How To Use Honey Refractometer

Two things are critical for accurate measurement of water content of honey.

How to use honey refractometer. In today s video we take a look at the water content in the honey recently extracted from our beehive at the allotment apiary. It is a three in one device meaning that it lets you know three indexes at the same time including baume brix and honey moisture. In a little clean room 20 25 c place your opened honey tank covered by clean cloth and the dehumidifier. Without bad smells. Open light plate and place 2 3 drops of distilled water on main prism like the measurement of honey the water must spreads across the prism.

Hold both sides side bars of the frame. Calibration of the refractometer. For more information on honey refractometers search for honey or navigate to the digital handheld category and use the filters to view the selection of honey refractometers. Air bubbles or obstructions will interfere with the readings so apply your honey as smoothly and seamlessly as you can. Knowing how to use a honey refractometer is a basic beekeeper s skill.

The amount of bending of the light depends on the concentration of water in the honey being measured. All that you have to do is take a sample of the honey you want to test and cover the prism or well of your refractometer. A honey technical bulleting is available from misco customer service or from any of the honey refractometer pages. Hold the frame over the butcher paper. For honey with too water inside you can use an electric dehumidifier.

Hold the open cells of the frame so the open cells are facing away from you. Bees cap honey when sufficient moisture has been removed but beekeepers often harvest frames with many uncapped cells or store extracted honey in excessively humid rooms. Wait 2 3 or 4 days and use your refractometer for control. Hold light plate in the direction of light source a look eyepiece now see clearly two field blue and white fields. Make sure that both your refractometer and honey are room temperature for best results.

If it doesn t work rusty idea is a good way. Use a thin film of honey on the instrument. A q tip or finger can be used to spread the sample over the glass. Honey refractometer use and calibration a refractometer measures the degree that light passing through a solution is bent. The automatic temperatures compensation that.