Recently harvested some honey

[dhaverstick]

I was checking my hives a couple of weeks ago and decided that they could afford to give up some of their honey supply for my consumption.

I spun 5 frames that were full like this one.


This is what the frame looks like after I raked open the cells. I prefer a rake to a capper knife.


After I spun all the frames, I strain the honey into a collection bucket.



Now it's bottling time! I ended up with 21 pints (pounds).



There is nothing quite as satisfying as having a hot biscuit slathered in honey you harvested from your own bees.


Darren

[Greg Felty]

Nothing like a fresh batch of honey,

[Jamesh76]

Wow

[Elkman]

Very nice Darren. Looks like good stuff.

[Carpdaddy]

Sweet! In more ways than one!

[jaydee2trad]

my grandfather used to hunt bee trees, it was his thing. he had several 5 gallon buckets of honey in his bed room when he died. He always called it liquid gold since it could be traded easily. As a kid, I got stung a time or two in spite of the smoke. He tried raising his own but the bears always destroyed his bee houses.

[dhaverstick]

The guy that got me into beekeeping always says, "A man keeps bees so he can harvest the most expensive honey in the state!". I would tend to agree with that statement.

Darren

[Captainkirk]

I'm amazed at how much you got out of that batch, Darren!

[White Falcon]

Now I am hungry. What do you do with the bees wax?

[dhaverstick]

Now I am hungry. What do you do with the bees wax?

I gave it back to the bees to recycle.

Darren