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First Honey Extraction was a bust
#2155120
07/02/17 04:58 PM
07/02/17 04:58 PM
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Birmingham, AL
Wade
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I extracted the honey from my hive at my house. I only got 13 pounds of honey out of a medium super. I made a split a couple of weeks ago and stuck a full super on medium honey on the hive with full intentions of getting it off a few days later. Dang girls ate three frames of honey before I got back to it. I was going to extract it last weekend but the storms held me up. No big loss though because the honey had a very strong shrub taste to it. There are a couple of flowering bushes right beside the hive and they obviously filled up from those trees. As soon as I tasted the honey I was immediately reminded of the smell of the bushes. Planning on getting the main bulk from the farm next Saturday. Going to check on a couple of more hives I stuck honey supers on near the end of May trying to get some sourwood honey too. Stay tuned....
Don't give up, don't ever give up!
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Re: First Honey Extraction was a bust
[Re: Wade]
#2155157
07/02/17 05:28 PM
07/02/17 05:28 PM
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Brierfield
Beadlescomb
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Brierfield
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theres an antique honey extractor at a hunting store here in town. basically a galvanized bucket with a crank handle. how do you extract it now?
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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Re: First Honey Extraction was a bust
[Re: Wade]
#2155895
07/03/17 04:19 PM
07/03/17 04:19 PM
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Brierfield
Beadlescomb
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Brierfield
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I'm way more modern now. I have a 2 frame STAINLESS STEEL bucket with a crank handle. I did get a little more uppity this year and bought a heated knife for uncapping the frames.  lol ill take a pic of it one day this week
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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Re: First Honey Extraction was a bust
[Re: Wade]
#2155929
07/03/17 04:48 PM
07/03/17 04:48 PM
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Marshall County
FurFlyin
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Freak of Nature
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Definitely let me know how that sourwood turns out.
Some bees/queens will definitely eat it up and keep on brooding. The "feral" bees that I started with wouldn't do that. They would shut down brood rearing when the nectar flow stopped. I've been trying to breed them with bees that produce more honey, and keep that brood break trait. So far, so good. My best queen now makes a tremendous amount of honey and still takes a brood break. I was able to raise 12 daughters from her this year.
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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Re: First Honey Extraction was a bust
[Re: Wade]
#2160437
07/09/17 11:00 AM
07/09/17 11:00 AM
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Birmingham, AL
Wade
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Brad,
The sourwood was empty. I have a friend that has two hives for pollinators only. He said I could put supers on them. They didn't even start to draw any comb, much less have any honey. I was a little bit surprised since they each had a deep box just about full of honey when I added supers. Oh well....
I was fortunate enough to get about 80 pounds from the farm hives. Good honey too. Both of the Frost packages I added this spring had full mediums over full deeps. Left the deeps and took the mediums.
Don't give up, don't ever give up!
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Re: First Honey Extraction was a bust
[Re: Wade]
#2160449
07/09/17 11:13 AM
07/09/17 11:13 AM
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Marshall County
FurFlyin
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Marshall County
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Glad to hear that about the Frost packages. I really like their bees, I just wish they weren't so dang swarmy.
I have read that Sourwood doesn't produce nectar below an altitude of 1500 feet or something to that effect. I didn't know if it was true or not.
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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Re: First Honey Extraction was a bust
[Re: Wade]
#2160659
07/09/17 03:22 PM
07/09/17 03:22 PM
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Alabama
Jakethesnake
The Flippin’ Idiot That Could Care Less
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The Flippin’ Idiot That Could Care Less
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Alabama
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