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Beekeeping => General Beekeeping => Topic started by: Yankee11 on June 08, 2014, 12:47:22 am

Title: 1st Honey harvest of 2014
Post by: Yankee11 on June 08, 2014, 12:47:22 am
Not a bad start. 38 Gallons. or 456 pounds  ;D

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I couldn't have done it without all the help from this forum. So thanks to everyone.
Title: Re: 1st Honey harvest of 2014
Post by: Jen on June 08, 2014, 01:08:43 am
OMG! I can only imagine that day for me. I Am Soo Envious!

Great Goin' Yankee! I can smell that honey from here in California  :D
Title: Re: 1st Honey harvest of 2014
Post by: blueblood on June 08, 2014, 01:13:50 am
Yes, that's dandy for sure! Yum, yum.  I extracted 11 frames today for my step-dad to see what it's like to take honey from the hives to the jar.  Will have a thread in a few minutes..
Title: Re: 1st Honey harvest of 2014
Post by: Slowmodem on June 08, 2014, 01:23:15 am
That's great!   I hope we all harvest mass quantities of honey this year!
Title: Re: 1st Honey harvest of 2014
Post by: tmrschessie on June 08, 2014, 07:21:17 am
Very well done Yankee....Tom
Title: Re: 1st Honey harvest of 2014
Post by: Papakeith on June 08, 2014, 08:33:46 am
very nice! 

I checked in on my girls yesterday.  two supers "mostly" capped.  not quite ready yet.
Title: Re: 1st Honey harvest of 2014
Post by: Yankee11 on June 08, 2014, 09:09:39 am
Most all of it was capped but it seemed a little thin to me. But we were in a closed room and it was around 95 degrees. I hope that is why. I will check with my refractometer and see. I figured if it was capped it was good to go.

We have had so much rain this year I am surprised they were able to cap any of it.
Title: Re: 1st Honey harvest of 2014
Post by: pistolpete on June 08, 2014, 07:09:12 pm
very nice,  I've been busy making bees instead of honey, but that's done for this year and now the season can start in earnest.   I'm at least a month away from having full supers.
Title: Re: 1st Honey harvest of 2014
Post by: Beeracuda on June 08, 2014, 10:10:59 pm
That's great!  How many hives do you have? 

I don't think we are going to make much this year, but I am still hopeful.  We got another small rain today.  Maybe that will keep a little flow going.   :)