Our honey was awarded second place at the state fair, very exciting! We've got all sorts of plans on entering multiple categories in the future, but we'll see how well that motivation holds out over the next year.
Most notable is the 15.1% moisture content of the honey. Honey sold in a supermarket typically has about a 20% moisture content and really good honey has a 16% moisture content. Given the wet year we've had I'm quite impressed that the bees were able to bring the moisture down to such a low level. I'd bet that with a more careful harvesting we could bring that number down below 15%, although I'm not sure if there would be much benefit to that.
For our large fall harvest I borrowed a tan-genital extractor from a friend, it needs significant cleaning but all he asked for in return was a portion of the extracted honey and a clean extractor. I thought I was getting an amazingly good deal but now that I see how much cleaning is needed I think we're both getting a good deal!
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