on a sunny saturday afternoon
over the easter weekend
we set about the task
of harvesting honey from the hive
sam's folks there to share
their knowledge and their equipment
plus lend a helping hand
with this sticky sweet job
since the beginning of the year
the bees have been busy
establishing their colony
and filling frames with their honey
we extracted more than 20kgs
of delicious liquid gold
and left enough full frames
to see them through the winter
the more i get to know these bees
the more in awe i am
of their diligence,
their precision and their cleverness
: :
{thank you for your gift
sweet honeybees!}
Oh so inspiring! Bee's are our next big desire. x
ReplyDeleteOh wow! 20kg! It must taste amazing x
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing thing to do at Easter time...bees are indeed incredible creatures!
ReplyDeleteOh look at all that sweet gooey goodness!
ReplyDeleteOne day we'll have bees :)
this is amazing. the honey looks so good. how nice it must be to have your own bees. xo
ReplyDeleteThat looks amazing. Bet the honey tastes divine.
ReplyDeleteWOW wow and WOW!!!
ReplyDelete20kg! will that last long (evil grin)
Yum. What a great day out. I would have honey for every meal!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful photographic tour of your harvesting the hives. Thank you I've never seen it before....and all that delicious golden honey!
ReplyDeleteFascinating creatures indeed. What a wonderful experience. I'm quite jealous! Enjoy your lovely honey. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous, sweet and sticky story, words and pictures. Love it all.
ReplyDeleteSo interesting to see this process. Thank you x
ReplyDeleteHow absolutely incredible. And 20kg - sah-weeeet indeed! xx
ReplyDeleteHi Rach, that look sensational! When we come down I'll trade you a jar of my quince jelly! I LOVE fresh honey. Better still eating hunks of it still in the wax then spitting the wax out! Remind me to tell you about my Dad's dodgy hive set up in Churchlands!!
ReplyDeleteabsolutely sublime!
ReplyDeletethis has been on our "dream" list for ages.... Maybe once we get this baby up and running...?
Do you love it? Or is it a lot of fiddly work?
x Amy
How lovely, Rachel. I'd lvoe to have bees sometime too. Liquid gold for sure!
ReplyDeleteThat looks just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWow, that looks amazing! You'll have to let us know what it tastes like.
ReplyDeleteThis all looks so fun and delicious. Yay for the bees!
ReplyDeleteAlso Rachel, I somehow dropped your recent comment off my blog - pressed the wrong button - sorry! But thank you anyway!
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Oh that really is the bees knees. how wonderful to have that, and to be a part of that whole process. wonderful honey!
ReplyDeleteYum! Thanks for letting me share the fun. I think you will need a separate gallery to showcase the stings! xx
ReplyDeleteReal proper honey ... yummo!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the golden delights!
ReplyDeleteI'm humbled over their remarkable accomplishment. Amazing.
ReplyDeleteWow 20kgs. You and your bees did well. The honey process is such an amazing one. x
ReplyDeleteMy Poppy (grandad) was a home apiarist. I often think how I would have loved sharing the experience with my children, if he was still with us.
ReplyDeleteYou have captured so much of the magic in your beautiful photos.
Thank you for sharing your experience. ღ
Oh how delicious this honey will be. xx
ReplyDeleteomigosh delicious!
ReplyDeletelooks amazing... and the honey must taste incredible!!
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