Rite Cell (Plastic) Foundation Install & Lack Of Resources For Bees

Learn how to install plastic foundation into wooden deep frames. Rite Cell foundation has a very nice coating of bees wax and is a great choice to use in your hives. I also discuss how that last cold snap is affecting the bees resources.
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[@iceddevil205]

Western Central PA....honey flow doesn't exist. my strongest hives have a super on them, maybe two....no capped honey in them....barely any nectar. I'm feeding my nucs syrup in mid June....JUNE!!! if the nectar flow doesnt come soon i may consider the summer flow a bust, feed syrup to all my hives and pray for a good fall flow. Wasn't a good winter for bees, not a good spring.....ready to call the entire season a failure.

[@davidlewis4179]

I stopped at Mann Lake's store in PA last week since I was going to be driving by. No shipping cost involved.

[@ronfults3844]

Cell-rite? Lol. May be the Dirt Rooster hat causing the confusion. Lol just ribbing you Jason. Thanks for the video. I most often use plastic foundation and use different manufacturers. But I always coat them with my own wax. If they don't get drawn for whatever reason I recoat them again the next time they get put in. I'm in Ohio also, not much pollen coming in now. I ordered from Mannlake this past week and had my order in hand in just a few days. Contacting their customer service is a different story.

[@MrHoneybeeScratcher]

Here in Pendergrass Ga. the Nectar flow just isn't what it was last year & my bees started robbing about a week ago, been forced to open feed to stop this robbing!

[@lorettajoy7275]

If anyone has answers, i would really appreciate as i have never had bees officially. A hive of bees set up their hive in an old dryer vent (not closed up too well) in the wall of my house. I didn't know what the swarms were at first, and i admit to trying to spray neem oil on them in desperation, until someone told me they were bees. So i instantly stopped, and began looking for options. So i ordered a two layer hive house for them which just arrived and i have almost assembled it now. In the spring, i want to lure these bees into their own place and patch the hole up well. First question: It has the black inserts, but i don't know if they have wax on them or not. Do all black inserts have wax? Second question: Did you drill a round hole in the front of this hive house? My hive has a small opening at the base, but it's just flat and at the bottom. I would like a round opening if possible. And any suggestions when i try to get these bees out would be greatly appreciated! They seem gentle, but i don't want to get stung or to traumatize them. I just want them moved to their new house.

[@JCsBees]

Hello, No not all foundation (inserts) are coated in wax. Lay your hand on it and see if you feel resistance as you slide your hand across it, if so it's probably waxed. If not, you will need to put a lite coat of bees wax on it. Yes, I did drill the entrance hole in my boxes. I used a 3/4" drill bit. The flat entrance you speak of will work fine though. I would wait until spring like you mentioned to move these bees into the hive box. Until then research "forced absconds" or "doing cut outs" so you know what to expect to get them into their new home. I would suggest you buy a protective bee suit.

[@lorettajoy7275]

@@JCsBees Thanks so much! You answered my questions well.

[@gotskinn]

I just ordered from Mannlake. 3 weeks. I bought 4 items & got 3 deliveries. I wasnt in a huge rush. Fine by me. But I feel like they got ripped off on shipping.

[@FernvalleyFarm]

I like thoes frames thats what i use, black in deep boxes and yellow in supers

[@heberlingbeesandhoney6058]

Glad to see decent ship times with Mann Lake just place a order yesterday.

[@trichard5106]

I ordered from mann lake three weeks ago and still and still nothing !!

[@nancynolton6079]

MannLake - three weeks and still waiting for my free shipping order to arrive - 2 items ordered - foundation and queen marking cage.

[@davidsperow533]

Had an order from Mann Lake arrive in 2 days (didn't expect it that fast). Right now we have White Dutch, Yellow Sweet in full bloom and White Sweet is just beginning to bloom in Central KY. Hemp Dogbane is coming online this week as well but it is way out of order. The freeze early in the year stopped the Dogbane but it is coming back. We lost Locust to the freeze as well so I'll take whatever will bloom.

[@davemaloneyvideos]

Am in Frederick, MD. Mid-state. Also experiencing very little pollen coming in. See a little brown from Dutch Clover, but not much more. Bees are on my yellow sweet clover, too, but I do not have much of that.

