Stella's Social Club

[Cynthia12]

Would you by chance know what vet did his dew claws? Maybe he would help you find a way to contact them or do it for you. I wish there was a smilie tearing it's hair out.

I thought of that. But thinking they wouldn't want to give out someones phone number. I will just wait until the middle of the month to decide..he's mine.

 

[ronott1]

Would you by chance know what vet did his dew claws? Maybe he would help you find a way to contact them or do it for you. I wish there was a smilie tearing it's hair out.

How about this

 

[Happy Chooks]

Today's chore to hopefully get done..............extracting honey. I hope everything goes smoothly and I'm able to get it done. I have 2 supers on the hive - I know one is completely full and the other I'm not sure how full it is, haven't checked in over a month. If that super is full too, I may not be able to do it all today, because it won't fit in my honey bucket.

Mary said she wanted some of my honey, but she doesn't want to come help. Funny, my step dad didn't want to help either.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

My dog really earned her keep last night. It was nearly 10PM and she started barking. We told her to shush, then my DH started hearing noises. We went out with a flashlight to see a bear in our trash, which is right behind the house.

We saw where the bear wandered off. Then I sent my dog out and she started tracking it. I found out how fast bears can run and had to get my butt back in the house quick with glowing eyes running at me.

Shadow chased that bear off, but from a completely different area of our property than where it wandered off. There wasn't time for the same bear to get to that area and my dog was confused at one point tracking it, so we think we may have had 2 different bears on the property. Hopefully a good dog chasing will change it's mind about coming back.

Now I have to walk the property line today (we're on 5 acres) and see if all of our fencing is still intact.

Good girl Shadow!

And I guess her owners had better pay more attention when she barks.



I've always been told that bears can run really fast....................holy smokes they run fast.

theres a lot of bears your way.

bears run at about 40mph. The fastest human, Usian Bolt ran about 27mph for a sprint. I do not run any where near that fast.

It is best to not run from a bear, unless you are very close to the house.

lol if i saw a bear charging me that land speed record would be in jeopardy

 

[Happy Chooks]

lol if i saw a bear charging me that land speed record would be in jeopardy

 

[holm25]

X2

 

[The Sheriff]

Today's chore to hopefully get done..............extracting honey. I hope everything goes smoothly and I'm able to get it done. I have 2 supers on the hive - I know one is completely full and the other I'm not sure how full it is, haven't checked in over a month. If that super is full too, I may not be able to do it all today, because it won't fit in my honey bucket.

Mary said she wanted some of my honey, but she doesn't want to come help. Funny, my step dad didn't want to help either.

My complete lack of a waistline makes the wearing of a bee suit a major fashion faux pas. Plus, Jack and Tucker would insist on going with me.





So, I'll have to pass. Maybe next year, although my mother always told me I'd be dead for six months and still not have a waist.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I need you to be my photographer, no bee suit required. Now I have to extract and try to take pictures too.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Well, they were starting to draw out comb on the 2nd super, but no honey in it. I only extracted 8 frames because the outer 2 frames were only capped on one side. Now I have to figure out what to do with those frames because I'll need to take the super off the hive to treat for mites.

It's hard to do the work and take pictures, but here is what I got with my phone. It looks like I'll end up with 2 to 2 1/2 gallons of honey. It's still draining and straining, but I came in to have lunch. Keep in mind this is my first time harvesting, so I'm certainly not a pro at this.


I chose to extract in our well house. It is a sealed building with lighting, so it seemed like a good choice. All set up and ready to go:


Borrowed extractor and double sieve ready.


The person I borrowed the extractor from had this homemade cappings tank. My hot knife, which was very handy once I figured out how to use it correctly.


I chose to use a fume board to get the bees out of the supers. I chose the non-toxic spray Fishers Bee Quick. It worked really well, only a few bees left on the frames to brush off. You spray it on the felt on the underside of this board on top, and the bees clear out of the super in 2-5 minutes.


Frames of capped honey.




After I took the knife to them, but before using the cappings scratcher.




Ready to go for a spin.


And the honey begins to flow out of the extractor into the sieve.


Frames after extraction. They went back into the hive for the bees to clean them up.


Getting more honey now. Pretty amber color.


Had to take a break and let the sieve catch up.


Cappings draining into the tub below, so I can take the honey from that too.


I'm glad I did this in the morning, it was starting to get hotter and the bees were less patient. I had the smoker ready to go, but I didn't need it. No stings either, though 1 bee was trying like heck to get me.

 

[The Sheriff]

Awesome! It looks like a lot of sticky work but you'll be rewarded with lots of honey. Thanks for sharing he pics. It all confuses me though.