We harvested our first honey!!!!

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:weee :weee :weee And it is sooo good. Unfortunaly as I was finishing up I realized that there was a hole in my bee suit. And so did the bees :( Ouchie. Swelling is slowly going down and I am getting ready to order a new bee suit. I love my honey though! :weee
 

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Glad you got a good haul :)

Avalon1984 said:
...and I am getting ready to order a new bee suit...
Duct tape?
 

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moolie said:
Glad you got a good haul :)

Avalon1984 said:
...and I am getting ready to order a new bee suit...
Duct tape?
That would have worked had I not torn it to pieces to get the bees out. :(
 

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Ouchies, hope you weren't stung too badly!
 

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moolie said:
Ouchies, hope you weren't stung too badly!
Nah. Only 8 times. Swelling is already going down and I heard it is supposed to be good for muscle aches and stuff. The first time I got stung it was really bad and took 2 weeks to go away, this time it is barely half as bad. And boy that honey is sooooo delicous. Yummy!
 

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Avalon1984 said:
moolie said:
Glad you got a good haul :)

Avalon1984 said:
...and I am getting ready to order a new bee suit...
Duct tape?
That would have worked had I not torn it to pieces to get the bees out. :(
This made me giggle! I would have done exactly the same thing! Hope you are feeling much better now.
 

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GREAT work on the honey! how much did you get???

we only got about 20 pounds this year - but at least we didnt loose any hives.

and um.. yep... we've had the old "hole in the suit" thing here. sorry about the stings and hope you feel better soon!

:)
 

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We got around 30lbs but we havent done all frames yet, still waiting on the extractor. We did those by hand and it was work intensive but a lot of fun.
 

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Awesome on the honey!!!

Sorry about the ouchies. :( I'm just wienie enough to not raise bees for that reason. :)
 

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Avalon1984 said:
We got around 30lbs but we havent done all frames yet, still waiting on the extractor. We did those by hand and it was work intensive but a lot of fun.
whooot! you'll love the extractor. i call it the "honey-go-round"

;-)
 
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