[@ECP]

Several orders the past 6-8 weeks from Mann lake with free shipping all came in less than a week no issues

[@BlanchardsBees]

Hey Jason haha check out my latest video. Them deer flys are mean. Got me at the end of my video and I ended up having an allergic reaction. As far as whats blooming here in SW Iowa we have the sweet and dutch clover, phlox, daisy, birdsfoot trefoil, and dames rocket to name a few. If this wasn't my first year I'd probably bee getting a good honey harvest.

[@davidmendenhall2082]

I ordered from mann lake got my order in less than week I live in fla

[@jeanirwin9539]

I'm in NW Iowa. My order was received in 2 days. Totally amazed.

[@michaelmueller8976]

I’m in the Groveport area. I have sunflower, pumpkin, a few tomatoes, various herbs and cucumbers all still in bloom.

[@JCsBees]

Hello, I am outside of Utica if you know where that is? I see the local Amish still have lots growing but that will soon end. Goldenrod is about to be in full bloom.

[@michaelmueller8976]

Jason Chrisman I might try a hive in spring. I like to know what I’m talking about. This spring and I’m ready to start. Thanks for passing on your knowledge brother.

[@eddevault4604]

Hi Jason....I’m also an Ohio Bee keeper.....Preble County....I have plenty of Pollen.....but the nectar flow was very weak....will not be much honey to extract this year....

[@JCsBees]

Hopefully this rain will help. It's pouring here right now.

[@ChrisBloom]

NW KS. Very strong flow this year. Many swarms. Observed hatched cells being immediately filled with nectar, which is what I believe caused the swarms (queen out of space). The new comb building couldn't keep up with the incoming nectar. The flow is coming to an end now as we've had a couple weeks without rain.

[@callenwalters2447]

I ordered from MannLake with free shipping a few weeks ago. Many cases of various sizes of bottles, 36+ unassembled mediums, and many x20 boxes of assembled frames with ritecell, and a few odds and ends. I got the bottles, boxes, and odds and ends from MN within a week, and frames from CA about a week later. A made a few calls about the order during the wait and it was HARD to get someone on the phone. Once I did, top notch service as always!

[@powerdr]

I ordered rite cell foundation, groove and wedge frames as well as various items almost 3 weeks ago. I received 1/3 of my order in a week and I am still waiting for the rest of my order with no ETA. My previous order in April took 2 weeks for delivery and 20 unassembled frames came loose in a big box and not in its own packaging. Most phone calls I end up waiting for 30+ min and getting an answering service to leave a message. Emails go unanswered or take 3-4 days to respond. Very frustrating... Shipping to Cinci. They don’t have the ability to state whether an item is out of stock on their website and you find out it’s a partial order first by evaluating the pick ticket. They recently raised their prices on the rite cell foundation by a few $. I have purchased from them the past 4-5 years and have never experienced these types of issues.

[@damonlinthwaite4671]

Southern oregon here. Weve got blackberry blooming wildflowers. Sage, and white clover, however im not seeing a while lot of nectar at the moment i think due to bad weather, rain storms every week with a few 90 degree days in between . Its been hell with queen matings but having a few nice days has helped with a 55 to 60 percent mated queens coming back. Anyways appreciate your videos look forward to every one of them. Thanks for the sharing of knowledge its helped a quite a few times!

[@royhendershot]

I ordered queen rearing equipment and honey bottles and got my order within 2 weeks. I ordered California queen cages and they took a month to get.

[@rsjohnson2u]

I'm getting partial shipments from the California branch. i don't know if they close' their wood shop, but I can't seem to get unassembled boxes. One beekeeper I know ordered supers in April and still hasn't received them yet.

[@garybucher6824]

I see this is 2 months old but I've been getting mann lake products through Amazon in about 3 days to a week. Just got 100 rite cell foundations and pollen patties in today. And have 100 unassembled frames coming tomorrow. Golden rod is starting to bloom up here on the east side mid Michigan.

