Natural comb

Had to take the opportunity of having a natural honey comb from MrB's hives. Each year he has a number of colleagues (particularly Russians) who want these combs and so he places some bare wooden frames in the honey chamber (3rd level). Only the worker bees have access to this chamber but build drone size combs. He doesn't use the preformed sheets as one cannot be 101% sure where the wax comes from. For normal honey it isn't critical as the sheet is reused but where someone wants to put chunks of the comb in his mouth, then it is imprtant the bees have built it all.

Interesting fact: To make a kilo of wax, bees have to eat 8 kilos of honey. This is an incredibly high use of honey and energy and explains why the combs are reused after being through the centrifuge.

I don't know how much wax was required for the part comb in the Blip. It weighed 840g was on average 3.5cm thick and measured around 19 x 12cm. It's the second one Angie has taken for colleagues in Munich, this one for Elvis (honest) who originates from the Balkans. It's MrB's last such comb but I need to talk with him about his pricing structure - I can't quite work out why he asks less for this natural comb than for a 500g jar of honey. If I put in some natural combs next year, I want at least double. The value of the honey and the wax. Still thank you MrB for making Elvis and family happy, both in taste and purse!