crush and strain....some uncapped comb. Use it?

[joker1656]

Obviously, uncapped honey/nectar is not ripe, correct?  I have some comb from a cutout with tons of capped honey, but also quite a bit uncapped.  Should I crush it as well?  We use honey quickly, and could give a bit away to family.  It would not sit around, but I am worried about fermentation.  Any reason not to eat it, other than the higher moisture content? 

I crushed some of it out with the rest of the honey and it tastes great....  If nothing else, I could cut out the uncapped areas and sit the comb out for the bees to take care of.

[iddee]

Keep it refrigerated and it won't ferment.

Use a refractometer and if the water content is less than 18.6%, then it won't ferment anywhere.

[vermmy35]

Did you try and shake it out?  I had some last year that when I tried to shake it out it didn't come out and was good to go.  In fact I still have one last jar and it is quite tasty.

[hardwood]

I shake the comb (like vermmy) over a deep bake sheet. Anything that drops goes to the bees...anything that doesn't I keep.

Scott

[Finski]

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my advice is : don' t take uncapped honey!

It is rippen whe n it is capped..

Tons of capped honey   ---- sounds like professional .... And you want  uncapped honey?

[Thymaridas]

I got to agree. I just feed the honey back to the cut out in a top feeder without a screen. They clean it up pretty quickly. However, I do freeze it and wait for the queen to fill up frames with brood before giving it back to them. It helps keep them from getting honey bound.

Personally, I only give honey back to the hive that I got it from.

[MustbeeNuts]

I don't know if this is sidetracked, but I feed back honey or whatever is left over. I have many supers that have uncapped, capped etc, that was from my deadouts, lids off bees are having a field day. :)

As far as using it , I prefer not to use unripe honey. Just me tho from the other posts, but I prefer my honey to be capped for safety. LOL

[AllenF]

If it is mostly uncapped and you can shake it out, give that frame back to the bees to finish or, freeze it and keep it until late winter for feed. 

[Michael Bush]

I'd put the uncapped out for the bees.  They will clean things up.