Yep-I said it...w i n e.....
OK_ so what do bees and wine have to do with one another?
Bees like grapevines, and I like wine... and bees....(heehee).
Another way to put it is "the more bees you have visiting the grapevine, the more grapes there will be; the more grapes, the more wine...get it????
So tonight my hubby and i started "brewing" some wine from the grapes at the beeyard. We didn't use our feet, mainly because we didn't have a vat...but we did get those grapes popped and all mixed up with the sugar and yeast....we'll see how THAT venture goes.
Ought to be ready to bottle by the next full moon.....
;0) I feel a camping trip in the making!! ;0)
till next time, bee kind!!
kb
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Saturday, September 17, 2011
It's Honey Collecting Time!!!
Today I harvested my FIRST 'crop' of honey...one super... nine frames.....and I am so excited! It is still in the 5-gallon bucket, but it is the sweetest honey I have ever tasted. The 'oldies' all told me it would be that way...that there is no honey like your own.
We have had an incredibly dry, hot two summers in this neck of the woods. I get such pleasure out of merely taking care of the bees, that I wasn't expecting to get honey at all this year. I discovered laying workers a week and a half ago, so I combined that deep with the one next to it, (with the newspaper layer beteen the 2 deeps)hoping they will survive the winter, to be split in the Spring...just need a good queen...
I also have a nuc with 4.5 frames of bees that I am hoping will survive the winter--if all goes well, there will be 4 colonies in the Spring and I hope--with God's provision of enough rain and flowers--to have at least 4 supers of honey next September....
I am ALSO hoping to get "BLOGGER LESSONS" from one of my children, so I can post the really nice photos of my adventures. Everytime I try to put a photo on the site, it 'jumps' to the beginning of the post....
Does anyone know where I can get honey labels custom made? I am not your ordinary sort of person, so I don't want just an ordinary honey label!! (lol)
I've just discovered there is something sticky on my wrist ... and forearm....and chin..... Guess I'd better go clean up a bit!!
bee kind to one another!!
kb
We have had an incredibly dry, hot two summers in this neck of the woods. I get such pleasure out of merely taking care of the bees, that I wasn't expecting to get honey at all this year. I discovered laying workers a week and a half ago, so I combined that deep with the one next to it, (with the newspaper layer beteen the 2 deeps)hoping they will survive the winter, to be split in the Spring...just need a good queen...
I also have a nuc with 4.5 frames of bees that I am hoping will survive the winter--if all goes well, there will be 4 colonies in the Spring and I hope--with God's provision of enough rain and flowers--to have at least 4 supers of honey next September....
I am ALSO hoping to get "BLOGGER LESSONS" from one of my children, so I can post the really nice photos of my adventures. Everytime I try to put a photo on the site, it 'jumps' to the beginning of the post....
Does anyone know where I can get honey labels custom made? I am not your ordinary sort of person, so I don't want just an ordinary honey label!! (lol)
I've just discovered there is something sticky on my wrist ... and forearm....and chin..... Guess I'd better go clean up a bit!!
bee kind to one another!!
kb
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