My first hive of bees from summer 2010 did not make it through the strange Wyoming winter. However, the were kind enough to expire before they at all their honey stores.
So on one of the nice days this spring Tess and I harvested a few frames of honey, leaving a few for this years batch of bees.
Nice frame of capped honey.
My uber-technical extraction system consists of my metal spatula
Nice frame of capped honey. My uber-technical extraction system consists of my metal spatulaand a couple of five gallon buckets.
We scraped comb and all into a five gallon bucket with holes in the bottom placed upon another bucket. Most of the honey dripped down into the bottom bucket leaving the wax behind.
We scraped comb and all into a five gallon bucket with holes in the bottom placed upon another bucket. Most of the honey dripped down into the bottom bucket leaving the wax behind. All in all we bottled about 8 cups of honey.
Not bad for my first season and having left some behind. This years bees are doing well considering the weather has been so crummy for them. There were some beautiful plum blossoms, but they were pummled by a hail storm, it has been cold and rainy but I think we are on an upslope, lilacs and chockcherries are blooming now so hopefully it won't take long to start seeing honey in the hive.
