We checked in on the honey super today, and several frames were completely full. The queen had not made her way up there, so we added the queen excluder. Brought a frame in and scraped the honey off, propping the frame over a colander to drip into a bowl. We have a terrible ant investation, so I'm actually standing there watching for the invaders.
One of my mentor's customer's bees have been banned from another town; if she doesn't get them off her property in two weeks, they'll fine her 500 bucks a day. I'm going to keep them here; more bees for my garden and more instruction from an experienced beekeeper. I understand it is not illegal to keep bees, so the story may continue, but the bees are out of harm's way.
My bee-teacher says she sells 800 pounds of honey a year to someone who supplies it for beer making. Says it makes a wonderful ale. She also keeps llamas, and my next project is to get llama manure for my garden.
Who woulda thought?
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