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Catching up on news, since we've been away, and this is one of the first tweets to catch our eye!

It would be better to explain how, or why, it is possible to fail an authenticity test, than to promote the failure of all UK tested honey.

So here goes... 1/20

@apimondia
Honey, in England, must comply with the Honey Regulations (England) 2015, and in those Regulations, there are maximum and minimum levels of things to comply with.
Sugar and water content, insoluble particle content, even electrical conductivity of honey, amongst other things.
During winter, before the season, and at the end of the season, it is common for beekeepers to feed their bees a syrup or solid, made from sugar.
The bees can move this feed around the hive and store it.
It is possible for this stored feed to be harvested, if in a honey frame.
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How to create a #Thread

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Scroll through to read this, and you'll improve your audience engagement if you understand a simple method of creating a thread, for people to read. Your subject will make more sense, and be easier for people to follow.

#BlackDogHoneyBees 🐝
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When you type, you'll see the + sign, highlight blue. (Bottom Right)
Tap it to add another tweet.
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Then you can type a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc, and edit each one by tapping the text to make it bold.
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You don't only find #SolitaryBees in your #Bee hotel 🐝

Bee hotels should be brought indoors, taken apart, and cleaned before #Winter, to give solitary bees a better chance of survival 🐝

Only buy the type that can be taken apart and cleaned 🐝

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Carefully take the sections apart, and lay them out on a flat surface.

Be gentle, but don't be afraid to touch the cocoons.

You will see the cocoons in small compartments where the bee built mud walls, to separate each egg, as it was laid in pollen from nearby flowers 🐝 ImageImageImageImage
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Use a soft small brush and gently brush away the soil partitions that separate each cocoon.

You don't have to use a brush, but it makes it easier to clean the dry soil away.

Be careful to not make a mess 🐝 ImageImageImageImage
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