You’ve got to have a hobby, right?
December 7, 2008 – 8:11 pmHere’s a post that isn’t related to work. I do manage some extracurricular activities in my spare time!
We harvested honey a couple months ago from all three of our hives. All three were captured swarms, including one we captured from a redwood tree earlier this year. We managed about three gallons of honey, roughly 35 pounds. Not a bad harvest considering the dry weather that we had this year.
Here are some photos of the harvest and bottling. Unfortunately, since these pictures were taken, one of the three hives has failed, perhaps due to colony collapse disorder. I hope that the other two manage through the winter.
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3 Responses to “You’ve got to have a hobby, right?”
What do you do with 35 pounds of honey? Sell it?
Robert
By Robert Barnett on Dec 9, 2008
We sell some, but mostly bottle it up and give it away. Folks love local honey!
By Dane Jasper on Dec 9, 2008
Sylvie and I are huge honey fans and we’d love to sample some of your honey if you’d be so willing.
By Randy on Dec 12, 2008