I’m new to beekeeping and had a full deep frame of honey that was uncapped for about 3-4 weeks.I was too impatient and worried they would never cap so I harvested it. Houston is a very humid climate so it just wasn’t ready and I ended up with wet honey. But since it was only one frame I poured it into some shallow dishes and stuck it in the food dehydrator for 5 hrs until I got it down to 17 water content. I put plastic wrap and tape around the sides of the dehydrator because the dishes were taller than the trays. Worked like a charm though and wanted to share in case it helps anyone else. Only practical for very small scale obviously.
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Well done Amy. What was the water content before you started?
You gave me an idea: We’ve been using our dehydrator to dry moringa leaves, before powdering them. Maybe I could make moringa infused honey, that would work.
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It started about 23.
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Sounds like a cool idea. Does moringa have a flavor that would work well with honey
We use dehydrated honey to flavour chocolate. You have to take it to the dry crystal stage.
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I’m actually right there with you all mine was capped but ended up with 21ish after extracting so now’s it’s in the food dehydrator….lord I hate Houston weather sometimes so much dang humidity
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I also just harvested fully capped honey at 21 so I guess I’m drying it out again. Houston has been so humid! This time I wrapped aluminum foil around the dehydrator gap and that was more effective than the plastic wrap. Honey in small jars also removes a step.