I harvested my honey this month, all 15 pounds of it. What a disappointing yield. But I had fun sharing the work with Marianne, one of our newer beekeepers who also had a small amount to extract and the two of us spun away and it was nice to have company and an opportunity to teach the tricks of the hobby. The expression on her face when that honey came flowing out of the extractor gate was priceless!

But of course as usual the bees have had the last laugh. When I went back to the hive to return the extracted frames, one hive had somehow filled many more frames with honey. So now they have lots of honey eat this winter. The second hive does not have quite so much, so I am going to have to feed them.
I had a visit from our new Apiary Inspector, John Bernard. He checked out the hives and seemed pleased that everything was in good shape. It’s good to know we finally have an inspector available again.

John Bernard, Apiary Inspector, checking my bees!