnic Pavilion at Brookside Nature Center 
• Pre-registration required, sessions limited to 8 Club members.
• Protective mask required.

Knowing how to use a honey refractometer is a basic beekeeper’s skill. The moisture content of honey should be 17.8% or less. Bees cap honey when sufficient moisture has been removed, BUT beekeepers often harvest frames with many uncapped cells or store extracted honey in excessively humid rooms. A check of that honey may reveal a moisture content that is higher than acceptable. That honey will ferment over time due to yeasts in the honey, making it unusable. 

In this hands-on, one-hour training, participants will learn how to correctly calibrate and use a honey refractometer.

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