[@stufarnham]

Hi, Jason, I have not had issues with slow delivery times from Mann Lake. My last delivery had free shipping and I had it in five business days, which is fine, If I am desperate I will pay for fast shipping, but I try to plan ahead to skip the high shipping cost. Regarding flows, our first floes here are red maple and black locust. The maple got hit with an ice and snow storm just as it was starting, which pretty much wiped it out. We had a major wind and rain storm when the locust was starting which knocked a lot of it out. The good news is that it has been a cool spring and we have mostly had the right amount of rain at the right times. Two of my out yards on the edges in wheatfields and.the flows have been a bit stronger and a bit longer than usual, The canola is mostly past, but the wildflowers, and especially the star thistle, have been drawn out. Beekeepers ,use be the only people out here who love star thistle. I know I hat it when pheasant season comes around and the spiny seed pods are everywhere. The pollen out in the country has been fantastic and I have been able to bring pollen frames back to feed in my other hives. Southeast Washington, Walla Walla. Stu

[@jayweddle7993]

South central western Indiana flow still going good. White clover in abundance maybe thats why they call this Cloverland. They are still ignoring honey and no robbing.

[@HereWeGoSteelers]

Here is the link to the USDA Honey Report which was last updates on 5/20. If you or other viewers have never looked at this report it breaks down how the honeybees are doing in each state and or location. As far as my location in southern WV we are experiencing the same issues as you in regards to lack of nectar flow. www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/fvmhoney.pdf

[@ryam8962]

I just ordered a 100pk of cell dent black plastic foundations to ND it took from order on the 8th to delivery on the 13th.

[@hichembad2512]

how much for the 10 sheets? and what about a big quantity . now in the north of Algeria we have Eucalyptus pollen come in with big portions

[@lindagray5857]

It took months for me to get Unassembled boxes, I really like them though. Thought I never would get them. That’s usually not the case, Covid really affected their ability to get products out. They are usually so good to work with you.

[@notafuckinpplperson8233]

What’s wrong with advertising the dirtroosters channel in the future?

[@frankspataro9714]

South west pa and it sucks lol no locust and I'm pretty sure all are popular trees froze too we have a flow on now from clover and some hedgesand black berries finished up a week ago I'm in the mtns here and we took a beating compared to around Pittsburgh

[@jimallen1176]

Where can I order a grafting easel & how much are they? I enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@SurvivorBees_DavidBlag100]

Ive received my unassambled deep supers from Mann Lake not to long ago

[@nancynolton6079]

South Central PA not seeing much pollen either and flow seems to be winding down. Took a hit as well on the locust bloom although dutch clover is blooming well now - not seeing a lot of bees on it yet - the dog getting her feet stung is a good indicator unfortunately for the dog so we try and keep her area mowed down of blooms.

[@sharonroeser8021]

I have ordered 2 times in the last month from Mannlake and got them in 5-7 days. They are great and very helpful.

[@kevinjackson1840]

in foothill in California little gray pollen and toyon is blooming. maybe last blooming flowers

[@HiveRobbers-Honey]

It took almost three months for me to get a hundred unassembled deep frames. It wouldn't have bothered me so bad but I called three weeks into it and the guy said Kentucky was sold out that he would ship them from the Florida store two and a half months later I finally got top bars and bottom bars but no side bars it took another week to get the side bars.

[@rnicol43040]

Ordered medium frames with foundation first part of June, called them 5 days ago said they would ship from Florida, still no sign they have been shipped.

[@sherlockholmes6632]

What happened to the introduction JC'S BEE'S central Ohio 🐝 keeper?

[@JCsBees]

It's a couple minutes into video, right after I share the new hat I got from 628DirtRooster. Don't worry I am not getting rid of my opening line.

[@mitchellcampbell3521]

I order some deep boxes and I got them in about 5 days.

[@jesse-ji2kx]

I ordered hive bodies, assembled frames, and other odds and ends two weeks ago. I received them in 4 days with free shipping to PA.

[@farmer998]

2 week ago ordered 101 frames and got them 5 days later

[@pnwRC.]

Randy has some neat videos on his channel

[@mosquitoswat1]

Minnesota...Order received in 3 days.

[@mrfender5001]

All white pollen in South Louisiana

[@johniac7078]

I have a mix of foundations, and rite cell seems really well made, but my bees really prefer the wired wax. Thoughts? Good video, thanks.

