The Too Busy Bees are thinking about a name change!
Stella and I harvested, spun out and bottled 120 jars of honey over the last two days. And we are both feeling every last bottle. Whew!
The honey is all the same color. It just looks different in the pictures due to how the sun was hitting it... So pretty.
Stella went with me to pick up my first swarm four or five years ago. After a couple of these adventures (and picking up swarms is always an adventure, usually good) she said she thought she'd like to set one up at her house.
In August that year she got a call from a friend with a swarm just around the corner. That became "the Audrey hive" and that hive that, on paper, should never have survived (too late in the year, too small, headed into winter with questionable food stores...) became the foundation for all of her hives.
Those bees daughters, granddaughters, great granddaughters and great great granddaughters produced this honey. They are an important part of Stella's extended family and her great care has seen them through years where most beekeepers lost over 30-50% of their hives. I think they know that and work extra hard for her.
I love how good honey sparkles inside and out.
As we were bottling, I "accidentally" touched the cap on this jar so had to set it aside ;-).
We left quite a bit of honey in the hives. Not only are the two deep boxes on each hive heavy with honey, we didn't take every last drop from the honey supers either. After spinning the frames we did take, we set them back in the boxes so they could clean them up and re-store every last drop. Anything they make from here on out will either be fed back to them this fall or frozen for emergency feeding.
Would you like a jar? Leave the Two Too Tired from Bee-ing Too Busy Bees a comment on the main blog and we'll draw a winner on Sunday :-).
Stella and I harvested, spun out and bottled 120 jars of honey over the last two days. And we are both feeling every last bottle. Whew!
The honey is all the same color. It just looks different in the pictures due to how the sun was hitting it... So pretty.
Stella went with me to pick up my first swarm four or five years ago. After a couple of these adventures (and picking up swarms is always an adventure, usually good) she said she thought she'd like to set one up at her house.
In August that year she got a call from a friend with a swarm just around the corner. That became "the Audrey hive" and that hive that, on paper, should never have survived (too late in the year, too small, headed into winter with questionable food stores...) became the foundation for all of her hives.
Those bees daughters, granddaughters, great granddaughters and great great granddaughters produced this honey. They are an important part of Stella's extended family and her great care has seen them through years where most beekeepers lost over 30-50% of their hives. I think they know that and work extra hard for her.
I love how good honey sparkles inside and out.
As we were bottling, I "accidentally" touched the cap on this jar so had to set it aside ;-).
We left quite a bit of honey in the hives. Not only are the two deep boxes on each hive heavy with honey, we didn't take every last drop from the honey supers either. After spinning the frames we did take, we set them back in the boxes so they could clean them up and re-store every last drop. Anything they make from here on out will either be fed back to them this fall or frozen for emergency feeding.
Would you like a jar? Leave the Two Too Tired from Bee-ing Too Busy Bees a comment on the main blog and we'll draw a winner on Sunday :-).
4 comments:
Oh my ... what luscious, golden yuminess in a jar ... I would love to win a beautiful jar of this honey! I read your blog every morning!
Hugs ... Marcia in Colorado
What did you find out about Sherman? I've been thinking about him.
Linda
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Oh my stars, I would LOVE to wind a jar of honey!! I sometimes get it from our raw milk dairy but this looks so much prettier!
Molly
I made a dessert last night with peaches, honey, and ginger snaps. It was good! Honey is a wonderful thing.
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