He had seen other beekeepers put their beehives out in the sun before collecting the honey in order to lower the water content, but that method wasn't very good because it killed off a lot of bees and ran the risk of denaturing the honey.
他也知道，有些蜂農會在採蜜前，將整個蜂箱放在太陽下曝曬來降低蜂蜜含水量，但那樣一來會使許多蜜蜂悶死，二來可能會讓蜂蜜變質，並不是理想方法。