Well, J donned his new bee suit,
and headed for the bee hive. He cracked the lid,
smoked the bees,
and started removing the frames of honey.
There are 10 frames in a super and toward the end the bees were a little more reluctant to leave the frames.
After shaking and brushing the bees off, J moved the frames one by one to another super that we then carried to the house.
We had added a second hive body earlier this year. This will be the first winter with 2 hive bodies instead of one. Hopefully next year we will be able to put more supers on and get more honey.
2 comments:
Fascinating! I'm curious if he ever gets stung, despite the suit? I hope you post more about this process...do you do anything to the honey, or eat it as is, etc...
I sure like honey, but not sure I want the bees
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