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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Honey!
We harvested our first load of honey today. We took the two-and-a-half frames of fully-capped blackberry honey, scraped them clean, and ran the resulting mix of wax and honey through a strainer. We then ran that through a slightly finer … Continue reading
Bee inspection – First honey harvest!
We had a really busy weekend, and in the middle of it, we saw a swarm of bees leaving the bee yard. We initially supposed that it was Hive North, because the swarm was in that area, but we couldn’t … Continue reading
I like roads.
Can we all agree that we need and enjoy public services? The roads that I drove to work on; the police and fire departments that help when I’m in trouble; the water, electricity, and garbage collection that make it possible … Continue reading
Tuna!
Well, the 2010 tuna is really starting to run low, so I was eagerly anticipating tuna season this year. We are still figuring out the whole tuna finding thing on the boat (honestly, I wouldn’t mind going on a charter … Continue reading
Bee inspections
I had wanted to inspect the hives earlier in the week, but the schedule conspired against me, and it didn’t happen until the weekend. I inspected Hives North and West by myself on Saturday, and Kristi and I did a … Continue reading
Dinner
We came home from Clearwater last weekend to hear one of the chickens crowing. As I suspected, it was the one we’ve been calling “Dinner” for the past month or so. Hilltop is in unincorporated King County, and there is … Continue reading