Here’s the honey put into jars. You can see some crystallization starting on the top. Crystallization doesn’t affect the taste or nutritional value.
Read MoreWhen there is only a small amount of honey to harvest the ‘crush method’ is an easy and effective way to separate the honey from the wax … and this method doesn’t require special equipment.
Read MoreIt always amazes me how much water the bees require on any given day. Over the years I’ve experimented with different types of watering holes … from buckets, to bird baths, to pie plates.
Read MoreWhere I live we don’t get our last expected frost until well into May. Since its only mid-April the night time temperature averages just around or below freezing. And it would not be unexpected to receive a mid-spring snow storm.
Read MoreOnce all the combs from the old hive were cut off the top bars and elastic banded into the Langstroth frames, there was still a fair number of bees hanging out in the old top bar hive.
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