ve-- 4 frames for about 1 gal. This year went SO much better than last year. I can't believe what a difference it was. Last year it took us at least a week to get all of the equipment cleaned and put away-- this year we had everything cleaned and put away that day! With the exception of the wax crockpot. We did have a mess with that. We didn't let the wax drip for days and days like we did last year so there was a lot of honey in the wax and the hone boiled out of the crockpot splattering thick honey and wax all over the garage floor. Oops! Other than that it was super slick and great this year. We forgot to take pictures this year. The Roberts family came for awhile and then left Seth to help. Chris Hummer likes to help Darryl so he came to help with the work. He actually started his own hive this year and was hoping to harvest it with us but his bees all died-- maybe next year!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Honey Time!
This year we harvested our honey later than usual because we just haven't had a day we could do it until today. Darryl split one of his 2 hives this spring so there wasn't as much honey to harvest this year. We spun about 16 frames and got about 7 gallons, plus he did his friends hi
ve-- 4 frames for about 1 gal. This year went SO much better than last year. I can't believe what a difference it was. Last year it took us at least a week to get all of the equipment cleaned and put away-- this year we had everything cleaned and put away that day! With the exception of the wax crockpot. We did have a mess with that. We didn't let the wax drip for days and days like we did last year so there was a lot of honey in the wax and the hone boiled out of the crockpot splattering thick honey and wax all over the garage floor. Oops! Other than that it was super slick and great this year. We forgot to take pictures this year. The Roberts family came for awhile and then left Seth to help. Chris Hummer likes to help Darryl so he came to help with the work. He actually started his own hive this year and was hoping to harvest it with us but his bees all died-- maybe next year!
ve-- 4 frames for about 1 gal. This year went SO much better than last year. I can't believe what a difference it was. Last year it took us at least a week to get all of the equipment cleaned and put away-- this year we had everything cleaned and put away that day! With the exception of the wax crockpot. We did have a mess with that. We didn't let the wax drip for days and days like we did last year so there was a lot of honey in the wax and the hone boiled out of the crockpot splattering thick honey and wax all over the garage floor. Oops! Other than that it was super slick and great this year. We forgot to take pictures this year. The Roberts family came for awhile and then left Seth to help. Chris Hummer likes to help Darryl so he came to help with the work. He actually started his own hive this year and was hoping to harvest it with us but his bees all died-- maybe next year!
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