Honey Harvest Sept 2008

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Main Gallery Bees Honey Harvest Sept 2008

capped comb with the sun shining behind

happy day!

fully capped

brushing bees off the comb

smoking the bees helped move them to the front of the hive, keeps me from having to use the brush too much.. it really makes the

top bar frame

cleaning the stray comb

scraping propolis

Peter arrives to help!!

peter lights the smoker, katie is turning peter into a fine male model

I cut the comb where its attached to the walls

3 combs in my collection pot

smokin 'em off the comb

incredible!

taking a break. bending over that long is hard on the back

peter loves the honey

peter checks the flavor, over and over... sooo tasty!

centrifuge

spinning the top bar comb was a little difficult but not hard

honey in the sun is so beautiful. Peter and I each harvested about 150 lbs. Jarring approx. 300 lbs was hard work!

honey on tap

honey swirls looks like amber

cutting the caps with our favorite sharp knife

spinning the langstoth frames

quart of golden delight, notice the various color swirls

peter licking his lips... by the end of the day we were intoxicated and loopy from work and overdosing on honey

lots of washing the sticky off our hands and arms... it was all over the place

de-capping is the hardest part.. we worked all day, frame after frame