HONEY

Our bees are gone!!! It was a huge blow and extremely disappointing. I think the worst part is that we really don't know what happened to them, so it's hard to learn from what happened because we don't know what happened. When Kenney went to go get the honey from the hive, robber bees had already begun stealing the honey. We aren't exactly sure how much honey they had taken, but it was a significant amount. Another hit in a not so good situation. What impressed me the most was that Kenney got upset initially and was disappointed, however he didn't linger on the bad and immediately started planning on what to do for next year and how to make the best of what he had.

Although Kenney bought a flow hive so we wouldn't have to do this.  I'm actually glad we got the opportunity to do this.

It was so cool to watch the honey.

After scrapping the wax and honey we placed it into cheesecloth and put it over the strainer.

Slow drips through the strainer

Look at all that honey!!  I say, overall it was a very successful haul.

It was very satisfying to watch the honey flow from the frames. As sad as it was to lose the bees at least we got something from it! 

It was also mesmerizing to see the honey drip cleanly into the bowls.

We needed to clean up the beehive frames, so I told Kenney to stick them outside and let the bees and other bugs clean them off.  It was amazing how fast and efficient they were!