Here's Ella with her honey hourglass and you can see that the filtering has begun. Hers went through quickly.
And here's Gabe with his honey hourglass - don't be fooled by his apparently badly injured finger - it's actually just paper towel and duct tape - he wanted to experiment with the many uses of duct tape!
They are expecting the honey to filter all day tomorrow. I hope by the end of tomorrow they'll have full bottom jars of honey.
(Post script: Ella's filtered quickly and Gabe's did like mine - took quite a while to go through.)
Linda,
ReplyDeleteHello! My name is Leia Barnwell. I am new beekeeper as well (April 2006!). I am absolutely delighted to see another mother/beekeeper. I know that there are probablly bunches out there, but I just found your blog after a summer of reading various articles about beekeeping. I am writing to ask you about your honey harvesting. How did you determine how many supers to take? Also I just wanted to tell you how much I like your site, and that your children are lovely! (I have three little girls) I would love to hear from another beekeeper in my shoes! My husband and I live in Raleigh, NC but we grew up in Clemson, SC. I suppose that you being in the south makes your blog more appealing as well! Have a wonderful day. Sincerely, Leia Barnwell
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It's great to see so many new beekeepers and that they are on the computer as well, it's a great way to share ideas and to learn from each other.
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