Entering honey to win a ribbon at the Sandwich Country Fair, October 11-13? Refractometers play an important role, and there are different kinds. From a BeeCulture article "Anyone familiar with honey refractometers will be aware that they do not present the readings as solids in water, they work the opposite way and give measurements for water in solids. The scale works in reverse, and what we see is the water content of a solution as opposed to solid content. They are not designed this way to confuse, but to make the process of measuring moisture content in honey more straight forward for beekeepers, and more exact. " We believe on some occasions at the fair the judges may have been using a different type as some beekeepers were turned away who had used a properly calibrated honey refractometer to confirm their honey was within guidelines. Read more here: Refractometer – All You Need to Know