[@iisonu2]

1st year beek here from central VA. Started with a large order to Kelly Bees early this spring. A couple weeks went by and i started calling about my order. 3 different calls and none of the persons i talked with could find my order or even see it on their computer. Yet my card had been charged. i cancelled the order and placed an identical order with Mann Lake. (Unbeknownst to me at the time Mann Lake had just acquired Kelly over the last year or so). They did much better. i had my order in a week. As for the nectar flow there hasn’t been much of one here in Virginia either. i have been heavily feeding 1/1 syrup and pollen patties since starting my colonies from packages. They have been growing like gang busters which has led to 5 healthy splits into nucs. i am almost ready to try grafting. Getting everything in place. Thanks for your videos! i learn a lot of good things from you!

[@JCsBees]

Glad to hear your doing so well your 1st year. Keep rocking them bees!

[@russellkoopman3004]

Early this year the maple and willow were my early pollen source. They pretty much ignored the dandelions this year and brought in lots of lite grayish-tan pollen. Towards the end of May until mid-June they didn't bring in much pollen but they were almost pollen bound by then. The last couple of days they are now piling in a lite orange pollen like crazy. It's not as bright orange as dandelion pollen but there is a ton of it. They are carrying so much nectar and pollen they are having a hard time getting on the landing board. I checked some of the Linden trees which are in full bloom now but I don't see any bees on them. The bass wood is just starting to bloom so maybe that's where they are foraging. I have a 5 frame nuc that I got in Mid-May and in 5 weeks they have filled out a 10 frame double deep while drawing 6-7 new frames of comb and they have a medium super 1/2 filled already and they had to draw that comb out also. They're finding something good!

[@russellkoopman3004]

By the way I'm in south central MN located in a small town under 2,000 people.

[@juliecipriano1634]

I recently helped a friend extract honey. He had plastic foundation in wooden frames, with grooved top and bottom. Nearly every foundation blew out of the frame. He had an electric, 9 frame extractor. How can I avoid this happening to my new Rite Cell foundation?

[@lonnieburford7649]

Use a manual crank extractor. Some of the cheaper electric extractors does not have a ramp up time as an option. This means the heavier weight of the honey will sometimes blow out the frames before it picks up to full speed.

[@437AlBig]

I'm in Northeast PA. I've had honeysuckle and clover this spring. So far I've gotten 110 lbs from one hive and I have another bucket to bottle and then 18 more frames to extract. It's been a good year for me so far.

[@JCsBees]

Glad to hear this! Now get back to work. lol

[@melissasharvest2493]

I noticed your hive body is just setting on wood. Do you have any problems with the frames getting glued to the bottom without the 3/4" shim? We've never tried that method.

[@JCsBees]

Between the bottom of frames and the bottom board is a 1/4" of space and the bees have never had and issue or have they glued the frames to bottom. Works very well!

[@benca6151]

North east ohio. Plenty of nectar here. Also what would be producing that bright orange pollen? I'm getting a bunch of it coming in

[@russellkoopman3004]

Bright orange is dandelion. My bees didn't gather much of it this year even though we had a lot of blooms but you sure can spot it when it does comes in.

[@frankspataro9714]

And mann lake has been good

[@solomon8765]

where they wil get this.

[@MrHoneybeeScratcher]

I guess when you order 2 50LB bags of Ultra Bee @73.95 a bag from Mann Lake with free shipping...it might Bee a while before I get it!

[@tonywestsbees6042]

Elderberry and White Dutch Clover is blooming quite well here in southern Ohio right now. Fleabane is starting to bloom but it isn't used much by Honeybees. Our summer dearth is about to hit. I will be grafting one more time in the next week or so then probably done for the year.

[@Tonnsfabrication]

What"s this 10 pack shiot? I figured JC as a 10 box of 100 kind of guy.

[@JCsBees]

When you have as much as I do going on you limit what you buy. Remember I own cattle too and they get expensive. So I only ordered enough foundation to make the splits I want to make. I already had a bunch was just short 30 pieces of foundation.

[@Tonnsfabrication]

@@JCsBees If you call Acorn in Cali, you can get full plastic double waxed frames for under $1.75 each delivered.. as long as you buy 6 cases or more. Much better deal in the long run than the ML stuff. I run all brands too and I'll still grab a 100 pack from ML here and there.

[@mayan9458]

Southwest Virginia. We have had a lot of rain this season. ALOT! Currently we are in our clover flow my yard looks like a clover field this year which is amazing. If only the rain would stop for a few days in a row so the bees could use it! Also ordered from Dadant 6 yes SIX weeks ago.. just received my full order. Ordered from Man lake 1 week ago and my order cam on Friday!

