The nectar filled flowers are a-blooming the sun is a-shining and the bees are a-gathering. It's the honey flow. When frames fill up fast.
I found this formula for how much nectar the bees can gather during the honey flow.
7000 forager bees X (10 trips/day) X (70 mg of nectar/bee trip)X (1kg/1,000,000 mg) = 5kg nectar/day
Our girls aren't making honey that fast.
Full and capped for storage.
Friends and family help us uncap the comb.
And get the honey flowing again...
It goes from the frames into the sieve and into jars.
There may be a formula for calculating the theoretical yield of a hive during the honey flow, but the joy of sharing the fun and bounty with family and friends is incalculable.
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8 comments:
Oh, I'm so envious. I think my girls are just busy building up their population--I hope that they can spare a frame or two by the end of the season.
I like the idea of helpers showing up with muscle and delicious conveyances for honey!
How did your week of writing go?
what a perfect day. I missed you today!
Oh, you beat me to a honey post. I have a similar opening photo of all the jars of honey.
I envy how you always invite others to learn and share with you. The child uncapping the frame will never forget that experience, and she might want to become an apiarist some day because of it.
It was fun to see your girls working the hive, nice family affair.
Thanks again for sharing your extractor. We couldn't have done it without it.
Tricia, I hope your girls get to work. Last year, our first, our hive wasn't ready to be harvested until October. I hope your bees get going and you get a fall harvest. It was great fun to turn it into a party, though one friend did get stung.
Maria, aw...so sad to have missed you! Not sure if we'll make it this week, either.
Kristin, :) I'm looking forward to seeing your jars. We'll have to trade jars. I am sure our honeys will be very different.
Yum, yum. That is one of the top things on my list of things I want when we move: a bee hive!
Mmm what a fun sticky experience. Now I'm hungry. Thanks for sharing.
That looks good! love the cute labels.
Oh, yum. I must must must extract this weekend, so I think I'm going to just go ahead and sign up for it. Electric one this time, just to have a point of comparison for Mr. Manual of last time.
I wonder if we have enough jars? I always end up buying more somehow.
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