This has been a great year for me and the best ever since I started beekeeping in 2006. Check out the cool photos of yesterdays extraction. This is from one hive and I still have more to go.
Baby Bears all in a row to give to the women at work. (That's my meadow in the background)
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Here are all the jars on my kitchen counter. Happy!! Happy!!
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I have a confession to make though. I probably would not have taken all this honey from the hive, but they made totally crazy comb in the honey super and I could not take just one frame out at a time, I had to take it all. Oh Well, I may have to feed this hive next month.
That looks wonderful, sugar syrup in exchange for honey is a trade I'll make the bees all day long. Brad
congrats! whats the main source? it looks light like my blackberry honey.
Looks great Annette!
I have a confession though. Seeing those little bears all lined up outside on that board got me thinking of a shooting gallery :lol: :evil: :lol:
This is the 2011 honey crop(15gal) from 3 hives, quite happy with it only being my second year.
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Quote from: kathyp on August 20, 2011, 01:43:54 AM
congrats! whats the main source? it looks light like my blackberry honey.
Blackberry and star thistle are the main sources around here. In early February we get the manzanita and eucalyptus.
Quote from: BlueBee on August 20, 2011, 03:07:51 AM
Looks great Annette!
I have a confession though. Seeing those little bears all lined up outside on that board got me thinking of a shooting gallery :lol: :evil: :lol:
Great idea!!
Quote from: nella on August 20, 2011, 10:36:58 AM
This is the 2011 honey crop(15gal) from 3 hives, quite happy with it only being my second year.
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Wonderful Nella, it doesn't get much better than this. What a blessing!!
Quote from: RangerBrad on August 19, 2011, 11:40:44 PM
That looks wonderful, sugar syrup in exchange for honey is a trade I'll make the bees all day long. Brad
In general, I do not like to feed sugar syrup and usually do not take much honey from my hives. Since we get so little honey around here, I usually end up with nothing. This is a good year with all the rains.
Harvest looks good.
Looks scrumptious!
I'm very happy for you Annette, great harvest!
...JP
Wow, nice bottling job. Good color
I'm soooooo envious!
-Liz
Congrats Annette !
I have had my best year as well. I think you're right about the rain.
My harvest looks similar in color to yours, but we dont't have any berries and I think my area is normally nectar poor. Either that or I am just coincidentally doing something right this year.
Old Blue
annette
Your honey looks mmmmmm good
The bears, need the signature parasol,attached :-D
Good Honey season
Congrats
Tommyt
Congratulations, Annette!
My girls don't seem to want to cap their honey, so for now, I will live vicariously through your pictures!
:)
It looks so pretty!
harvested Saturday and got 8 gallons from 2 hives!!! Two of my hives didn't have any capped honey, they have been weak all summer. I got most of it from my winter survivor hive and alread pulled a little over three gallons from it in july.
Quote from: Tommyt on August 21, 2011, 10:56:49 AM
annette
Your honey looks mmmmmm good
The bears, need the signature parasol,attached :-D
Good Honey season
Congrats
Tommyt
That is very funny Tommy :-D
Quote from: Old Blue on August 21, 2011, 01:50:58 AM
Congrats Annette !
I have had my best year as well. I think you're right about the rain.
My harvest looks similar in color to yours, but we dont't have any berries and I think my area is normally nectar poor. Either that or I am just coincidentally doing something right this year.
Old Blue
I usually get very little honey around here, so this was a surprise. They are still bringing it in.
looks good annette.i miss my thistle honey this year ,no rain. ......schawee
That's a good load of honey Annette!!! How many pounds is that?
People in my area have been reporting good amounts of honey as well.
One first year beek I mentor and bought a single medium hive from me in April, harvested 40 pounds just two weeks ago
with another medium on top filled. April to Aug, 4 months only and the hive produced over 40 pounds!
I harvested about 100 pounds of honey from one hive and have another medium filled. Crazy year! Hope next year will be the same.
why do beekeepers refer to the amount in pounds instead of gallons?
CONGRATULATIONS ANNETTE!!! :rainbowflower: Wow, the girls were busy and giving their best! :bee:
And oooh, so yummy, and I love the cute arrangements of the honeybears. If it had been up to me, all honey containers need to have a bear in it, hahaha, those are my favorite!
The blackberry tones in the honey must make it extra delicious too! I love how honey can hold in all the nuances of the flower. I always hear wonderful things about specialty honeys like Black Sage Honey, Orange Blossom Honey, the Lavender Honey, and the famous Heather Honey from Scotland. And Blackberry Honey is making me drooooooooooooooool!
I love watching the gourmet cooking shows, and am always getting ideas from those shows and transferring them to the kitchen, lol!....And just thinking about all that honey is making me ultra hungry too!
Yum, yum, yum, yummmmmmmmmm!!!
Quote from: montauk170 on August 24, 2011, 02:48:36 AM
That's a good load of honey Annette!!! How many pounds is that?
About 32 lbs. But that doesn't include all the honey I left for the bees to clean up. all the drippy pans and such and I figure another lb or so from what I can see accumulating in the pans right now.
Serena
The blackberry honey is the best honey I believe we get around here. Right now the star thistle is going strong.