[@CharlieRocRevolution]

I'm in orlando, fl. I see lots of light yellow pollen coming in. I don't know where light yellow pollen comes from but it's coming. Honey harvest this season was 0.0 lbs. Last May I harvested 42lbs and another 47 last November. Awesome vid and cool hat. Thanks for the upload.

[@carldaniels4827]

how do you successfully clean the frames after scraping the old foundation? i find that the girls WILL NOT clean out the black spots embedded in the cells. i've tried hot water baths, wire brushing. frustrating.

[@conniehuffman531]

I went foundation-less this year. There’s been an abundance of hive swarms in NC started in March and continues. At this time we have clover and Timothy grass along with Astor’s blooming and lots of buttercup. Not much honey to collect here but some eastern areas have gathered well. Enjoy your videos. Thanks!

[@scotth5261]

I ordered from Mann Lake on Thursday June 18 and got shipping notification later that day. Tracking says it will be delivered Monday June 22. I'm in southwest Michigan.

[@curtstivison5610]

I ordered frames from ML April 23. Got the 2nd week of June. I am 60 miles SE of Columbus Ohio. We have pollen coming in and nectar, but since this is my 2nd year I am not a good judge of what is good and what is not. I enjoy your channel and when things slow down I may have to visit, buy you lunch and talk bees. Curt

[@bub1683]

sweet klover melilotus, alba also named Sötväppling in Swedisch! Thank you for the video.

[@jmom5735]

Same with locust in Northern IL - only handful of blooms when normally the trees are covered. Also Mann Lake has sent some things in 5-6 days but I am still waiting on foundation; ironically, I also ordered from Amazon with Mann Lake as the seller and got in 2 days... ❤️🐝🐝

[@wayneshoneybees5439]

Rite cell are my preferred foundations. Well waxed and bees like to build them. I lost 98% plus spring tree flowers in Cincinnati. I started last summer and now missed two flows. Last fall drought and now this double freeze 3 weeks apart.

[@petermurphy6216]

Hi mate , I’m still waiting 5 weeks for 2 assembled langstroth hives with 4 brood boxes plus a load of deep and super frames as off yet the only things I’ve received is my new smoker and veil I’ll have to remember next time to pay the extra for shipping , my bees having been able to take much flight because of the lots of rain we e been having over here in the UK just took of 3 supers off my spring harvest but was exspecting a lot more let’s hope the rest of our summer weather gets better. Thank you Jason and the dirt rooster hat where honey beekeeping is a way of life suits you sir .

[@johnward3946]

Enjoy all your videos, very informative! Keep up the great work! 👍🐝😎

[@jessicaalcaraz7038]

In central New Mexico we had 10" of snow april 10th. Freezin temps in late may, 100° june 5th with very little rain and we have not much blooming. Nothing for them to eat out there. 😫

[@hockinghillshoneyfarm9273]

Jason I've had several orders from Mann Lake lately and 3 or 4 days is all it takes now i did order some things from Dadant and they are very slow took a month with several phone calls i think they finally got tiered of me calling and just filled the order. They used the Covid excuse as why it was taking so long i'm so over this excuse.

[@bradwahlin9625]

I am still waiting on 10 frames that I ordered 2 months ago!

[@hichembad2512]

why! where are u from

[@chriscoleman570]

Hey Brad this is Chris with Mann Lake. I just communicated with our team in California and your backordered item will ship today!

[@Warren76317]

@@chriscoleman570 Mannlake and Dadant have a shipping scam going on! They dont offer the regular shipping after you hit a 100 bucks. They stack your order in a pile of free shipping orders and hope you call back in and upgrade to 2 or 3 day shipping. They make more on shipping that way. Instead of 7 to 10 dollars, they make 30 to 40. I own my own business and I know how companies are when they ship. It's funny how now covid is the reason. Problem with that is you 2 companies took 3, 4 and 5 weeks to ship my orders months before covid. One of you even held my order for 3 weeks because you said a hive tool wasn't in stock. A hive tool? REALLY! I can use anything to open a hive. I could go on and make this a 10 paragraph rant but I'm gonna end it with this. You two companies better get your act together because like bushy mountain. You can be replaced. I was about to place an 800 dollar order with Mannlake last week and decided to take my money elsewhere.

