So much mindless crap posted here, take a second to look at my first jar of honey

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[–]slushpilot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Beautiful! How did you process it? We just got a spinner after doing it the messy way for so long. And you have to heat it too much to separate the wax which I really don't want to do to good honey.

I got about 20lb from 4 hives in our early summer harvest before the drought and wildfire smoke put a damper on all the bee foraging. I had to feed a lot this summer, and we're not taking any more from them this season so they can store up.

I started with a single hive as well, but I would advise any beginning beekeeper to always start with two. Firstly, you can observe if something they're doing is "normal" because the activity is similar, or if one of them needs your help (failing brood, swarming, robbing, disease, etc.): as a beginner, it's hard to know what to expect when you observe your bees. Secondly, if one of your hives is in in trouble because they lost their queen or something, you can donate a frame of young eggs/brood from your spare hive.

[–]Brewdabier[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I used my apple press and it worked but clean up was hard. I just got the one as an experiment and yes the dude I got this one from said I should have 2 or 3 hives, the farm by my home has alfalfa and the bees seem to love going out there.

[–]slushpilot 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

"as an experiment" is always how it starts.

[–]Brewdabier[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Lol, I know. I own 3 jeeps, 15 RC planes, 8 RC helicopters, 5 RC trucks. It always starts out as an experiment.