That is a sound that we heard plenty of last Thursday, as we went to Paw's to split his hive into two hives, with the new one to go on the land, as well as to rob some honey. Smokestack and I sat in the truck as we watched Paw take off the "lid" and a separating panel under that. Then he removed both supers (for honey) until he reached the brood chamber (for honey as well as eggs). He located his queen, and placed her back in his hive. Then he removed three brood racks and three super racks to put in our hive, along with another queen. He took three racks of honey for ourselves. W took the latter inside and squeezed the honey out of them, separating it into light and dark. After a long process of cutting, squeezing, and filtering, we had bottled almost a gallon of honey, which weighed over eight pounds.
After a break to let the bees settle- and to eat lunch- we loaded our new hive onto the truck and drove it over to our land. We placed it upon a frame that we had built Wednesday and opened the plug- well, Paw did that while we watched from a distance to avoid stings. Smokestack, the intrepid photographer, is the one to thank for these pictures, and he payed for them with the only sting of the day. I was too busy running around to get stung.~Sherlock and Smokestack
2 comments:
Ouch! Sorry about your sting Smokestack. But those pictures are great. And the honey looks delicious. Good luck with your new hive!
~Miss Poppins
WOW!!!! I didn't understand a word you said but it all sounds so wonderful! And, that honey looks terrific! Good work, Smokestack and Sherlock! Sorry to hear about the one sting but it does sound like that was a small price to pay for such a great experience and the beginning of your budding beekeeping business. Keep up the good work ... and the great posts!
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