[@OklahomaBeekeeper]

Jason, may I ask do you introduce your virgin queens to nucs with all nurse bees or what. Thank you for your time and your videos.

[@tedjackson5272]

I placed an order with Mann Lake last week and received it in 5 days! A month ago it took 14 days. I'm sure they are doing the best they can considering the state of the country right now.

[@CoventryRobin]

Got my Mann Lake order in 5 days. They are all caught up. My order came from different locations around the US. I live in DE order came from MN and PA

[@romoshka1]

I received half my order in 4 or 5 days but the half that didn’t arrive was BO despite showing in stock on the website.

[@larrytornetta9764]

Yellow and white sweet clover makes great honey. I find it blooms until frost if there is enough rain.

[@josephkoehler5002]

I tried this year to catch a couple of swarms in traps and have had no luck so far. I have a little farm in Geneva, Ohio. By the lake.

[@adriandecker7340]

They never put enough wax on that foundation. I always need to melt wax and apply a thicker coat

[@garyjolly5560]

I just got an order from Mann lake and it was delivered in about 4 or 5 days. I do have an order of framesfrom elsewhere that I’ve been waiting on for about a month and still have not received.

[@raymondnesheim972]

I have ordered 5 times in last 3 weeks all mainly frames and hive bodies. Orders where delivered in 4 days to Washington state except 1 order of pallet clips and swarm lure which is still pending 5 weeks later

[@chriscoleman570]

Raymond, this is Chris here with Mann Lake. I just reached out to our California team to get this order shipped out to you today.

[@raymondnesheim972]

@@chriscoleman570 thank you greatly appreciated.

[@chriscoleman570]

@@raymondnesheim972 Not a problem. Just confirmed your order has been shipped today sir.

[@brentbateson2680]

Got frames and nuks 4 days to get tracking had all stuff in 10 days total.

[@bobbybighoof]

yeah started following him recent.

[@gregstickels5706]

Do the corners punch out for the top of the frame in addition to the bottom?

[@christopherdavis9012]

What is the best brood or nuk box’s ? I just want to raise bees.

[@jeffcotton526]

That was a mean thing to say to the DirtRooster628!

[@JCsBees]

@Jeff Cotton What did you think was mean? I like Randy, I surely wouldn't want to offend him.

[@jeffcotton526]

@@JCsBees You said you wouldn't advertise for him on your channel. Maybe not mean-spirited... I apologize. All beekeepers should have each other's backs, especially on KZbin. Different strokes for different folks I guess. I enjoy your videos and your information is really helpful for other beekeepers. I guess i have a soft-spot in heart for Randy because his channel was the second one I started watching back in 2017.

[@JCsBees]

@Jeff Cotton Randy and I are friends on Facebook and have talked on the phone a few times, super nice guy. I guess, I hope he understands on sense of humor and that I wasn't trying to be rude. I am glad you enjoy my videos, I try to make them worth the time to watch them.

[@tracyweilandrealtorbeekeep3957]

Im at 2 months or so waiting for grafting tools

[@lonnieburford7649]

I ordered 100-pk wedge frames, after 3 phone calls an four weeks, I still haven’t received my order. It wouldn’t have been so bad if they hadn’t made me believe it would be shipped soon.

[@hichembad2512]

sorry for u.could u tell me the price and the caracters

[@JamesCrouchX]

In a few years, when the comb gets funky I am thinking a steamer and a stack of deeps. Melt off the old wax and somewhat sterilize at the same time. Have you got plans for one of those yet?

[@andrewmcmullen1388]

You need to be super careful! The black ones I have CANNOT handle water that isn't even at boiling temperature. They warp and distort so bad that they aren't even close to useable. I'd hate for you, or anyone to ruin your foundation

[@JamesCrouchX]

@@andrewmcmullen1388 Ouch! Great to know.

[@jarredladuke]

You do a great job showing the flora. I don’t see a lot on other channels.

[@JCsBees]

Thanks! I think it's important to know the plants our bees are working so I thought I would give a quick lesson. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@beekeepersguideforpollenid5194]

@@JCsBees It is professional that a beekeeper know the plants which his bees forage on, the plants reward (nectar, pollen, both or honeydew). Few beekeepers goes further to the identification of the plant origin of their honey by examining it under the microscope