Tipping the scale!

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Tomorrow we are going to take the frames out of the hive.  It will be an exciting morning here. We have only one hive that is going to give us some gold this summer but they are diligent little things.  It is a "hybrid" hive...meaning they are Russalians.  That would be Russian breeding with Italian bees!  We are just happy they get along, obviously, very well!  Wages are going to be made on how many pounds of honey might come from these little creatures that keep us all alive.  We should know the results by the end of the weekend!

Extraction

Well, the day came....we finally got to extract our first batch of honey. The whole family took part and excitement was pouring out of each one of us. We wondered how much we would get. We hope to have enough to pass around to friends and family. The pale of honey is only half full so we can estimate. We only had about a dozen frames, six of which are from a second harvest and a very different taste...maybe thistle?

Now we gave the frames back to the bees to clean out. We'll check on those in a couple of days.

I cannot wait to play with the wax too!

It was a great day at the Honey Glow farmhouse!