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
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Mom! I remember being frustrated about the picture thing back when I started my blog...at YOUR house! :) It always loads at the top, but you can click on it and drag it down to where you want it in the text. If you accidentally delete it, just hit "control-Z" and it will undo whatever you just did.
ReplyDeleteI love you! SOOOO glad to see you posting again!