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Sat, Dec 15, 12 at 22:42
| I have a leftover honey - mostly honeycombs at the bottom of the jar. It is very hard and not much actual honey that I can get for any good home use. There is no more than 2-3 cups total. I was thinking to melt it and dilute in water, then poor it in compost pile. The pile is large, so I am not afraid to add this small amount. My other thought is - it is cold, birds are looking for food. I have a bird feeder set up with 3 different feeders, and suet cakes. So my question is - what is the best use for the 3 cups of old honey/honeycombs? Does compost pile benefit from honey in winter? Do birds need honey (diluted) in winter? |
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| I have made a mixture of Peanut Butter and Honey and the insect eating birds seemed to really appreciate that, but I have never put out straight Honey. Honey is edible so it could go into the compost also. Not real sure what I would do with it. |
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- Posted by novascapes (My Page) on Sun, Dec 16, 12 at 9:21
| Make wine and be happy. Or poor it in the compost and have happy microbes. |
This post was edited by novascapes on Sun, Dec 16, 12 at 9:24
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| Just thinking about this but wouldn't the wax in the honey combs harden and not be water permeable? And then just sit as lumps, as it's wax? I'd give it to the birds........ |
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| I am thinking I can melt the hard stuff to get whatever honey I can get, and then do a mixture of Honeycomb / Peanut Butter /Seeds and make treats/balls for the birds? |
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- Posted by toxcrusadr 5 (My Page) on Mon, Dec 17, 12 at 11:13
| I don't think the wax has any nutritional value and may be bad for the birds. I'd melt the whole shebang (maybe add a little boiling water to thin the honey so it will separate), pour into a smaller jar, let the wax harden, remove it and use the honey in a suet cake mixture. I'm sure they'll appreciate it. I put all kinds of stuff in the suet cakes: leftover fat from cooking, bread crumbs, stale nuts, old flour, etc. Virtually any nuts and carbs and seeds are OK for the birdies. |
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- Posted by albert_135 Sunset 2 or 3 (My Page) on Mon, Dec 17, 12 at 12:26
| I seem to recall, I may be completely wrong, that bees wax survives in ancient archeological sites so probably would be slow composting under best of conditions. I also seem to recall that my grandparents generation hung bees wax, perhaps with the honey, for bird-feed. |
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