Just curious for those who do cutouts. Do you consume the honey or bottle the honey to sell?
Do you ever worry about asbestos and other harmful stuff that might be there while you are cutting through old home walls,etc?
a lot of honey from cutouts around here has a terrible taste. I usually feed back to the bees
I normally feed it back. However, I gave it back to the homeowner one time as they had drawn and capped honey comb in an area the queen had never gone. In short, it was a bunch of natural comb honey. The homeowners were pleased and are now ironically a beekeepers themselves.
Most of the time I give it back to my bees by laying the comb out away from my hives and letting the bees rob it out. But if there is lots of it and I can harvest it clean, I have no problem saving it. I saved a couple of gallons each from two cutouts last year. One was very dark and the other was very light. Both tasted wonderful. I bottled it and gave it away to the customer, friends, and relatives.
Steve