Tuesday, 13 September 2016

Pied piper of the bees!!

Hubby and Son were not happy with me on Sunday when I took a couple of supers off the beehive and brought them home for extraction....Why??? Well I got followed...only by a few...but those few went back and told their mates....

pied piper of bees
One or two became one or two THOUSAND!!

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Happily sitting on the window!!
 Nw Hubby and Son really don't like bees and hastily closed doors and windows as warm as it was. I had to get the Sons bike out of the shed so he could go to work!! You can't really see in the photo but there really were a lot about. Of course they went home at sunset and I then bought the supers in but they still came back the following day and although the numbers dwindled throughout the day as there was nothing for them there was still a lot of activity until sundown!! Back to the normal amount of bee activity for a garden today though which pleased both Hubby and Son immensely!
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Lovely golden honey!!
It was worth it though to have all this wonderful honey...now all I have to do is buy some more jars so I can take the rest off...this time though I'll make sure not to leave the 'supers' in the garden whilst I 'pee' and make a cuppa!!

Now all I have to do is get it labeled up...but that's a job for tomorrow!
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Posted by Tanya.

at 21:53

10 comments:

  1. Jo14 September 2016 at 08:49

    It looks fabulous. How much do you expect to get in total and what will you do with it all?

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    1. Tanya.14 September 2016 at 13:55

      I had 45 jars earlier in the year which have been given to family or sold. I got 36jars out of this batch and probably have about the same (if not a bit more) still to come off. These will be sold as people ask for it. Given to family band used personally by us.

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  2. Sue Garrett14 September 2016 at 10:01

    I have a mental picture of you heading down the street with a trail of bees following you.

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    1. Tanya.14 September 2016 at 13:57

      Your mental pic is probably about right Sue. My Son came up to speak to me when I had been seeing to the bees one day and then ran home about 30foot in front of me because of the bees. Plus side.....I certainly get some peace when I'm on the bee plot!!😁

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  3. Annie_H14 September 2016 at 21:05

    Ooh look at all that lovely honey. How exciting!

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  4. Ratty15 September 2016 at 08:43

    That's a lot of honey. I never realized you'd get so much. That's great.

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    1. Tanya.28 September 2016 at 20:09

      There was a lot more but it has already gone. In a good year there is certainly plenty of surplus in the hives. I always make sure there is enough left for the bees though

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  5. Linda P19 September 2016 at 15:21

    What a lovely lot of honey! Very satisfying when you have worked so hard in looking after the bees and their hives.

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    1. Tanya.28 September 2016 at 20:10

      I never really went into it for the honey so this is a bit of a bonus and any money made helps me get new equipment that I need.

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