Saturday September 10, 2011
Honey: Vintage 2011
Our friends Lori and Ken had lost their colony last fall. They decided to try again this year and to their amazement, their bees rewarded them with 2 supers!
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| Lori and Ken working hard...Ben directing! |
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| Yes, the honey is being extracted! |
It took 4 hours to extract 2 supers...we knew Ben and I were going to "live" in the garage the whole weekend. Lori and Ken left around 2pm . Happy to have collected some honey and wax.
Then came our turn, we never stopped the extractor since 10:30am...we finished (Ben did) at midnight, taking 30 minutes for lunch and dinner!
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| Ben using a hot knife to open the capped honey |
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At an angle the hot knife slice the wax, revealing the honey
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| Ben place the frame inside the extractor, all cells are open(no more wax covering) |
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| The extractor is full: 9 frames at once! and electric too this year! |
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Sweet pure honey
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You must wonder where do I fit in that extraction day... Well I was busy taking pictures, bringing coffee, diet coke and such. And oh reading in a chair, watching the whole operation! The best was that I was with Ben doing what I love...being with him:)
Our total honey for this year 2011: 160 lb. Average moisture content: 18.9 %
We are happy, our honeybees worked hard and we love them...what a sweet, sweet reward! Next bottling the precious gold liquid at the end of the month.
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