The January program for the HBA will be a presentation by Donald Burger on “Crystalized and Fermented Honey: Causes, Preventions, and Cures.” This month’s meeting will be on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Bayland Community Center. The public is invited. Admission is free.
Crystallization of honey is the bane of every beekeeper. You can bottle a golden liquid one month and be faced with a solid blob of crystallized mess a few months later. For the January program of the HBA, we will discuss crystalized and fermented honey and their causes, preventions, and cures. Topics to be considered include extraction and bottling techniques, the dangers of uncapped comb, refractometers and the Brix scale, and the hygroscopic nature of honey.
The January meeting is also the meeting at which we elect officers for the year. If you are interested in becoming an officer of the HBA, show up and make your pitch.
As always, we will also have a question and answer period.
To read about past programs of the Houston Beekeepers Association, Click here.
January 17, 2012
Crystalized and Fermented Honey:
Causes, Preventions, and Cures