On August 11 our beekeeping mentors Kat and Liz came to assess the turmoil in the bee yard. Two people were attacked with multiple stings while trying to mow. Turns out during a hot humid week, the hard-working Carniolans (hive on the left) had filled and capped eight of ten frames of their second super. They were desperate for space. Those lazy Italians, by contrast, had hardly done any work in their single super. Apparently they spent their days drinking Campari and eating pasta.
Kat removes each filled frame slowly, methodically, gently and
transfers them to an empty waiting super. Then the eight frames are
moved to a space in the garden where each frame, front and back, is
uncapped. Two frames at a time are inserted into the hand-cranked
extractor and the honey is spun out. When all frames are extracted the
wet frames are returned to the hive for repair and refill.
To be continued.
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| Kat applying calming smoke |
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| Gently brushing bees from the frame | | |
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| Setting sun shining through the fully filled frame | | |
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| Uncapping a frame |
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1 comment:
Those lazy Italians! They better get with it, winter is coming. Can't wait to sample the 30th st. honey.
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