Today we took off the first harvest of honey. From 4 hives 5.5 supers were ready. This year we cleaned down, did a lot of preparation. Arranging the garage, we had it kind of like a production line. The cleaner and tidier the better because if the workers get a hint of that honey smell they will try their best to join us in the garage. (previous years we've had 100's of bees sneak in) this year just the odd one. Success!!!
Uncapped, spun off, filtered then decanted into the large valved containers to rest until next weekend when we start to fill the jars.
Because we almost definitely have oil seed rape honey in there somewhere, we have sat one of the containers on a heated pad to make sure it doesn't set solid.
Weight taken off today = 117lbs Brilliant!!!!!!!
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