Yesterday we harvested about 5 gallons of honey from Mike's bees. Here are a few pictures...
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Saturday, May 26th, 2012 - 10:30 am
Country Bees
Skies were clear, temp was about 85 degrees, very little wind.
Harvested the top hive deep of the three deeps. Noticed on May 20th that the top deep looked like it was completely full of honey but did not want to disturb the bees until today. Turns out the top deep was full of honey. The harvest yielded just over 3 gallons. It will be settling for a day or two and then it will be bottled. Currently the Country bees have 2 deeps and 2 honey supers.
Bottled 28 and 1/2 pint jars from this harvest.
Skies were clear, temp was about 85 degrees, very little wind.
Harvested the top hive deep of the three deeps. Noticed on May 20th that the top deep looked like it was completely full of honey but did not want to disturb the bees until today. Turns out the top deep was full of honey. The harvest yielded just over 3 gallons. It will be settling for a day or two and then it will be bottled. Currently the Country bees have 2 deeps and 2 honey supers.
Bottled 28 and 1/2 pint jars from this harvest.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Friday - May 25th, 2012
Backyard Bees
Checked on the feed jar and found that the bees are not using it. Removed it and will monitor the hive.
Checked on the feed jar and found that the bees are not using it. Removed it and will monitor the hive.
Monday, May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012 - 9 a.m.
Backyard Bees
Hive swarmed. Hive had two deeps, which was too much space. Put bees in one deep and started feeding sugar water. Put the deep frames in the freezer.
One of the hives perished. Went through the hive components, salvaged one complete medium super and one deep hive body. Put the recovered honey super in tbe freezer.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
May 20, 2012 - 10 AM
Beta Hive
Harvested 2 medium supers, put 2 empty supers back on hive. Extracted the honey today and it is currently settling. Should be able to bottle the honey on Monday or Tuesday.
The empty supers are in the backyard and the bees are cleaning them.
Need to check on backyard bees this week.
Bottled 26 pint jars and 8 quart jars from the harvest.
Harvested 2 medium supers, put 2 empty supers back on hive. Extracted the honey today and it is currently settling. Should be able to bottle the honey on Monday or Tuesday.
The empty supers are in the backyard and the bees are cleaning them.
Need to check on backyard bees this week.
Bottled 26 pint jars and 8 quart jars from the harvest.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Beta Hive Incident
The hive was completely knocked off the hive stand and was in pieces on the ground. More info later...
Saturday, September 10, 2011
10 September, 2011
It was about 83ยบ at the Bee Yard in the country.
Beta Hive
The hive had two honey supers. I removed nine frames from one super and 2 frames from the second honey super. I left the remaining frames in the super and added empty frames to fill it up.
Back Yard Bees
Epsilon Hive
The hive had two honey supers. I removed both honey supers.
Eta Hive
No activity from hive. Will look into it tomorrow.
Zeta Hive
Fair amount of activity, will look into that hive tomorrow.
Extracted the honey and it fills the 5 gallon honey bucket to the top lip. I will let it settle and bottle honey on Monday or so.
The harvest filled 26 pint jars and 8 quart jars.
Eta Hive is no more. The hive failed to flourish for whatever reason. I will keep a closer watch on the remaining hives
Beta Hive
The hive had two honey supers. I removed nine frames from one super and 2 frames from the second honey super. I left the remaining frames in the super and added empty frames to fill it up.
Back Yard Bees
Epsilon Hive
The hive had two honey supers. I removed both honey supers.
Eta Hive
No activity from hive. Will look into it tomorrow.
Zeta Hive
Fair amount of activity, will look into that hive tomorrow.
Extracted the honey and it fills the 5 gallon honey bucket to the top lip. I will let it settle and bottle honey on Monday or so.
The harvest filled 26 pint jars and 8 quart jars.
Eta Hive is no more. The hive failed to flourish for whatever reason. I will keep a closer watch on the remaining hives
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