Difference between revisions of "Honey harvest"
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| − | + | * Natural honey: natural honey includes pollen and nectar from more or several plant species. | |
| − | + | * Crystallized honey: crystallized honey is still as nutritious and sweet as liquid honey. Crystallization depends on the water-sugar content of honey and on the flowers the nectar was retreived from. Basically, due to high sugar and low water content, the sugar is over-representatied and therefore cannot get dissolved in the water. The honey crystallizes. | |
| − | Crystallized honey: crystallized honey is still as nutritious and sweet as liquid honey. Crystallization depends on the water-sugar content of honey and on the flowers the nectar was retreived from. Basically, due to high sugar and low water content, the sugar is over-representatied and therefore cannot get dissolved in the water. The honey crystallizes. | + | * Crushed honey: Crude honey is not filtered or extracted from the honey comb. |
| − | Crushed honey: Crude honey is not filtered or extracted from the honey comb. | + | * Cream honey: through continuous stirring of normal liquid honey, the product gets creamy. |
| + | * Comb honey: this type of honey is note extracted and sold in the honey comb. Comb honey is getting more and more popular around the globe and is sold at higher prizes than regular table honey. | ||
| + | * Pressed honey: honey combs that are free from brood and pollen are pressed and filtered. If already crystalized, the comb gets jacketed with water to indirectly heat it or exposed to the sunlight). | ||
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| + | <big>'''Harvesting Honey'''</big> | ||
| + | To avoid high water content, it is strongly recommended to harvest the honey when its mature. Bess seal ripe honey with a light and thin wax layer. If more than 70% of the honey comb is sealed, the honey is considered to be ripe (enough). Honey consisting of one pollen type (monofloral) has a higher demand and can be sold at higher prices than multifloral honey. | ||
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| + | Keeping the natural flavor and aroma of honey is essential. Therefore avoid the excessive use of the smoker. Honey harvested from one apiary contributes of the same floral composition, no matter of which hive type was used (traditional, transitional, modern). Nevertheless, quality differences may occur due to messy way of working (handling, harvesting, storing, harvesting of unripe honey, excessive use of smoke, mixing of pollen with honey, using unclean and or coverless containers). | ||
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| + | '''Harvesting honey from Transitional or Traditional hives''' | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 15:58, 2 December 2019
Note: Most of the content was retrieved from the books "Beekeeping Manual for beginners" by Holeta Bee Research Center and the APIRE project [1]. and from "Advanced Beekeeping Manual by Ethiopian Beekeepers Association and Netherlands Development Organization (SNV-Ethiopia).[2]
Honey types:
- Natural honey: natural honey includes pollen and nectar from more or several plant species.
- Crystallized honey: crystallized honey is still as nutritious and sweet as liquid honey. Crystallization depends on the water-sugar content of honey and on the flowers the nectar was retreived from. Basically, due to high sugar and low water content, the sugar is over-representatied and therefore cannot get dissolved in the water. The honey crystallizes.
- Crushed honey: Crude honey is not filtered or extracted from the honey comb.
- Cream honey: through continuous stirring of normal liquid honey, the product gets creamy.
- Comb honey: this type of honey is note extracted and sold in the honey comb. Comb honey is getting more and more popular around the globe and is sold at higher prizes than regular table honey.
- Pressed honey: honey combs that are free from brood and pollen are pressed and filtered. If already crystalized, the comb gets jacketed with water to indirectly heat it or exposed to the sunlight).
Harvesting Honey To avoid high water content, it is strongly recommended to harvest the honey when its mature. Bess seal ripe honey with a light and thin wax layer. If more than 70% of the honey comb is sealed, the honey is considered to be ripe (enough). Honey consisting of one pollen type (monofloral) has a higher demand and can be sold at higher prices than multifloral honey.
Keeping the natural flavor and aroma of honey is essential. Therefore avoid the excessive use of the smoker. Honey harvested from one apiary contributes of the same floral composition, no matter of which hive type was used (traditional, transitional, modern). Nevertheless, quality differences may occur due to messy way of working (handling, harvesting, storing, harvesting of unripe honey, excessive use of smoke, mixing of pollen with honey, using unclean and or coverless containers).
Harvesting honey from Transitional or Traditional hives
