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here we go again
. I’m harvesting honey today. The hard way. Like last time. That’s what happens when you let the bees build their own foundation comb. Since the comb is built mostly perpendicular to the frames, I basically need to cut it out and mash it to get the honey out. Beeswax candles, anyone? I’m generating way more beeswax from this honey harvesting event than normal beekeepers would. Normal beekeepers, I’m told, use plastic or wax foundation in their honey supers so that the bees will build where they’re supposed to. Hm. Well. I wanted to try a different technique that I heard about. I got mixed results. One of my honey…
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new ideas
Here's the thing about beekeepers: put any two together, and you've got five different ways of doing things. My mom was talking to a beekeeper at the Port Colborne Market and happened to mention that her daughter was a beekeeper. Well, there's another thing about beekeepers: once you get them going, it's hard for them to stop talking about bees.
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seabee v8
This was a very shiny airplane that we saw at the airshow on Father's Day weekend. Our family went to see the Snowbirds - you can see one of my munchkins in the reflection - she's got her pink cowgirl hat on! Anyway, I thought it was cool that a plane was named after a bee. I'm told they have