March Honey Harvest

On 18/3/12 Adrian ran an Introduction to Bee Keeping session, using my hive. We harvested about 13-14kg of honey from the middle box (the hive was three boxes high). This is the last harvest for the season.


Just six seconds from the belly of the beast - the brood mainly resides in the bottom box.


We harvested six frames, five of which were full on both sides.



This is the bees cleaning up after the harvest. We put the empty frames and chopping board down by the hive and they quickly picked up all the left over honey and took it back into the hive.

Meanwhile, some pumpkins also need harvesting. Too high for the chooks luckily (good permaculture planning you see). We'll be eating pumpkin soup for the next few weeks.