BYC Café

[3goodeggs]

We had enough sun to take honey today. We got two gallons.

 

[Bunnylady]

Wow, 2 gallons? Sweet!

I've got my sponge, but it's been raining at the rate of about 2" an hour for more than 3 hours - not sure how much more the sponge can soak up.

 

[WVduckchick]

Margie, I can't back a trailer either! Well, a little if I have to, but not great at it. Hubby makes it look so easy. I can and do use my mirrors, and I'm good with the direction, I just have to do it slow. Really slow.

Bunny, I hope you find a bigger sponge, or better yet, I hope it quits raining for you soon.

Eggsy, honey sounds awesome!

 

[scottcaddy]

We had enough sun to take honey today. We got two gallons.

Sounds good to me, That much honey would have my Grandbabies in sweet overload.
Do you use the whole cone or spin it out? I grew up with the whole cone from Grandpa's bee's, didn't even know about clear separated honey in a jar until I seen it in a store.
Scott

 

[scottcaddy]

Wow, 2 gallons? Sweet!

I've got my sponge, but it's been raining at the rate of about 2" an hour for more than 3 hours - not sure how much more the sponge can soak up.

For Bunny, I hope that you get a dry day!
Scott

 

[Mtn Margie]

Fresh honey comb! What a treat!

 

[3goodeggs]

Quote: We have only had the first hive a little over a year. They use a lot of calories making wax, so you let them fill out the brood boxes with wax, honey stores, pollen, and brood. Then when they have their own needs taken care of we let them fill out the supers. Because wax is so energy intensive, We only cut off the caps and then put the caps back into the hive for them to reuse for comb. After you spin the honey you leave the comb for them to refill so they do not have to work so hard making more.
It is interesting flavor. The area was high in flea bane, hypericum,bi dens, spruce pine and...Bahia grass. I figure it will have to help with my allergies.
It is rather dark, a bit darker than the store bought wild flower.

We did put some wax foundation in the second super that we put on in June so we could have comb honey, but they scavenged the wax foundation to use for finishing out the first super's cells. That was an expensive mistake.

 

[N F C]

Eggsy, your honey sounds delicious! I like the darker honeys myself. How often are you able to get honey from your bees, is that a one or two times per year kind of thing?

 

[scottcaddy]

Good Monday Moaning Everybody!
Only a 70% chance of rain today, it's getting better.
Scott

 

[N F C]

Stay dry everyone and let's keep our fingers crossed we see more of this today