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Honey
Extraction 2010
I removed and extracted honey the first
weekend of July. I came out of winter with only
3 hives that produced honey and I got 105 lbs
from these three hives. All the honey was light
in color and had a very sweet taste and a good
honey aroma. After extracting I had to clean up
my extractor so I carried it outside and let the
ladies do the cleanup. I also carried the
bottling bucket outside for cleanup and I
finally set the supers outsode for the bees to
cleanup the frames.
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Another pic of one of my honeybees. Click on the
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Took some pic's of my honeybee's
out in the front yard and they are now online.
Click here
for the Sunday pics and
here for more
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Got this picture at Brushy Mountain Bee
Farm during the 2009 Bee Conference.
For a larger version, just click on the
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Beenet
I have set up a local network called Beenet. You loin the net and
any questions or comments you send will be sent to all members that
can then answer the questions or make comments. To join the network,
just send an email to
Beenet-Subscribe@yahoogroups.com with the word subscribe in the
subject line. You will then be added as a member.
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On March 30th, 2006 I became a
Beekeeper
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Welcome to my site about beekeeping and
meadmaking. I have been brewing beers and making meads
for several years now but I am completely new to the
beekeeping World and looking to learn a lot in the
future. I began reading about bees near the end of 2005
and attended the Mecklenburg Beekeepers Association Bee
School in the beginning of 2006. Then on March 30th I
got a full hive and a nuc from Mecklenburg Beekeeper,
Bill Boyd. They are Italians and both are very gentle
hives to work. They did swarm not long after getting
them set up. Still trying to recover from that. This
site will be updated and added to on a regular basis so
check back often. There are a number of links on the
left so check them out.
4/16/06 - (Pic below) First sting ! Was looking for the
queen. Removed 1 frame and set on ground. As I was checking other
frames knocked the frame on the ground over - uh oh - they got real
ticked off ! I had just removed the veil trying to find the queen.
Two lessons learned - Do not remove veil - Definitely do know
kick over a frame !
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I am an ugly old skutter but a sting near
the eye makes me a VERY ugly old skutter ! ! ! |
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| My 1st ever Bee Yard ! |
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| My current bee yard !
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| My second Bee yard |
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