How To Measure Moisture Content When Harvesting Honey

Learn all about how to use a refractometer to increase your honey production. Measuring moisture content can help your hives thrive.

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Learn all about how to use a refractometer to increase your honey production. Measuring moisture content can help your hives thrive.

Let’s examine the importance of using a refractometer! A refractometer is used to measure the moisture level in honey. Beekeepers need to become more aware of what the moisture content is in the honey they are harvesting. Harvest it too soon, and the excess moisture content will cause the honey to go bad or ferment, and when it does, you’ll be seeing customers bringing your honey back wanting a refund and spreading around bad news about your honey to others. You don’t want that.

So let’s look at:
1) How using a refractometer can increase your honey production
2) How a refractometer works

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