Washington Winemaker

Hydrometers measure soluble solids. We use them to measure sugar content because almost all the soluble solids in wine grapes are sugar. I use a hydrometer on other fruit, and it was while researching raspberries that I discovered just how much hydrometers can overstate sugar content.

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The number of producing honeybee colonies in the United States has been stable for four years. Combine that with reports that Colony Collapse disorder is becoming rarer and less severe, and you have good reason to be optimistic about CCD.

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